The location of Portland is just so fantastic. In less than an hour we are in the woods, a little over an hour we are at the beach, and we also have two flight connecting us daily to Europe. WOW! - After a couple trips to the woods over the past couple of weeks we were totally overdue for a trip to the beach. Initially we thought about trying to get a room for a night, but its August and chances are slim being pretty much impossible this time of year without any pre-planning. Oh well...good thing the beach is only a little over an hour away from our house.
We left around 10:30 stopped for breakfast and then headed for Cannon Beach. We packed a beach blanket, some beach toys, change of clothes for the girls and off we went. To get to the beach you have to cross the mountain range, drive through the middle of the dark deep woods and then seemingly out of nowhere the Pacific appears on the horizon. It is just so amazing. To me being from Southern Germany it never seizes to amaze me how within a short period of time we can be at the beach, in the woods, or by the mountain.
Cannon Beach is very, very busy this time of year and parking spots are hard to come by. Luckily there are a lot of different beach spots a little further down 101. We were prepared to drive down 101 a little further but lucked out and got a parking spot right downtown only short walk to the beach. At the beach we put down our blanket, went with the girls to play in the estuary, then just relaxed as the girls played in the sand. At the beach you hear the ocean roar, take in the wild beauty of the pacific...all in all it is so rejuvenating. Before we left to get back to town we took a short walk towards Haystack Rock and our batteries were recharged.
You can learn more about Cannon Beach on its official Web-site http://www.cannonbeach.org/
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