We have more visitors/Oregon Coast Part 1

Our long time friends, Rosie and Betty, came for a 2 week visit on August 24th.  The day after they came, we did a 3 day excursion along the coast: from Cannon Beach (NW corner of the state, about 30 miles from  Washington) south to Newport, a drive of about 100 miles.  As you will see below, the coast of Oregon is really spectacular.  There were so many good pictures of the coast, I decided to do two posts.  

Betty, Caroline and Rosie.   I took the picture before Betty smiled: she is having a good time.

Haystack Rock. A light mist was blowing in off the Pacific the whole time we were there. 

Checking out the starfish and sea anemones at low tide.



Are they walking into the Twilight Zone ?

The mist makes Haystack Rock surreal. That's Betty and Caroline looking at something.

The view from our picnic area at Ecola State Park. There were low level clouds hanging on the horizon all day, as you will see in all the 'ocean' photos below. 

A view along the coast highway (as well as the rest of the photos).

I've mentioned in a previous post very few people go in the water (it is cold !!).  They do as you can see here - however, they  are all surfers with wet suits.


Let's check that map again, just to be sure we are not lost.

Only surfers.

Hiking one of the trails along the coast.


Occasionally, the clouds reached the shore, creating an interesting look.
The mist came in fast...

Did this in about a minute !