Sunday evening found me at the Coastal River Inn in Seaside Oregon. Without internet access. It wouldn't accept the password on either my phone or macbook. The office seemed clueless and so I put off the blog until this morning.
The clouds seemed pretty determined yesterday but it stayed dry on my ride from Newport Oregon to Seaside. A two and a half hour drive straight up Hwy 101 through Lincoln City andTillamook. But I did a side trip through Pacific City, Netarts and Oceanside.
This picture is in Depoe Bay that bills itself as the Whale Watching capital of the world. It also says it has the smallest harbor on the coast. I watched but I didn't see any whales! It looked like there were some boats out a little ways looking also.
I have been struck by the dress along the Oregon coast. Either rubber boots or sandals with socks. And perhaps in response to dreary winter, the number of women with their hair dyed some color of pink or purple has been startling. But everyone is friendly and I am often given recommendations of things to see or do. A lot goes on out here on the coast, it is great being near it for so long.
I took the turnout to Pacific City and found my way out to Kiwanda Pt where the Dory fleet launches off the beach into the waves. There at the Point was the Pelican Brewing Company and lots of people there and on the beach. There were surfers as well as Dorys. I had a Salmon BLT wrap and watched the sea and the people. Pacific City was a bit of a backwater, with lots of vacation rentals and places for sale. But the whole Oregon coast seems to just starting to shine things up for the summer season.
From there I drove along Netarts Bay and through the little town of Netarts. Back out by the Pacific I came to a little town of Oceanside. The hills are steep here and the town is built on the hillside. There was public parking for beach access and the beach was cobble with a lot of beach combing going on that afternoon. There were also buckets and shovels with some that might have been digging for clams or something, but I couldn't tell for sure and didn't ask. I took this picture of a structure going up among the houses on the hillside. Oceanside is about 8 miles from Tillamook and really a nice little town by a pretty little bay.
After Oceanside I went up to the Cape Mears State Park and out by the lighthouse parking for this view of the ocean. Then it was back into Tillamook and resisting the urge to go into the Tillamook Cheese facility. I think I might have gained a pound just driving by!
The sun showed itself for the rest of the day and for the next hour of wander into Seaside.
It was such a treat to have a short drive today and get to wander off the track now and then to sit by the beach. A good day.
I will pause a day here at the Coastal River Inn on the Necanicum River as it flow through Seaside to the Pacific Ocean.
Will by the Necanicum River in Oregon
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