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Two years ago, we stayed here for a "free" weekend and wound up joining Thousand Trails.
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It's always fun to stop in Depoe Bay and watch for whales
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Nowadays, it's the Coast Guard who does the rescuing
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A rock full of brown pelicans at Depoe Bay
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There were at least 3 whales near the harbor, but our camera wasn't fast enough
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The Oregon Coast has some of our favorite sea views
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Every wave is different, as is every view
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Whale watching boat returning to Depoe Bay
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Nicely painted bus shows off some Newport scenery
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The state park was across the street from our RV park (in those trees)
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Judy proves Al wuz there
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The beach at Lost Creek - lots of expanse and foam
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Sea foam is interesting stuff
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The trail through the woods from the beach to the RV park
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That's the view south from Izzy's Pizza on the north side of Newport
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Al does his good deed for the month . . .
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Again, brown pelicans soiling the rocks
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You can climb the lighthouse and enjoy spectacular vistas
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Yaquina Head lighthouse is really nice
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One of the views from the lighthouse
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There were brown pelicans on every available piece of rock
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This one's looking for his own piece of rock
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This one's our favorite pelican picture . . .
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Another neat view from the lighthouse
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Some folks climbed down to the beach to get closer to the sea lion colony
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And some folks were attempting to (a) surf or (b) freeze
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Most settled for thinking about surfing
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And, of course, pelicans keeping an eye on all of it
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Newport's other lighthouse is Yaquina Bay, right in town
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This lighthouse is supposedly haunted.
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Newport is a very photogenic town
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The bridge at Newport is much photographed
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Very picturesque
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There's even an RV park back there behind the marina
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Meanwhile, we have a boat in our RV park too
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And some spiffy nautical stuff on the gate
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Ice cream socials are very popular at 1000 Trails parks . . .
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It's painting time at the park store . . .
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Stained glass windows at the door to 1st Pres in Newport
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At Linfield College's Alumni Plaza, all the bricks have inscriptions
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The plaza had just been completed for homecoming before we were there
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And there's Judy's Mom's Brick . . . .
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Other views of the Linfield Campus - the President's house
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That empty space in front of Pioneer Hall used to be occupied by the Old Oak
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Awesome campus tree - with the Old Oak gone, they're trying hard to save this guy
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Lots of trees on the Linfield campus
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Spirit Mountain Casino is a popular place outside McMinnville
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Every Native American casino we've been to has a signature sculpture as you enter
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We like that license plate
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Back on the coast, another great view from a roadside park
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A cool mural on the backside of a store at the Lincoln City outlet mall
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View from the roadside just north of Florence
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That's the Heceta Head lighthouse - a twin to the Umpqua lighthouse
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Stellar sea lions seem to enjoy the surf
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The Rev Dr Bill Stevens (our pastor) making Scottish noises
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Even in the autumn, Shore Acres is a pretty place
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David Brigham does his Statue of Liberty impression while Al finds a signal
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The garden has been planned to show blooms almost year round
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It's mostly dahlias this time of year
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We're especially fond of the Japanese Garden
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The pond is always relaxing
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Some kind of blue berry things
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One of the windows in the Little Brown Hen restaurant in Florence
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That's Diane Essig dressed for Hallowe'en at the church coffee hour
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Not sure what the crane on a barge was doing at Winchester Bay
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New attention-getter at the Surfwood Campground near Reedsport
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Spiffy paint job on the casino shuttle
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We'd not seen the Three Rivers Casino's nice new building
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And finally, our nice new sign. We like it.