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Cannon Beach from Ecola State Park after a drive through an old growth Sitka spruce forest.

Looking down on Manzanita Beach from Neahkahnie Mountain

From Tillamook there is an hour long Three Cape Scenic drive of Cape Meares, Cape Lookout, and Cape Kiwanda.

Cape Meares Light House with an interpretive information, bird watching with volunteers, and the Octopus Tree a short walk away.

The small beach town of Oceanside is next with a tunnel thru the headland leading to a private beach
Next is Cape Kiwanda snd the little beach town of Pacific City.

I used to surf here in my mid-sixties, but age has thinned my blood. The sea water temperature here in July ranges between 48 and 55. Add some clouds and a little wind and it feels really cold. Hats off to the locals for braving it summer and winter.

Pacific Citys sea stack.
You can see grey whales here. Watch for their spout then train your binoculars on that location. Whale watching tours are offered just south of here at Depoe Bay.
BannonsLiver
(21,177 posts)The entire area is really something for this landlocked flatlander.
CrispyQ
(41,213 posts)I had a couple of vacations along the Oregon coast when I was a kid & would love to return!
question everything
(52,717 posts)Chicagogrl1
(686 posts)Thanks for sharing!
jmbar2
(8,297 posts)This is why I moved to the Oregon coast. Best place in the world to live.
Captain Carrie Newell, a world-famous whale scientist runs a whale education center and whale watching cruises from Depoe Bay. Best tourist money I've ever spent.
https://www.oregonwhales.com/whale-watching/
mwmisses4289
(5,309 posts)Makes me realize how much I miss the PNW.
Your photos are beautiful.
SheltieLover
(82,980 posts)misanthrope
(9,687 posts)Gorgeous shots that capture the beauty well.
Sympthsical
(11,346 posts)Mme. Defarge
(9,143 posts)after the Columbia River Gorge.
surfered
(15,316 posts)Prairie_Seagull
(4,925 posts)Spent some of my teenage years in the area. There is no bad weather just bad gear.
Great pics, thanks again.
Prairie_Seagull
(4,925 posts)Oswald west State park. Worth the walk down from 101. Nice cove.
surfered
(15,316 posts)Prairie_Seagull
(4,925 posts)They had wheel barrows to aid in getting your gear down to the cove and more importantly back up. Don't know if they still have them though. I am enjoying living your trip. Reminds me of so many good times.
malaise
(299,989 posts)Thank you
pfitz59
(13,069 posts)should be on everyone's bucket list.
Karma13612
(5,063 posts)Love your sig line! Its been years since I watched that show. Loved it so much
.I might have to find where I can see it again. Hugh Laurie is one of my favorite actors.
surfered
(15,316 posts)Buddyzbuddy
(3,099 posts)Photos like yours is one of the reasons Oregon is at the top of my retirement picks.
senseandsensibility
(26,149 posts)I have relatives there. Is the Tillamook cheese factory still there in downtown? You're right about the cold summer weather, but it's refreshing!
surfered
(15,316 posts)Pinback
(13,757 posts)Great pix of one of the most gorgeous places Ive ever visited. Cannon Beach is like going to another planet. Multnomah Falls, the Columbia River Gorge, and that whole area are some of my favorite vacation memories. I hope to make it out there again someday.
NNadir
(38,934 posts)When I was newly married to my wife and we went out West to live, it was one of the first places to which I took her.
Beautiful pictures, thanks.
Walleye
(45,914 posts)Grim Chieftain
(2,403 posts)Wonderful photos. Thanks
fargone
(688 posts)Old Crank
(7,474 posts)We didn't get to spend enough time there.
Snackshack
(2,608 posts)Pacific City is awesome.
A good day drive from PDX is
HWY26 to Cannon Beach for breakfast, then 101 down to Pacific City and the Pelican Pub for dinner after that HWY 6 back home or drive out on McPhillips Beach and camp.
Ars Longa
(720 posts)Many Thankks!!
gladium et scutum
(836 posts)when one finds out that these sea stacks are Columbia River Basalt which erupted 17 million years ago. The flow that formed the stacks poured out of fissures near Kalhotus Washington and flowed to the Oregon coast.
Omaha Steve
(110,861 posts)Does not fit the SOP. Can be posted in photography or lounge.
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