Beach, Mountains, and Seagulls

Saturday
July 12, 2014



Today has been a fun day. We awoke to cloudy and foggy skies and temperatures in the low 60's. We headed down the coast going south. We do not have specific plans for today but, we'll stop wherever or whenever we get the urge.

George did want to stop and see the Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach, Oregon. We found a parking spot and headed out to the beach. It was till very gray and foggy. We walked for 1 1/2 miles give or take before we finally saw the shape of the rock appearing. The fog and clouds were hanging very low. The rock was awesome.  A huge rock in the ocean is just not something you see on the Atlantic coast. I will post a picture.
The walk along the beach was great. I love hearing the waves and water birds. The drive we took carried us through forests of evergreens and other trees, mountains, cliffs where you looked down at the ocean and then we would be on the same level. You never knew what to expect around each curve.

Riding down the highway there are constant reminders that we're not close to home. We saw warning signs on the side of the road for: dip - 500 feet, watch for ice, drifting sand, snow area,  tsunami area. Oregon takes the tsunami safety very seriously. It is my understanding that this area along the coast was inundated by one after a quake in Alaska in the early 60's. We even have evacuation plans in our room which tells us where to go just in case. UGH

We continue down the Three Capes Highway. We passed Cape Meares, Cape Lookout, Cape Foulweather.

We arrived in Yachats around 6;00 PM. Our room is facing the ocean. I am sitting on the porch typing this. Life couldn't get much better. Well yes, it would be if Shannon was with us.

George went out to get ice. He passed by two baby seagulls that were newly hatched. He said they still had their down on them. Mama seagull did not take kindly to his being too close. She swooped down at him. He said finally there were four seagulls after him. One did the poop bomb! He came in all out of breath. I asked what happened. He said he had been running from them. We sat on the porch later and Mama Seagull was still diving after people walking the seawalk. She's get a Mother of the Year award.

We had supper at a local seafood restaurant that was small but owned and operated by the fisherman. The food was wonderful. I had delicious clam strips and George and Caroline had "Slugmullion" which was a big bowl of clam chowder with cheese, shrimp and crab. Well left quite full.

We'll miss the super moon tonight but, we have seen beautiful sights today that will make up for it.