After 17 days on the road for this part of the trip, we finally reached Oregon. We didn't follow the original Oregon Trail, and fortunately no one died of dysentery, but it did seem like a really long voyage.
The misty fog had cleared by morning so we took a walk on Kalaloch beach. The beach appears to stretch on forever, and is littered with huge driftwood. There were also numerous crab remnants scattered on the beach, left by predator birds I assume.
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| Giant Driftwood |
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| Driftwood Logs |
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| Crab Shells |
One of the points of interest on Kalaloch beach is the Tree of Life, an unbelievably living tree whose root system has been completely exposed by erosion. We marveled at it and climbed up to the cave below.
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| Tree of Life |
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| Tree of Life |
Since yesterday's misty fog had cleared, we backtracked to Ruby Beach for another look. It was worth the trip because we got a nice morning view.
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| Ruby Beach |
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| Ruby Beach |
This was where we parted with Jennifer and Eric, since they had plans to return to the Seattle area to do some boat shopping, and we were continuing to Oregon before beginning our return trip home. There were some emotional goodbyes, but we were grateful for the time we spent traveling together.
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| Happy Campers |
Jan and I drove south on Hwy 101, crossing the amazing Astoria-Megler bridge that connects Washington to Oregon. We stopped at the Fort Stevens State Park to see the remaining 116 year old wreckage of the ship Peter Iredale that ran aground there in 1906.
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| Astoria-Megler Bridge |
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| Shipwreck |
We continued south to Cannon Beach where we got a view of the iconic Haystack Rock from the beach. This concluded our sightseeing for the day and we camped at an RV park near the town of Cannon Beach.
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| Cannon Beach |
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| Haystack Rock |
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Incredibly beautiful pictures!
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