1-7 Nov 2007
Klondike Museum
Hotwire
Zeitgeist
Cedars
Araya
Shoreline
31 Oct 2007 Next Stop: Seattle
31 Oct 2007 Halloween
Batdorf Bronson Coffee Shop in Downtown Olympia
Walking through town
Port and Marina area
Tug
Tacoma and Museum of Glass
Cupcakes
Made it to Seattle!
Batdorf Bronson Coffee Shop in Downtown Olympia
Walking through town
Port and Marina area
Tug
Tacoma and Museum of Glass
Cupcakes
Made it to Seattle!
30 Oct 2007 Columbia River & Cape Disappointment
Southern Washington
at sunrise went to cove with view of Cape Disappointment Lighthouse and made oatmeal
Columbia River Maritime Museum
Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center in Astoria and Washington
Salt Works
North Head Lighthouse
Cape Disappointment Lighthouse
Camped at "closed for season" Schaffer State Park... scary
at sunrise went to cove with view of Cape Disappointment Lighthouse and made oatmeal
Columbia River Maritime Museum
Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center in Astoria and Washington
Salt Works
North Head Lighthouse
Cape Disappointment Lighthouse
Camped at "closed for season" Schaffer State Park... scary
29 Oct 2007 Tillamook & Astoria
29 Oct 2007
Early morning Cyber Garden Coffee Shop
A beautiful oatmeal morning on the sand of a local surfing beach but I ruined it because I dropped my camera in the sand and became very angry. The camera was messed up but it turned out only temporarily, after the majority of the sand came out, it worked normally.
Drawing cows on the side of the road along Three Capes Scenic Route
Cape Mears Lighthouse
found $5 rubber boots
Tillamook Air Station Blimp Hangars
Pizza and salad bar in Astoria
Sunset at the Port with sea lions
Cape Disappointment Haunted Campground
Early morning Cyber Garden Coffee Shop
A beautiful oatmeal morning on the sand of a local surfing beach but I ruined it because I dropped my camera in the sand and became very angry. The camera was messed up but it turned out only temporarily, after the majority of the sand came out, it worked normally.
Drawing cows on the side of the road along Three Capes Scenic Route
Cape Mears Lighthouse
found $5 rubber boots
Tillamook Air Station Blimp Hangars
Pizza and salad bar in Astoria
Sunset at the Port with sea lions
Cape Disappointment Haunted Campground
28 Oct 2007 Oregon Lighthouses
28 Oct 2007
Early morning coffee & breakfast sandwich at Bandon Coffee Cafe, with internet!
Coquille River Lighthouse
Umpqua Lighthouse
Haceta Head Lighthouse
Seafood dinner at hole-in-the wall place
Camped at Beverly Beach State Park
Early morning coffee & breakfast sandwich at Bandon Coffee Cafe, with internet!
Coquille River Lighthouse
Umpqua Lighthouse
Haceta Head Lighthouse
Seafood dinner at hole-in-the wall place
Camped at Beverly Beach State Park
27 Oct 2007 Oregon Caves & Vortex!!!
27 October Saturday
Again, we woke up ultra early and today headed inland. The Oregon Caves have always been a place I wanted to see, being from the Northwest I had heard about them plenty. We paused at the base of the hill for the Caves visitor's center in addition to a latte and scone from a cofee shack. There was a National Parks fee of $20 or so, but we told our sob story to the ranger and she was kind enough to wave it for us. We were on a track to make up for the lost $80 by not paying when we otherwise would. We were fortunate enough to make just make it into the group that did not include the middle school field trip. Of course we had the obligatory talker in the group; there's always one who can't just listen to the tour guide and must crack jokes at every opportunity rather than take in the experience of being in the unique place. There was also a woman who donned her best fragrance for the cave tour, so pungent that I kept trying to cut in front of her in order to breathe freely. The caves were beautiful and spectacular but Fred and I agreed that we would rather go somewhere unguided. Somewhere we could wear our worst clothes because they would get so dirty, and go sloshing through the watery floor and squeezing through tunnels with carbide lanterns, if there are any caves left in that category. Fred has been in that type in the US twenty years ago, and I have only in Thailand.
The Oregon Vortex is another place I had heard about as a must-see, but yet had not. It certainly was all it is cracked up to be. We bought the scientific notes to try and further understand what we saw, but left the place bewildered and amazed!
Camped at Bullards Beach State Park
Again, we woke up ultra early and today headed inland. The Oregon Caves have always been a place I wanted to see, being from the Northwest I had heard about them plenty. We paused at the base of the hill for the Caves visitor's center in addition to a latte and scone from a cofee shack. There was a National Parks fee of $20 or so, but we told our sob story to the ranger and she was kind enough to wave it for us. We were on a track to make up for the lost $80 by not paying when we otherwise would. We were fortunate enough to make just make it into the group that did not include the middle school field trip. Of course we had the obligatory talker in the group; there's always one who can't just listen to the tour guide and must crack jokes at every opportunity rather than take in the experience of being in the unique place. There was also a woman who donned her best fragrance for the cave tour, so pungent that I kept trying to cut in front of her in order to breathe freely. The caves were beautiful and spectacular but Fred and I agreed that we would rather go somewhere unguided. Somewhere we could wear our worst clothes because they would get so dirty, and go sloshing through the watery floor and squeezing through tunnels with carbide lanterns, if there are any caves left in that category. Fred has been in that type in the US twenty years ago, and I have only in Thailand.
The Oregon Vortex is another place I had heard about as a must-see, but yet had not. It certainly was all it is cracked up to be. We bought the scientific notes to try and further understand what we saw, but left the place bewildered and amazed!
Camped at Bullards Beach State Park
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