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First thing yesterday we took off for Heceta Head. It was a very beautiful morning. We stopped at the big viewing area on 101 for a distant view of Heceta Head Lighthouse. In the rocks below were a bazillion sea lions lazing on the rocks! Oh, boy I wanted to get down there! We went on over to the lighthouse and walked up to it. Right there at th...

Well, we certainly hope you all had as nice a Thanksgiving as we did. We started the day with a visit to the Darlingtonia Botanical Gardens. So small is this garden we went right past it and ended up going the whole length of Sutton Lake. Oregon has this way of placing signs that completely befuddles my mom. Instead of having the signs in front ...

We drove west on Highway 26 to Seaside, then turned south along the Pacific coast highway and stopped at all the interesting places we could find. One of which was the Tillimook Cheese factory, several beach access points, The Rogue Brewery, and lots more. It was a great way to catch up on the 10 weeks we had just spent apart.

The dunes at Honeyman State Park are some of the most fun -- you can roll right off the dunes into the sea!