Travel Blogs from Seaside, United States
Back to Seaside
We had enjoyed our visit to Seaside a few days before and decided to go back. We left Long Beach, Washington and drove out to see the Cape Disappointment lighthouse. We crossed over the bridge to Astoria and down to Ecola State ...
Leaving Folsom...
We got a late start on our journey today. Both Marta and I didn't wake up till 9:30am. Marta prepared french toast (yum!) while I played with my plants and got everything situated. After we took showers and packed it was time to hit the ...
A trip to Astoria
... and was backfilled and could cause large vehicles loads to shift ... so we slowed down a bit:) We expected to see old seaside towns along the way but instead were greeted by a Home Depot and Costco!Lance visited the Columbia Maritime Museum while I ...
So much to see, so little time
... then relaxed in the room for awhile. Once we all were showered and ready we decided to take a walk on the promenade of Seaside. We wandered north along the not so travelled part and saw some adorable homes and B&B's with colourful gardens. As we came ...
First couple of days - going well so far.
We've arrived at Seaside, Oregon and are are staying in a room with a view of the ocean. The beach is lovely, but no better than Long Beach, but new to us. We stopped at Astoria, and climbed up the spiral stairs inside Astoria Column,164 ...
Oh I do like to be beside the.....
Day 82 - September 1st 2007 After getting pretty much no sleep the night before we are up bright and early and manage to book into the hostel for the next 2 nights which is good news. We both grab a hot drink in an attempt to warm up before hitting ...
Happy Birthday USA!
... , we didn't have a choice. We settled on an oceanfront room about 30 miles ahead of us and set out. Upon arriving in Seaside, Oregon we found a scene that looked like a smaller west coast version of Mardi Gras. People everywhere, streets blocked off, not ...
Onward to the Oregon coast
And so those same words come back to haunt me...."Are we there yet?" Day #1 Arrived at dark during the evening of the 6th, yet my mom, dad and I headed out to explore the ocean in the darkness. Our hostel was only 4 blocks from the coast so we took a ...
Monterey Bay
Viele Gruesse aus der Monterey Bay-Ecke! Heute frueh haben wir uns aus Alamo verabschiedet und sind Richtung Kueste gefahren. Vorher wollten wir noch einen kleinen Abstecher nach Berkeley machen, was dann aber misslungen ist, weil wir da keinen Parkplatz ...
Cannon Beach, OR
On the drive from Long Beach, WA, to Seaside, OR, crossed the Columbia River on the Astoria Mealer Bridge, the longest trussel bridge in the nation. A perfect sunny day to see some of the sights in this area. CANNON BEACH area: This is definitely a ...
Seaside
Another great resort. Lots to do walking distance, movie, shopping mall, crabbing, fishing, biking, ...
Beach Volleyball Heaven
All day--literally 12 hours at the beach for the 27th Annual Seaside Beach Volleyball ...
Ores are gone? An Oregonian will give you some
After another night at chateau Neil, we woke up and eagerly hit the road after a multiple day hiatus. After two miles of riding uphill we cruised down through Cannon Beach. Up again we went and passed through our first tunnel. It was satisfying to push ...
Shane's Education Blog
I work for a pioneering urban sustainability education corporation as a Product Markets Technician . I live with an impulsive hedgehog named Amno. ...
Birthday surfing @ Short Sands
The water may be cold, the coast may be foggy, but Short Sands beach 10 miles south of Seaside is beautiful, and the waves and the people are friendly. Akiko and I went down for the weekend to celebrate my birthday. If you're going to the Oregon Coast ...
Hike to Tillamook Head and More Beach Time
Serge and Nikki had planned a hike during our stay at Seaside and today was the day. They packed the baby carrier for Theo - which is didn't want to get into because he doesn't like to be confined. Kim and Chuck joined us. At the ...
Still by the Beautiful Sea - now in Seaside!
We left "Whaler's Rest", our Thousand Trails Preserve in South Beach Oregon this morning, and have now checked into "Seaside", another one of our Thousand Trails Membership Parks, which is a couple about 125 miles further north up the coast, along Highway ...
Theo Plays in the Sand at the Beach-I Go for Walk
Today everyone was up a little later since the birthday celebration for Theo and his uncle Chuck kept the youngest children, Alex and Theo, up later than usual. After Jason made a wonderful breakfast of scrambled eggs, fried potatoes and pancakes, ...
Taffy, taffy everywhere
... water taffy. It seemed that every store had it as their specialty, in every flavor imaginable. Candy must be the economic cornerstone of Seaside. When we got hungry we headed to Mckeowns for drinks and appys. It wasn't bad, especially the drinks. When we ...
Across the border / "On the Oregon of Species"
... translates into English roughly as 'cheeky bastard!'. The rest of ride was spent meandering along the coastline through seaside resort towns and landscapes, interspersed by gliding through Seattle, before reaching Olympia and then curving inland for the ...
zu Besuch bei Beringers
Heute machte ich mich als erstes auf zu den Beringer Brüder im Napa Valley :-) dort machte ich eine Tour durch's Weingut und probierte einige Weine. Natürlich gibt's im Napa Valley viele Weingüter... aber die Beringer machen meinen ersten ...
Trip to the shore
So as mentioned in the end of the New York blog I headed to Julia & Robs holiday home with them on the Friday evening. Over Friday night there was a really heavy thunder storm that woke us all up and had flooded some of the local area. Saturday we ...
oh hello there
greetings everyone! So.. welcome to our third and (hopefully final!) blog location. We have run into some technical difficulties with our last two locals, but think that travelpod will suit our needs. As you may know, the Super Duper Brother-Sister duo ...
Drive to Grandma Nestlen's Beach Condo in Seaside
... the car and the rooftop pod. The beachside condo has huge glass windows and doors with great view of the ocean. Seaside has a huge sandy beach with a mountain - Tillamook Head - at the southern edge of the beach. The condo was centrally ...
Seaside
... tactic was to keep aiming towards the red lights of the guy in front and hope nothing stepped or drove in between. Arrived at the Seaside HI hostel. Hostel is a generous word - more like a shack. Still it was ok I suppose. I asked of I was the only ...
Über dem Ozean
Heute wurde der Küstenhighway dem Attribut, eine der schönsten Küstenstrassen der Welt zu sein, gerecht. Ein grosser Teil der heutigen Strecke zwischen Pismo Beach und Monterey verläuft kurvenreich hoch über dem Ozean. Es bieten sich immer wieder ...
Mud
The ocean is beautiful, and the waves roll in. And roll in. And roll in. But the variety of patterns in the mud and sand are almost as fascinating to me as watching the water. ...
Day 4 Seaside/Cannon Beach
... to have a kick back day in the town of Seaside Oregon with a quick trip down the coast to Cannon Beach (6 miles away). In Seaside we stayed in a condo instead of a hotel and it was great. Plenty of room to stretch out, had a chance to do some ...

