Off to OZ. Not excited about the 14 hr flight. There must be a reason they keep all the Ozzies on the other side of the world. We will spend the next five weeks unraveling this mystery. Stay tuned!

From Lincoln City we traveled north along highway 101 through Pacific City, Cape Meares, Tillamook up to Cannon Beach. The Tillamook area has much more agriculture in addition to fishing, and they make some very good cheeses. Cannon Beach is only a 90 minute drive from Portland and so there are weekend homes and a much more tony and varied accommodation and restaurants. We stayed in an excellent Inn right on Cannon Beach. A beautiful sunset and the following fu...

Today dawned clear and blue. We travelled north to Lincoln City just a short trip north of Yachats. We stopped and had a picnic lunch by the ocean and continued on our way. We checked into our new accommodations in the early afternoon and then went for a long walk on the beach. The surf continually pounds.....why hasn't someone harnessed all that power? At dinner we sampled an excellent Oregon Pinot Noir and fish from the local waters. We are soooo into the 100 m...

Like Lewis and Clark we have found the Pacific ocean. Misty morning on the coast but the mist will burn off as the day warms up. We are off to explore the coast down to Florence Oregon, where there is a huge dune field. We have sampled many delicacies including; crab, oysters, salmon and sculgullian......yeah I've never heard of it either, is is delicious clam chowder with local bay shrimp added. Off exploring, Ciao for now

As the sun slowly sinks in the west we find our hero and heroine sipping Willamette valley Chardonnay on the porch overlooking the Pacific Ocean........fade to black. The day started misty/foggy but warm. We motored down the coast as far south as Coos Bay south of the coastal sand dune fields. Coos Bay is a community of loggers, fishermen and oyster farmers. We stopped at Chuck's Seafood and tried his smoked oysters and oyster sticks...........who knew that they...