After a restful night at the Best Western at Agate Beach we started the day with a tour the Oregon Coast Aquarium. I touched sea stars and we walked through a 200 foot underwater tunnel with 3 different habitats. The seals were getting fed and the otters quickly became my new favorite animal. They way the lazily swim around on their back made me envious I wasn't in the water with them. Time for lunch and we finally got to eat at Mo's. There are several and we chose the original with the garage door where some lady drove through the [View Full Entry]

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Cannon Beach! with Aubrey, Crystal, Sonora & Austin This trip was definately unplanned, but a blast. Only two hours away from where I live, it is a beautiful place to just go and take in the beauty of God's creation. Haystack Rock is definately magnificent in all of its huge-ness and splendor and creates an atmosphere that is truly unique. I needed to go to the beach - to breathe in the cool September sea breeze air and feel the ice cold ocean stir sand across my feet. It was an escape from my ordinary, which made the trek there worthwhile. [View Full Entry]

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We spent the four days over Labor Day weekend (Friday August 31st to Monday September 3rd) on the Northern part of the Oregon Coast. Neither of us had ever visited that area, but I had heard numerous wonderful things and we wanted to check it out for ourselves. Since it was only about a four-hour drive away, we thought it would be the perfect getaway to take advantage of Labor Day weekend. Day 1 (Friday, August 31st) We left early on Friday morning around 9:00. It was sunny and warm out, which always puts a smile on my face, but especially [View Full Entry]

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Early morning we crossed the Columbia River again as we headed down the Oregon Coast, first Seaside, then on to Ecola State Park. More pleasant walking and scenery and hardly anyone around. Cannon Beach is well known but we were pleasantly surprised by the village. By now the weather was improving and we moved south to Oswald West State Park where there are great views of Manzanita Beach. We didn’t have time to climb Neahkahnie Mountain as intended where, we believe, there are great views. I’d lost a day in planning the trip and having booked all the hotels, we had [View Full Entry]

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