September 15-16, 2012
Saturday we drove down to the Oregon coast. We made a
pitstop of lunch in Portland.
Finally made it to the coast.
We drove south a few miles to find a campsite at Cape
Lookout State Park. The campground was completely full. Half of the 176 tent
sites were first come, first served. Time to search for a backup at noon on a
Saturday.
We drove further north up to Barview Jetty County Park
where we easily found a secluded campsite within walking distance of a water
spit, restroom and the beach.
Once we had the campsite set up we drove north to Cannon
Beach, known as the “Carmel of Oregon”.
Tillamook Rock Lighthouse.
Haystack Rock 235 feet tall at Cannon Beach.
Cannon Beach.
Cold Pacific Ocean.
It was so nice to have my toes in the sand again.
Mmm prosciutto wrapped apple snack on a driftwood log at
Haystack in Cannon Beach, Oregon.
Haystack.
Rock formations.
Oregon coastline.
Jackie’s loves at Cannon Beach.
Joe’s loves at Cannon Beach.
Haystack at Cannon Beach.
More rock formations on the coastline on the way back to
the campground.
Oregon coastline near Manzanita.
We had quesadillas for dinner at the campsite in Barview
Jetty County Park.
We head out to the beach to watch the sunset at Barview
Jetty County Park.
Sunset on the
beach at Barview Jetty County Park.
Chance enjoyed running all over the beach.
I love this girl.
Sunset.
Half moon.
Heading back to camp after watching the sunset.
We had a great time just the two of us talking around the
campfire.
The next morning we stopped for a great breakfast at in
Nehalem at Wanda’s Café & Bakery.
We stopped in Astoria at Fort Steven’s State Park to view
the shipwreck of Peter Iredale.
The four-masted iron and steel barque named for its
British owner ran aground in 1906 due to heavy squalls & thick mist near
the mouth of the Columbia River. The iron frame and steel plates couldn’t be
repaired. Most metal was sold for scrap. All but remains is this skeleton.
There were many people out riding horses along the Oregon
coastline.
Astoria-Megler Bridge. The longest continuous truss
bridge with a 1232 foot span or 4.1 miles long.
The view of the Columbia River from a top the
Astoria-Megler Bridge.
Next we went to Cape Disappointment State Park, once
known as Fort Canby, the northern Washington state fort guarding the mouth of
the Columbia River. Fort Steven’s State Park guarded the mouth of the Columbia
River from the south on the Oregon state side.
We hiked out to Cape Disappontment Lighthouse. First we
went down to Dead Man’s Cove to let Chance run free on the shore a bit.
I hiked out on the algae covered rocks and of course
Chance dangerously tried to follow. Joe wasn’t too smart and called her back to
him. She ran back to him on the shoreline by taking the path of less resistance:
jumping into a foot deep of cold water!
We climbed our way back out of Dead Man’s Cove.
National Coast Guard post.
The view of the mouth of the Columbia River at the
Pacific Ocean.
The view back towards A Jetty and the Columbia River.
Cape Disappointment Lighthouse.
Cape Disappointment State Park coastline and North Jetty in
front of the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center.
We did a little pup training on the trail.
Next we drove over to North Head Lighthouse.
We hiked out to the point. Looking south at the
Washington shoreline near the mouth of the Columbia River.
North Head Lighthouse. It was under construction for
restoration.
Pacific Ocean hitting the cliff shoreline.
Jackie and the Washington Pacific Coast.
Lightkeepers house quarter.
The lightkeepers walk from the house to the tower.
We decided not to stay the night at Cape Disappointment
State Park and just head back home early.
First we stopped in Long Beach to see a gray whale
skeleton.
Long Beach shoreline.
Oysterville, an idyllic National Register of Historic
Places.
We had an early dinner at Jimella & Nanci’s Market
Café in Ocean Park for some Willapa Bay oysters.
One last sunset over the Pacific Ocean before we got to
Raymond.
Cool colors of the sun from the layers of misty
clouds. 
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