Beautiful Oregon Coast Weather

Had a wonderful day on the Oregon coast yesterday.  Started with a great breakfast in Harrisburg – a return visit to Jake’s.  Still Yummy.  We had my sister, Laila, and her hubby, Brian, along.  I always like to give my sis a hard time (don’t worry, she gets even)!



The weather was just wonderful for the drive and the  coast was beautiful.  There was a low hanging fog bank on the horizon and the wind was a bit chilly, but it didn’t really matter.  When the sun comes out in Oregon, you got to take advantage of it.  We went first to Newport and stopped at Nye Beach.  There is a whale skeleton (pieces anyway) at the state park there. 


It was sunny away from the beach but that foggy wind was sure cold right by the shore.  If you look close you can see a couple of people with dogs by the water line about 2/3 of the way up the beach.



Here they are zoomed in on, almost obscured by the fog.  I think they look cold!!


The Yaquina Bay bridge is always beautiful but the fog just added another dimension.




We enjoyed a sunny walk along the historic bay front but the chill wind chased us back to the car before long.


We always like to stop at the Adobe for lunch.  Not only is the food outstanding, the view is great too, with large windows overlooking the rocky Yachats coastline.  I didn’t get a picture of the view this time – we were too busy eating and harassing one another!  But you can see all the windows in this picture.


I love driving from north to south along the coast and since I was driving, that’s what we did.  Going south you are right on the edge for much of the drive and the view is always impressive.  There are lots of places to stop and grab a quick picture.




















“Matter of fact, I CAN read….and just who do you think you are telling to move along?”



I always love this view when you come around the curve and see the huge Heceta Beach stretched out in front of you.  The fog was spotty but still hanging around.


Just a word about how great our Poppy is.  She rode along the entire day and we barely knew she was there.  She had to ride clear in the back because Brian and Laila took her normal seats – the very nerve!!  But she never made a sound and obediently climbed onto the third seat and was a good girl the whole time.  She got out at each stop and walked around a bit, then wanted back in the car.  She is teaching us so much about growing old gracefully.  I can only hope that I am as nice an old lady as our Poppy is.