Ocean’s Nine

A rag-tag group of nine notorious scallywags recently took over the Oregon Coast Aquarium for an impromptu field trip: My much older sister, m’self, my three, her three, and the ringleader of our syndicate, Grandma Tina. (Our zoo membership provided free admission for the entire month of November.)

The weather was so lovely that we ate our picnic lunch on the beach. Grandma Tina, who grew up on the Oregon coast, insists the best beach weather is always in November– little known insider secret.