Our adult kids know that I enjoy taking modern technology back to the late 1950’s/early 60’s to impress my younger self and friends. I usually play a guessing game: What is this? A radio? a calculator? a flashlight? an encyclopedia? an atlas? a clock? a camera? a phone? etc., etc., etc., with the answer being all of the above and much more! Mind-blowing for that bygone era!
Betty finally added state number 40 – Washington – to our sticker map.
Well this week Betty & I went back in time – but just not that far back… In 2010 we dropped our youngest daughter, Lisa, at the University of Victoria, and headed down the U.S. coast in our CruiseMaster. The picture on the first page of our blog was taken just south of Cannon Beach, Oregon, on spectacularly scenic coastal highway #101.
This is our first page pic, taken a dozen years ago on the scenic Oregon coast.We tried our best to replicate that pic yesterday, but couldn’t get the sun to move to the right angle in the sky. Betty had forced me to retire the Hawaiian shirt I was wearing in 2010, but I found another for this pic. You will note that I am still holding the same coffee mug (with fresh coffee, of course) and that Betty & I don’t look a day older. lolThis was another attempt on a different day. Rather than setting up my tripod, we conscripted other tourists to act as our photographer – a tricky proposition when you have a specific image in mind.There are dozens of scenic pull-offs along the coast. This was another attempt to get the sun on our faces at one of them.
One of our first posts (Dec.3, 2017) listed favourite places we hoped to revisit.
This pic is of a much younger couple, taken at Cannon Beach in 2010.Rather than conscripting another photographer, I took this pic of Betty by the Cannon Beach Haystack Rock. I was unsuccessful in persuading her to take off her shirt to add to the haystacks. lol.She reciprocated by taking this pic of me. I offered to take off my shirt, but Betty thought that would just be too funny looking…
We are currently staying at Nehalem Bay State Park (site C30), just south of Cannon Beach, and have enjoyed both touring Cannon Beach again, and also just sitting on the wide sandy beach in the park, watching families flying their kites.
Our current, quiet site (C30) has electricity & water for $39./night The park isn’t near as full as we expected.You can just make out Betty & Charlie at the top of the dune, on the way to the beach in Nehalem Bay State Park.We had a pleasant afternoon enjoying the warm sunshine at the beach.It was a great day for families to get kites in the air over the long, wide, fine-grained, sandy beach.Betty & Charlie head back to our campsite after a day at the beach.
Tomorrow we drive just a little further south to Tillamook, for a tour of their famous cheese factory, and are spending the night at another cheese factory – the Blue Heron – a Harvest Host member.
State #41, Oregon, can finally be added to our map. Yeah!
We will be leaving the Pacific Ocean behind, and starting our travels inland toward Manitoba – hoping to return once the seasonal flooding is over. (Otherwise we might have a water-front campsite at Town & Country. lol)
One more “haystack” rock along the Oregon coast. Just “wow” for this scenic drive.
Our next stop this weekend is Portland, Oregon, with upcoming visits to Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, South and North Dakota along the way. The Portland visit may include a trip to the Apple store, to see what new technology might replace my aging iPhone 6, which has been acting up lately. Besides, think of the impression I would make if I took the latest iPhone back to the ’60s! Just imagine the past and future colliding!
This Princess line cruise ship was docked in Astoria, Oregon, visible as we crossed the bridge from Washington State.
In the meantime, we have enjoyed our journey back to the future, and hope you also have opportunity to both reminisce and look forward to new adventures ahead!
I couldn’t resist a pic of these bright, colourful tulips, outside a hotel in Cannon Beach.
