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July 24th 2013

Published: July 24th 2013

Bummer we're back home now. The circadas are strumming their "it's hot and steamy" song. I wrote a few more entries during our trip, but they're all on my iPad (hard to publish when you don't have time for slow/sketchy wifi). Sure, I could stream them into here and then organize all of my photos to go with entries, but let's face it I'm lazy. Besides, I have some curriculum... Read Full Entry

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Bettina Tison Bennett

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I'm a lucky soul who works hard 10 months of the year and travels during the summer. This year it's Ireland. Last year it was just Disneyland (money was a problem but I managed to win the Disney trip so yay us), and the year before Vancouver (May), New Orleans (6/17ish) and Ghana (June/July). Sometimes I even manage to sneak in a trip or two during the work year. Life is very good when that happens!... full info

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To hell with this

Mama deer wants to get back to her sweet pea

the view from a park bench

this is what we saw when we stepped out of our hotel in Port Orford. I believe the place is called Castaway. well priced and great location.

Dancing daisies

they look so happy soaking up the sun, don't they?

Sea Lion Cave

Before you hit Newport on the 101 there's this place. It's pricey, but I thought it was cool going down into the cave (via an elevator). It's also incredibly windy.

Beverly State Park Beach

We camped a few feet from here.

Saw a lot of these

and these

the lighthouse

I suck because can't remember it's name. It's in Newport. Loved the tour, and it only cost a total of $7. totally worth it.

yes it's THAT windy and cold

mist blowing across the cliffs

this is near the lighthouse. That's not snow on those rocks. that's bird shit.

napping sea lion

bathing beauties line the rocks below the lighthouse.

More mist blowing

Gomer Joe

it's not Popeye. It's Joe after a few at the pub. We're in some fishing district of Newport. This is before we visited the dive bar. wouldn't dare pull out a camera there...

us the next day

Droopy dog a few feet away from the dive bar. Nothing phases this pooch.

windbreaker bridge

To get to the beach at the campground you go under the 101. Once you cross over to the beach side you are blown with arctic blasts of wind.

babbling brook

on the beach

the beach

I was trying to show the sand blowing all over the place, but it just looks like sand.

101 pull off

this is a typical scene on a path off the highway. You walk through lots and lots of moss-covered trees...

a swinging bridge

and sometimes after walking for a while you come across a suspended bridge that goes over a creek (or you jump over rocks in the creek(

and then you find beach

this one was near Canon Beach and was warm enough for people to swim and surf in. What's so weird about this is how much you have to climb down to get to the beach, but it had plenty of families on it.

Astoria at night

Watching the sun set on the Colombia River while standing on Hotel Elliot's roof patio.

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