September in Oregon

We took a trip out to see Andy in Washington. flying into Seattle. On the 23rd, we headed down to Oregon to spend a couple days on the Oregon coast. First off was some wine tasting. Here Andy and Phil are walking into the winery. Not sure just what Andy is doing ~~~~~
This is a picture of the place we stayed at in Netarts, Oregon. It was called Happy Camp Hideaway. We are the middle cottage - very beachy funky is the best way to describe it. The floors in the cottage sloped from the center of the place out - especially when walking into the little kitchen. We had breakfast there and then had the other meals along our tour of the coast. Phil got his salmon, sturgeon, and halibut. Andy and I passed on the seafood but did just fine none the less. This is a picture of the shore at Cape Lookout. We had cloudy, rainy weather the first couple days, as you can see from the pictures. Despite that, the scenery was quite beautiful. We took one day and traveled down the coast from the cottage, and then the next day traveled north, so we got to see quite a bit of the Oregon coast that way.
Did I mention that you need to watch out for the waves that come out of nowhere? If you look at the picture above, you can see the darker rocks near the water and the lighter ones farther up. Well, dummies that we were, we stood on the darker rocks (that means wet) and a wave came up and swamped all three of us. As you can see by my pant legs, I got completely soaked. Yes, the water was over the shoes and up about 3 inches on our legs. Andy was standing closer to shore on a rock, and had no where to go. Phil and I couldn't move fast enough, so what you see is the end result. That meant when we got back to the car, it was off with the shoes so they could dry out. It took the whole day, but eventually, we were not squishing anymore!
Isn't this pretty?
We went to Munson Creek Falls, which is the tallest waterfall on the Oregon coast.

And, here is a picture of the watefall. One thing we found interesting was the sand dunes. There is actually one place which is used for four-wheeling. It is a huge park with nothing but sand dunes!
Do we look like we are having a good time??
We had to see a lighthouse, so this is one of the pictures Andy took of us there.

This is the Cape Meares Lighthouse.

Great opportunity to skip stones. Whose form do you think is better?
Of course Andy wanted to see a shipwreck, so this is the one we found. Notice the difference in the sky. It is finally clearing up, just in time for us to go home.

We stopped in Astoria and then went over this bridge into Washington for our trip back to Seattle. It is large enough for big freighters to go under it.


All in all, we had a great time. We played frisbee, Andy and Phil played catch, of course skipping stones, poker, cards (three goats and a chicken) and farkle (dice). Don't ask Andy about 20 questions, as he gets pretty cranky when we discuss that. (Think of something and then the others in the car have only 20 questions to come up with the answer). One final controversial question for you all to answer: So, do you think that fingernails are a man-made product? (or are they made by man?)