Cannon Beach & Seaside, Oregon Coast, USA

Haystack Rock 
- Cannon Beach, Oregon Coast, USA

Charming Cannon Beach - Oregon Coast, USA

Wayne with the Kids on Bumper Cars
- Seaside, Oregon Coast, USA

Indiana Beach in Ecola State Park 
- Oregon Coast, USA

Beach - Seaside, Oregon Coast, USA

Beach Homes - Oregon Coast, USA

Cannon Beach and Seaside, Oregon Coast, USA (9/3-4/2009) - The Oregon coast is beautiful with large white sandy beaches and charming seaside villages.

Lewis & Clark Statue
- Seaside, Oregon Coast

For the benefit of those from California, Cannon Beach is the Carmel of northern Oregon and one of its most beautiful seaside villages. It is a great place for exploring art galleries and unique shops. Cannon Beach has miles of sandy beaches and is also the site of Haystack Rock, the most photographed site on the Oregon coast.

In addition to walking Hamlet Street (the main street of Cannon Beach), a highlight of ours was a hike through the beautiful Ecola State Park complete with old growth forest trails and sandy Indian Beach (see photos).

The town of Seaside is famous for its beautiful beach, good clam chowder, and being the place where the famous Lewis and Clark expedition landed on the west coast after their pioneering trip across the frontier. In Seaside, Wayne found a bumper car ride he just had to do. The Big Kid had some old fashion fun (see photo). 

Finishing up a wonderful visit, we saw a campy community play at Cannon Beach’s Coaster Theater Playhouse.

Please also see our 5 other blog posts for beautiful Oregon, USA:

USA Oregon Columbia River Gorge

USA Oregon Mount Hood River and Walla Walla Washington

USA Oregon Portland

USA Oregon Wine Country McMinnville

USA Oregon Oregon’s Central Coast Tillamook Depoe Bay Newport

 

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