Exploring Northwest Oregon including Seaside, Cannon Beach, Astoria, and Portland
October 2-21, 2014
We’ve gone Seaside. From the time we hit the beach, life just seemed to slip slowly by. Redbox movies were our first passion. Sometimes the road is void of television and movies become a distant dream. Civilized areas are where we catch up on using that big screen above our fireplace.
Flying kites on Cannon Beach is what also sometimes happens. Don’t fight it, just let the wind guide it higher. We also really enjoyed viewing the life in the tide pools!
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Wizard was in his glory because the beach was only about a mile from our site so we regularly drove him over to frolic on the wide, long, empty beaches.
Astoria was only about a fifteen-minute drive from Seaside so we spent some good quality time reliving The Goonies, where it was filmed.
We hiked the Lewis and Clark Fort at Clatsop, Netul landing, and Fort Stevens looking for the treasures of One Eyed Willy but came up only with a handful of photos and wonderful memories.
We also made a trip to Hillsboro for the local farmers market and that ended up being a return trip to Portland’s Powell’s bookstore. We love that store!
Then it was back to Seaside for the Lewis and Clark Salt Works. We have followed Lewis and Clark for quite a while and we stop in and see their camps when time allows.
We also enjoyed a mystical hike along the Clatsop Loop Trail in Ecola State Park. It gave us a beautiful view of Tillamook Rock Lighthouse, but even more enlightening was the light bouncing through the mist and trees along the trail. Unfortunately after finishing this lovely hike Wade had an encounter with Common Nettle. Never heard of nettle? Well neither had we until Wade reached down to grab some wild mint and got bit by the plant! We had a minor freak out session about poisonings until we looked up this plant and discovered it was nettle, also know as stinging nettle. Dam you nettle.
Dinner in Portland with our good friends Stephanie and Bruce (and adorable Evan) concluded our camping time in Seaside. You may remember that Stephanie helped Raja with her previous injury. Thanks again Stephanie!
From here I guess we’ll just drive along the coast until we find that endless summer so many have talked about. Wish us luck because we are going to need it. Did I mention the rains have started and we are still at the northern border of Oregon? We will try and fill up our fresh water tanks and take them to CA because they really need it.[/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]