Cannon Beach, Oregon

We were told before going that Cannon Beach is possibly the nicest place along the Oregon Coast. I think this is true! While busy and FULL of tourists, it manages to keep it's charm.

It is so quaint. The little shops and houses are very well kept, there are window boxes everywhere.

The beach here is fantastic. This is the home of Haystack Rock and it's, well, a giant rock. It's fun to watch how the tide moves in on it and then away as the day goes on. Sometimes it's possible to walk right up to it, and other times not, depending on the tide. The water here is VERY cold. Too cold for me to bother swimming. Actually, there wasn't much swimming done by anyone. Children played along the edges of the water, but that's about it.

There was a stream feeding into the ocean out to once side, so we took the boys there. The water was a bit warmer here. Still not warm enough for my liking, but the boys seemed to enjoy it, along with a number of other children.

As always, lots of photos to share!

Haystack Rock

Enjoying goodies from the bakery

Cute little bakery we discovered

This is a kite shop! How cute is this?

I believe this is called Corn dogging

Cafe in Cannon Beach

Sunset over a stream where it meets the Pacific

We love Cannon Beach!

Seaside Oregon

As promised, part two of our Pacific North West vacation adventure.

We camped for four nights in Seaside, Oregon. This gave us plenty of time to take in both Seaside and the nearby town of Cannon Beach.

Seaside is okay. It's  a bit touristy and overdone for my liking, and despite claims of a long boardwalk, there isn't actually a boardwalk. It's made of cement and not fantastic. I had visions of something like the famous boardwalks in California- Venice beach and Santa Cruz type boardwalks, so this was disappointing.

There was a carousel, so that was something. We didn't bother riding it though. What we did do was find an amazing ice cream store, and a saltwater taffy store. We also took in the aquarium, where we were able to feed seals. They were quite fat, probably because the get fed all day long. The most interesting thing in the aquarium, in my opinion, was the octopus. Really neat to see one up close!

The seals were entertaining. Very demanding creatures, they did tricks for us to get food. No one even forced them to do it, they just did. They smell though, so I didn't spend as much time there as I could have.

We happened upon an demonstration of salt making, as it was in the early 1900's. This was towards sunset and it was an interesting display on the beach. The backdrop of Pacific Ocean behind it was what really got my attention though! Photo op! It was such a nice evening, and the fog was rolling in. Loved it.

Enjoy the photos and watch for the Cannon Beach post and those photos coming up next.

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Flowers bloom in Seaside

Beach at Seaside

Fog just starting to roll in off of Pacific

Ocean and a bit of Seaside

Giant Slug!

Hubby's hand next to it for comparison

Boys running along seashore at sunest

Fog rolling in

Sunset

This is a novelty. No such signs where we live at 3,000 feet!

Driving across the Astoria Bridge(Connects Oregon and Washington)