The Oregon Coast
We got up in the morning to visit my cousin, Camille and her family in Newport, OR. I think the last time anyone in our immediate family had seen her was over 30 years ago! We only had a couple hours to catch up, but it was a very nice visit. They have a really nice house in a great little coastal town. We really liked it up there on the Oregon coast. Looking back on the whole trip, the Oregon Coast turned out to be one of our favorite places. If we ever had to move, it would be a place we really would consider moving to.

After our visit we stopped at Big Guys Cafe in Newport around noon for lunch and free wireless access. After lunch we took our time driving up the coast exploring all the beaches and coastal towns. It really is a beautiful area. The weather was perfect! Usually around 65-70 degree with bright sunshine. A far cry from the triple digits we had been hearing about back home in SoCal.

On our way up the Oregon coast we stumbled upon this stretch of deserted beach:

It didn't appear to be a place frequented by a lot of people and there wasn't public parking or easy access from the road. We just pulled over on the side of the highway and made our way through a little bit of brush to a big, empty beach. This is another new picture that didn't appear in the original blog showing Hapa doing one of the things that he loves to do, chasing birds at the beach:

After that we crossed the border into Washington to catch Interstate 5 back south. Didn't realize that Astoria was so far north of Portland. We camped out for the night just outside of Portland just after 11pm at mile 2482.