I grew up in the Mojave Desert of Southern California – just over the San Gabriel Mountains from Los Angeles. We could get to Ventura Beach in about an hour and a half. We could play on the sand, walk along the beach, body surf. It was fantastic. Once my friends and I got our… Continue reading Foggy Day at Cannon Beach
Tag: Oregon Coast
Trip to Manzanita
Visit Dates: November 2-4, 2018 I’m not sure how this blog post will look; I’m using the new WordPress editor. So please bear with me. I grew up in Southern California where you go to the “beach” for a day or weekend. For the past many, many years I’ve lived in Oregon where you go… Continue reading Trip to Manzanita
Summer Trip to Newport – Day 2
Date of visit: July 16, 2018 Our first stop was the Oregon Coast Aquarium – really it is the reason we picked Newport as our destination. We seem to remember visiting here years ago when the kids were young; perhaps driving the 95 miles from Manzanita during a week at the coast there. But I… Continue reading Summer Trip to Newport – Day 2
Summer Trip to Newport – Day 1
Date of visit: July 15, 2018 It was a hot weekend in Portland – up in the mid 90s. Thank goodness we had planned to go to the coast. Back around Christmas we read an article in The Oregonian about things to do in Newport so it has been on our radar for a while.… Continue reading Summer Trip to Newport – Day 1
Coos Bay, Bandon, and Florence
August 19, 20, 2015 Earlier this summer our older son took a job as an attorney in Coos Bay, Oregon – a coastal town four hours’ south and west of Portland. We made a trip with him when he was apartment shopping; then a few weeks later his brother and I helped him move his… Continue reading Coos Bay, Bandon, and Florence