We did a crazy thing today which I can cross out from my to-do list, we swam in the Pacific Ocean. It was a windy and chilly day. People at the beach wore parka and wind breakers. But we...were...crazy... This is the beach where we stayed and this very ocean that we swam.
The walk way to the beach from the campsite
Manuel started the day by going running along the beach while I started my day by saying good morning to him and going back to sleep.
Our breakfast
Ready to hit the road again.
Photo stop at a small town that is a big producer of oysters. I saw UPS truck at the oyster storage buidling and I told Manuel that they shipped the oysters by UPS but he didn't believe so.
Driving again. Next destination, Longbeach, WA
Long Beach is 1 mile north of the US highway 101 junction at Seaview on State Route 103.
Long Beach is a resort community with an abundance of travel accomodations and access to its namesake beach, which city fathers have proclaimed the "world's longest beach."
We left Long Beach after wandering along the beach on a windy day. Now we were crossing the most prominent landmark in the area, the graceful Astoria Bridge. Astoria is America's oldest West Coast city. It is situated on the Columbia River, the river that is second in size only to the Missisippi. Welcome to Oregon!
The Astoria Bridge is also known as the Astoria-Megler Bridge. It was built by Oregon and Washington states in the early 1960s to span the Columbia and join the two states. It's the world's largest continuous-truss bridge, overall lenght of 4.1 miles.
Lunch time!!! Fish and chips.
We had lunch at the water front.
View from the US navy museum. You can see the Astoria Bridge from here too.
We started driving along the gorgeous and picturesque west coast.
Photo stop. I believe I can fly....I believe I can touch the sky :p
We had lunch at the water front.
View from the US navy museum. You can see the Astoria Bridge from here too.
We started driving along the gorgeous and picturesque west coast.
Photo stop. I believe I can fly....I believe I can touch the sky :p
The background is Nehalem beach where we spent the seond night.
We wanted to drive further down but we fell in love with Nehalem beach which we saw from the driving way on the mountain. We stayed at Nehalem Bay State Park
Nehalem Beach in late afternoon.
After checking out the beach, we agreed to cook and have dinner before we headed back to the beach for the sunset.
We wanted to drive further down but we fell in love with Nehalem beach which we saw from the driving way on the mountain. We stayed at Nehalem Bay State Park
Nehalem Beach in late afternoon.
After checking out the beach, we agreed to cook and have dinner before we headed back to the beach for the sunset.
This is one of my fav pics. Manuel got this shot when I was concentrating on opening the can. We had meat ball pasta. The meatball tasted like dog's food, though we finished it all and really enjoyed the meal. hahaha... I asked Manuel if he tried this before and the answer was no! He got it from the thrift store where he works. Somebody donated it :p
We headed back to the beach to catch the last sun ray of the day. Sunset at the Pacific west coast. That was sweet and awesome!
We headed back to the beach to catch the last sun ray of the day. Sunset at the Pacific west coast. That was sweet and awesome!
2 comments:
nice lunch - fish and chips, yehaa
did you open the tin at the end???or what?
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