We spent one morning viewing the tide pools at Seal Rock. We saw sea anemones, starfish, mussels, etc., and a stinky dead sea lion. It was early and cold, due to the mist in the air, so Jaelyn didn't have so much fun. I ended up taking her back to the car while the others explored. On the other hand, Kaia couldn't get enough of the water and stepped in every puddle she could!
The picture doesn't do the Devil's Punchbowl justice. It looks like a tiny pool of water in the photo, but trust me, it's not!
This is my favorite area on the coast, Devil's Churn. I could stay here for hours watching the waves crash into the rocks. You just have to be careful, or you'll get soaked, or worse yet, fall in!
This is taken from Cape Perpetua. The first photo is looking over the top of Devil's Churn. This is the highest viewpoint on the Oregon Coast, and if the day hadn't have been so cloudy, we could have seen much further.
I forgot to include a funny story from the trip, although it wasn't so funny at the time. Wednesday morning my nephew Morgan asked the adults "Is that a tsunami warning I hear?" We thought he was joking around until we looked out at the beach and saw an older couple quickly walking away from the water towards our house. We turned on the radio, but could not find anything about it, so we then got on the Internet. We did find out that there had been a 5.2 earthquake off the coast of Oregon about an hour previously (gulp), but could find nothing on a warning. By that time the couple had made their way to our house, and they were asking about the warning. They said that they had heard talking over loudspeakers, but couldn't understand what was being said (another gulp). At this point we decided to call the local fire department....
their response was (chuckling as they said this), "Wednesdays are tsunami warning testing days, and your rental should have a flier posted regarding this." Gee, I think the rental agency missed out on that one. In fact, there is probably a hidden camera posted somewhere and they get a kick out of watching their tenants panic! Just happens that this test time there really was an earthquake off the coast, but not one that caused any tidal surges. We all got a laugh out of it later:)
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It still throws me off every second monday of the month when the tsunami warning signals go off around here. That is pretty funny that there happened to be an earthquake at that time too though. I love the drive along the Oregon Coast. Glad you all had a wonderful time.
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