Oregon Coast Trip Part 1 - September 2015

We should probably call this the Cohen post as most of the pictures seem to be of Cohen; that is partly Kyahs fault as she did not want to come to the beach on Monday when we got here. Anyways, we left town on Saturday when Chelsey was done work and spent the night in a Wal-Mart parking lot just south of Olympia…Boo Ya! On Sunday we got up and drove the remaining four hours to our campsite which is just south of Newport on the Oregon Coast.

When we got here on Sunday we unloaded and then went for a quick look at the beach across the street from the campsite; there are a few photos below of that. Monday was a stay at the campsite day as Kyah was still fighting a cold but we still went for a swim in the pool and Cohen and I spent some time at the beach being chased by waves and dodging jellyfish…That’s why most of the pictures are of Cohen. I got to go for a quick bike ride which was also nice as it is always fun to ride new roads.

Yesterday we went on our first adventure into the town of Newport to check out the Yaquina Head Lighthouse which is the tallest lighthouse on the Oregon Coast and

was first lit on August 20^th, 1873. It is just on the other side of town from the Yaquina Bay Lighthouse that was built three years prior but it wasn’t big enough so they built the Yaquina Head lighthouse which could be seen from 20 miles away. It is still in operation today but was automated in the 1966. We spent a couple hours here walking around and checking out the interpretive centre which was very informative.

Below you will also see some picture of black rocks along the shore line. These are actually lava rocks that flowed from a volcano 300km away millions of years ago; I don’t know what volcano it was…Mt Hood or Crater Lake maybe…Anyways, the lava cooled when it hit the ocean and then over the millions of years as the waves have rolled up and down it has turned the lava into these awesome rounded, like river, rocks. But, the cool part is that as that waves crash up and then suck back down it makes an awesome sound as they pull back all these rounded lava rocks. The green plant I took a picture of is wild Kale; it grows right down by the ocean, pretty cool eh.

After sometime as the lighthouse we then grabbed a quick bite to eat at Rogue Brewing which is an awesome brewery. From what I gathered they grow a lot of their own hops and other ingredients in Oregon and much of it is done organically. They had over 25 beers on tap and while we didn’t get the fish and chips it looked really good! They even make their own ketchup! I got their Brutal IPA which was a nice hoppy beer and Chelsey got the Mums Hefeweizen which was infused with different flowers I think; it seemed like a pretty beer just perfect for Chelsey J. The food was also good so I do recommend the place if you are ever in town. As always lots of pictures below and stay tuned for more!