Last Days on the Oregon Coast

Well, today is Friday and we fly out tomorrow night, so this is the last post for the blog.

On Thursday, we spent the day traveling up the beach, taking pics of lighthouses, waves, etc. We also stopped at the OSU Marine Science and the Oregon Coast Aquarium. The Science center was really neat - all kinds of experiments and research set up for the kids to play with or to try. They also had a really nice pool with sea stars and other tide pool animals for gently touching.

The Aquarium had sea lions, seals, otters, an octopus, lots of fish, sea horses, jellies, etc. - we had fun and kids were running everywhere.

We also stopped at the Sea Lion Caves - noisy to say the least.

We stayed in Lincoln City for the night, slept late Friday morning because it started to rain yesterday evening and didn't let up until mid-morning Friday. We even stayed at the beach last night but the waves were very noisy - crashing all night. The Pacific is definitely much rougher and wilder than the Atlantic - the water, the landscape, the entire environment.

We drove up the coast to Tillamook - milk cow country. The land is green, green, green, and there are the biggest, more colorful flowers everywhere. They make my porch flowers look pitiful. But I do love Oregon.

Tomorrow, we will explore the Tillamook Cheese Factory and the Latimer Quilt Center before heading to Portland for the plane.

I did pick up a new quilt and pillow shams for my bed - I keep giving all my quilts away and I loved it the minute I say it. Oh well, at least I didn't buy any new fabric for myself - our quilt group challenge for this year.

See ya at home sometime Sunday....