I supposed it was bound to happen.
You go camping in late September / early October long enough, you're bound to run into some rain. On the previous 4 trips, only one had light rain the first night. Well... Murphy's Law caught up with us on this trip. The good news is that it shouldn't rain for the next 8 years!
Seriously, it was a monsoon outside! According to Wunderground, it rained 0.42" on Friday, 1.31" on Saturday and then 1.63" on Sunday. Not only that, the wind was pretty intense and so most of the time the rain came in sideways. There was also thunder and lightening Sunday morning.
BUT, we had a yurt.
Which meant we were able to stay dry and still enjoy the weekend. We played games, cooked meals on the stove, puzzled, visited both the Oregon Coast Aquarium & the OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center, and ate at the Rogue Brewery. All in all, it was fun. Check out what we did below.
Here are some seahorses. They sure are weird!
You can walk in a glass tunnel through the shark tank. It was awesome!
PROOF! Smiles inside the shark tank.
The gang, hiding inside a rock cave attempting to avoid rain. There's actually a really cool outside part to the aquarium with sea lions and otters.
There's a section where you can touch starfish and other sea creatures.
Jellyfish are weird.
Apparently, these are still in use today for really deep underwater adventures.
Pretty scary!
This is at the Marine Science Center. I feel like I'm watching Pirates of the Caribbean II.
They also have a cool wave machine. You build Lego structures, and then see if they can withstand different sizes of waves.
We also decided to have dinner at the Rogue Brewery since our fire pit was flooded. They had games there too and we played Hedbandz while eating dinner.
Another perk of yurting is that you can borrow puzzles. Jessi and Kellie are great at puzzling!
So that was our trip. See, you can still have fun even if it's raining.
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