Oregon Trip Part II- The Coast

On Saturday morning of our trip we checked out of our hotel in Portland, found an IHOP for breakfast (much needed normal breakfast), and headed to the coast. Again it was a beautiful drive. It kind of reminded me of heading into Island Park only with a denser, wetter forest. We hit the coast at Seaside, big mistake, it was the Hood to Coast weekend and the closing activities were there. Thousands of runners and support personel were there. We made a not so quick pass and headed on down the coast to Cannon Beach. There we checked out the shops and had lunch. Further down the coast we took a long, no very long, walk to Haystack rock. Thankfully the sand was very easy to walk on because it was so compacted. It was a bit on the chilly side though. We stopped at a couple of other spots until we ended at Rockaway Beach where we had a condo for 2 days. Our condo was right on the beach and we found the sound of the ocean to be so relaxing. We had a lot of fog while we were there and thought we would be totally skunked at seeing many sights but it cleared just in time to see some great views. We took a drive further down the coast to the 3 capes area and a stop at the Tillamook cheese factory for a tour and ice cream. Dave had a cold and was a real trooper to still go see the sites and walk on the beach while he wasn't feeling very good. I guess it was payback for when I got a cold on our St. George trip in February.
The rest will be mostly a picture tour of the coast in no particular order.Cape Mears Lighthouse. I should give some kind of historical facts about it but am too lazy to look up what we learned about it but it was very cool! This rock is covered with seashellsHaystack Rock, probably the most famous Oregon Coast landmark.Saw this wash ashore in a wave and get left laying in the sand. I thought it was a very artistic looking pic.There actually is a lighthouse on that rock.This is what we saw a lot of . . . fog and outlines.We had to have a "Becca & Steven" Shot.Every afternoon the birds would nestle into the warm sand just past our deck, I guess for their siesta or something.The Octopus Tree. It has 8 trunks coming from one spot.These two were the views from our living room/deck, one with the fog and one at the clearest time we were there. I kind of like the fog look.
This was the best we could do at a sunset. Too much fog for brilliant reds and oranges but still very pretty! If you have never been to the Oregon Coast it is a MUST for your Bucket list!