Oregon Coast

One last view of the Washington coast,

and North Head light,

and we crossed the Astoria Bridge into Oregon.

In Astoria we stopped at Fort Clatsop, a recreation of the fort where Lewis and Clark stayed before their return journey.

We watched the musket demonstration.

Then on to the beautiful Oregon Coast

We spent the night at a marina.

Twin rocks on a foggy morning

Another bridge...forget which one

And another misty morning view

We stopped in Tillamook at the Cheese factory.

and watched them making cheese

Then we tried the free samples.

They make very good ice cream too...3 flavor sampler.

At Cape Meares we decided to try the hike down to the beach. You can see the trail on the right of this map.

It started out pretty tame.

Bend low to go under this fallen tree.

Stop to look at the little things.

The beach still looks a long way down, doesn't it?

Oh, and the trail is not so well maintained down here....can you see Joselyn?

The last descent to the beach looked too rocky and steep even for us hardy souls. We turned around here.

Then a quick stop at Cape Meares light.

We saw the kites flying high at a kite festival in Lincoln City

Pretty and large kites

Cape Foulweather

We took a side trip to so Joselyn could meet up with a friend there. Lo' and behold we were just 10 miles from Laura (Cougarfan1) from the womens rv forum. So she came over in the morning for another mini-get-together.

Murals on the store walls at Bayfront in Newport

Had to stop at Mo's...

For some of the famous clam chowder, yum.

Visited the Oregon Coast Aquarium...my favorites were the jellyfish,

colorful touchable tide pools,

and the puffins.

A view of Heceta Head Lighthouse

This stop was well worth the $11.00 entrance fee. How often will you get to go inside a sea cave and watch the hundreds of sea lions that hang out in there?

A little disclaimer by the elevator that takes you down to the cave.

Sea lions inside the cave. We watch from a safe and fenced off area.

Close up of the entrance.

Somewhere down there is the entrance to the cave.

Sea Lions outside on the rocks.

Kissing?

Laura said we couldn't leave the coast without having a meal of Dungeness Crab. She suggested Winchester Bay. So that's what I did....Joselyn declined. It was delicious, but too messy for a photo.

Finally hooked up with my cousin, John & his wife Jo Ann. They were on the road too, so we met at a restaurant for breakfast where our routes crossed. Had a great visit...we decided we hadn't seen each other since we were about 10. We'll have to try not to let another 50 years pass before we meet again.