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Seems like most of our trips involve some kind of roadwork
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How fun - the RV park is swarming with rabbits
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They say to stay away from them. But rabbits can't read
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Obviously, they are people friendly . . . and well fed
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Sea stacks are remnants of the volcanic origins of the Oregon Coast
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Water temp is about 54 degrees. It's wild and raw and beautiful.
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We and our shadows . . .
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We don't walk the beach nearly enough . . .
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Outgoing surf makes intriguing "tracks" . . . .
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Looking north toward Netarts Bay
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A sentinal
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Judy's looking for another picture to take
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This couple were here to catch dinner. No luck, they said.
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Judy found her picture . . . .
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Bays and protected waters draw the fisherfolk
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The water's not very deep . . .
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Wisps of fog, salty mists . . . .
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Nice day . . .
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A flock of cormorants heading north
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Nice . . . even with the fog bank
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Looking down on the town of Oceanside, OR
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Sea caves are so neat
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Where the birds hang out
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There's a wide variety of coastline
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We like lighthouses
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This is the Cape Meares lighthouse
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The views from lighthouses are always good
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You can see why ships wouldn't want to go there
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You actually go down to this lighthouse
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No fog!
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And then, of course, you climb the lighthouse
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Note the caves thru the seastacks . . .
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The docent explains the light intervals
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One more lighthouse on our "been there" list
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A nice surprise overhead
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It's cheese, Grommit! Tillamook Medium Cheddar. Tons of it.
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We generally buy the five pound loaves, like these
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Funny how digital cameras react to some indoor lights . . .
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Oregon Coast Aquarium - and some lobsters
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Shrimp . . . not particularly edible
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Never saw the underside of a live horseshoe crab before
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It's always challenging to take pictures at aquariums
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Horseshoe crabs from the top side
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Kung-foo Crab
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Alaskan King Crab - only prince size
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Shrimp of an edible size
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When a shrimp just hangs out . . .
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Judy's been trying to get a good moon jelly picture for years
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She's getting closer . . .
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Jellyfish are so amazing - very complex beings considering there's almost nothing there
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Well, hello . . .
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Another jelly photo candidate . . .
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Those bright colors are actually camouflage 100 feet or so under water
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When well lit, the colors are spectacular
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Anemones and sea stars and lichens, oh my
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Sea "pens" are each colonies of several hundred symbiotic creatures
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The common muir
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The sea bird exhibit is always fun
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Some colorations are curious
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The puffins are always the stars of the show
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This guy still has his breeding plumage . . .
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Sea otters are a big draw
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Alseep or awake, they are just plain adorable
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These were all rescued from the Valdeze oil spill in Alaska
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The walk-through deep sea exhibits are fun, but hard to photograph
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The walls are all 3 inches thick and curved
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Sharks are always popular with the kids
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Not sure what a sea star finds to eat there
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Ocean-themed artwork . . .
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Pretty
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Built to look like the grasses they live in . . .
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Underneath a skate
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Lunch room at the Tillamook Air Museum
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The museum occupies a WW-2 blimp hangar
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It's one of the few remaining WW-2 blimp hangars
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The building once was (maybe still is) the world's largest freestanding wooden structure
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Most of these planes still fly from time to time
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The museum is doing quite well, being a relatively new project
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Love those paint jobs
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There's some non-aircraft stuff on display (antique person excluded
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Neat old bike
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Surprising how small those old bombers were
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A hot air balloon . . . minus the hot air
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You gotta have a blimp in a blimp hangar
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Motivation for flyers
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This guy built this blimp as a gift for his kids, who wanted an alien space ship
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Two rotors - you'd think it would chop itself to pieces
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This one can set down on water or land
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Smaller jets are almost always trainers
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WW-2 fighters were mostly engine
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We didn't ask why some planes are under a tent inside the hangar. Pigeons?
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This one lands on water, snow or runways
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Can't you feel the power?
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More airplane artwork
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These are always popular at air shows
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Some planes are more like sculptures
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A biplane from WW-1
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These old planes were and are quite fragile
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There's a lot of loving restoration in these birds
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More nose art
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Where all the blimp hangars used to be - only 7 left now
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Blimps based in Tillamook were K-Class
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Big airplane, bigger building
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The picture doesn't do the size of this thing justice
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We kept passing a sign that said "Munson Creek Falls", so we went to see . .
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It's way back in the woods, beautiful and quiet
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Second highest waterfall in Oregon . . . reputed to be 320 feet. Not a lot of water, though
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The small canyon is very like a rain forest
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Moss, ferns, lichens everywhere
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Said someplace this is the world's tallest Sitka Spruce tree
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Cool ceramics outside a Neskowin restroom building
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Pseudo-primitive salmon sculpture
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Judy really wanted this picture - under Kyllo's Restaurant in Lincoln City
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Another Aerbus, not quite the same as ours. These folks had the manual for our microwave!
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Capt Cook named this place Cape Foulweather . . . sometimes it's brutal here
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Looking south over Otter Crest toward Newport, OR
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We just love these ocean views
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Out the window of the Cape Foulweather gift shop
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The Yaquina Head Lighthouse on a very foggy day
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This park volunteer also works at Umpqua Lighthouse near Reedsport
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The light still works - 1000 watts, visible for 26 miles on a clear night
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Glass inserts in stair landings let light thru for visibility
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Yep - it's a good climb
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They say there are gray whales here most of the year
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A model of the light in the info center
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Illustrates how the Fresnel lens focuses the light
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The Yaquina Bay lighthouse in Newport was closing just as we got there
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They saved the tree . . .
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The Yaquina Bay Bridge at Newport
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The Otis Cafe isn't on the main highway any more . . .
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But it serves great food and almost always has a wait - there are only about 20 seats inside
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The lodge building at Neskowin Shores RV Park
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The fog is lifting . . .Yaquina Head lighthouse in the mist
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We end as we began - waiting for road work.