Embarcadero Resort Hotel And Ma Newport

... different kinds of cheese and yes, we did buy some cheese along with a package of cracker and a knife to cut the cheese with. I had to give the knife to my daughter for her checked luggage as we were traveling with carry-ons My daughter and I both had some Tillamook ice cream which was delicious.

We made several stops along the way to take photos and checked into the Comfort Inn in Newport.

... how we managed to never once got stung by the 40 or 50 Jellyfish we carried, with our bare hands, every day. Lace and I have always been able to pet the most vicious dogs w/o being mauled, ride the stubbornest horses w/o being bucked, and let the meanest hammsters crawl all over us with never a bight. Animals have just always liked us. I guess that goes for Jellyfish as well!

... of the Pacific was amazing where, even in relatively calm weather, huge waves crashed against massive rocks and capes. There is a winter tourism built up here just for storm watching.

This was supposed to be good whale watching territory, but our timing was off and we didn't see any. We did come across a huge colony of harbor seals when we stopped at an overlook of a lighthouse. Down the road, they were charging to go into a sea cave ...

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We got a room on the south beach.

We walked to a nearby bar for food, it was karaoke night - she sang.

In the morning we went to a 'pirate cove' shop.

We walked on the beach.

We drove on 20 to Corvallis.

We stopped in Corvallis and hiked on Bald Hill again.

We drove south to Eugene.

... guy in a very tricked out Honda Civic with nitrous.He dropped us off at my sister Kelley's house. We stayed there and spent the evening just sort of hanging out with my sister. Likely one of the last times I will see her or any of the rest of beloved family for quite some time. This is the gloomy side of traveling the world. It is however a sacrifice I am very ready to make. When i do see my family again I will be the wiser for it and have a hell of a story to tell ...

... single one of them, and despite our 'don't touch' instructions, Brad managed to drop a ceramic pig, from the shelf to the floor only a foot, but enough to smash it into pieces. And so we walked out $5 worse off, and not even a pig to show for it! Finished the afternoon with an early dinner at Sizzlers. Great value for a meal, with an all you can eat entrée ...

Well, wow! I think I'm lucky to be alive! Ok, so that may be a little dramatic but it really was stormy coming down the coast and mom was white knuckling the steering wheel I guarantee you that. Old Clementine was swayin' and sashayin' down the highway like we were on the way to a dance. It took us about three hours to do a two hour drive. But, we are here and none the worse for the wear. When we got into Newport we set ourselves ...

... off the boats at the Fish Peddler. It was amazing to look through the window and see all the steps from steaming to removing the shells and then on to packaging for shipping. We walked around the bayfront for a short time and then went back over to the Yaquina Head area to vistit the Interpretive Center.There we learned a little more about the important job of the lightkeeper, the powerful bulbs, and the history and purpose of the lighthouses. Chris spent some time with the ...

We headed to the coast & stayed at Lincoln City. Over the next couple of days we travelled down through lovely coastal towns & stayed at Gold Beach in the south.



I was surprised to discover the coast had Tsunami warning signs & the direction to run/drive if the sirens went off. A little ...

... Maybe I will go for a splash on Venice Beach instead :-) The next morning I head south on route 101 to California. The coastline was spectacular huge cliffs, thundering waves and golden sand but yet still no one in the water! :-)On part of journey I passed through the Giant Redwood Park. Americian being a literal place,hey I once saw a no smoking sign over a firework stand in a gas station, I suppose it does not hurt to state the obvious :-). As ...