Oregon Trip - A day at the Beach - Cannon Beach

It was a beautiful day with the sun shining and we found a lovely park just outside of Cannon Beach. We stopped for a picnic lunch and were astounded by the beautiful landscape.


This is what I remember the most from the Oregon Coast.

I never could get enough of the beauty around us.








We walked along the beach and enjoyed climbing over the rocks.


Not everything was alive at the beach - but everything was all part of the 'Circle of Life'
In the afternoon David and I went to the beach at Cannon Beach to see Haystack Rock. Pretty impressive. Laurie and Frank spent the afternoon walking around the tourist town of Cannon Beach and enjoyed all their little shops etc.

Oregon Trip - Tillimook & Cape Lookout

Laurie wanted to see the Tillimook Cheese Factory. It reminded me of the factory from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.



We dropped off David and Frank at the Tillimook Airplane Museum. They spent hours checking out all the antique airplanes. All the planes were capable of flying and were sometimes taken to airshows. The guys really enjoyed their museum day.


Along the seaside road of Three Capes Loop we were treated to this amazing sunset.

When we got up the next morning , Laurie and I walked down to the beach. It was unique being there amongst the fog and cool ocean breeze. This was the scene where Laurie and I witnessed a man run into the ocean for a dip and then run to the beach and then he ran back into the water again. Unbelieveable - it was cold out.

Oregon Trip - Whale Watching and Beverly Beach

We leftCape Lookout and headed towards Beverly Beach our next campsite. But along the way we made stops to enjoy the amazing scenery.


We stopped in Depot Bay to see if we could go out on the ocean with a whale watching tour but the timing didn't work out. It was a very windy day in Depot Bay and Laurie is hiding behind this box to get away from the fierce wind.

Just outside of Depot Bay we stopped at a part of the beach to see the "Devil's Punchbowl".


And then to make our day fantastic we spotted whales feeding out in the bay at the "Devil's Punchbowl". We stayed and watched them. It was great. So...even though we missed going out on the boat we were treated to watching whales feeding and spouting right in front of us.

Believe it or not this is a picture of a whale spout. It's about at 9:30 if you think of the picture as a clock. Good luck finding the spout.

Here's our yurt at Beverly Beach.
David sleeping in - peeking through the bed rails.

The yurts were very comfortable and roomy.

Isn't this cool - the sand is shifting and floating over the beach.

Everywhere we looked there was amazing scenery.
The beauty of the beach is breathtaking.

Oregon Trip - Tidal Pool & Sea Lion Caves

On Wednesday morning we got up and one of our destinations that day was to see the tidal pools so we had to make sure we got up early and headed to the beach in time for low tide. We weren't disappointed. There was more star fish here than I've ever seen.
These are the little suckers of the starfish that the starfish uses to hold himself to the rocks. They are strong suckers!



And then I spotted a cave - and I love caves so I HAD to go into it.





Climbing the rocks on the beach was fun! Here's David trying to break in this rock :)

After seeing the tidal pools we stopped at a spot where the seals were known to be and we spent some time watching the seals. They blend in so well with their environment it makes it hard to see them in this picture.After watching the whales for a while we travelled on down the road and stopped to watch the sea lions just outside the "Sea Lion Caves". The "Sea Lion Caves" is a tourist attraction that is kinda different. The animals are not in a cage but the humans are in behind bars.



As the tourist you take an elevator down inside the cliffs to the sea level and you are behind bars and you can a great view of one of the main breeding grounds of the sea lions. Again, it's hard to see them as they blend into their environment so well. This was a well done attraction to see the sea lions in their natural habitat.