Oregon Coast Part 4

On Friday we drove into Lincoln city for the kite festival
It was super crowded!
But there were cool kites!
It was super hot so playing in the cool river water was lovely
We did leave early because of the heat and the crowds. It took forever to get anywhere because of the insane traffic.
We drove out to Tillamook and got ice cream and Soda on our way to Portland. I dropped them off at their hotel by the airport. Alex crashed on their floor since his flight got delayed mail the following morning

I drove north and stopped at a rest stop for the night in Washington. I had planned to go to mount rainier and then on down through Idaho and back home but the pull of the ocean is strong so instead I drove back out to the coast 😊

I wore a dress so that I could go to a sacrament meeting, but I couldn’t make it work. But a dress is wonderful for summer anyway. So cool.
Visited Lewis and Clark NHP
The fort was really cool
But my favorite part was the view of the river 🙂
I went Paddleboarding in the ocean. It was so hard! I never got all the way up because the waves were quite big. And I didn’t want to go so far out that I would struggle to get back in. But it was lovely.
Drove right out on to the beach. Wonderful not to have to drag my board very far.
Drove out to Ecola State Park
The place where the filmed The Goonies
Hiked down to Indian Beach
My dress had already gotten pretty soaked in the ocean so I just sat down in the fresh water of the river to cool off and to wash salt water out 😊
Super long line at this shack…
…but the tuna fish and chips were well worth the wait!
Drove out to Cape Disappointment in Washington
Hiked on Beard’s Hollow trail to the ocean
North Head Lighthouse
The hike up to the lighthouse overlooked Deadman’s cove just don’t make a wrong step…
Cape Disappointment lighthouse
Drive across this bridge to Astoria
Columbia river view from Astoria
Slept at a rest area on the way to Rainier. On Monday morning stopped at an overview of Riffe Lake
Mount Rainier from a distance
Nisqually River
Christine Falls
Nahunta Falls
The view from the highest point I could drive to
A beautiful waterfall that I can’t track down the name of…
Clear creek falls
The Manhattan project Hanford site was closed 😕
Columbia river temple
Went to Hagerman Fossil Beds Natl Monument. Most of it was closed but I did find a nice spot to stick my feet in the Snake River
Twin falls
Shoshone Falls…a pathetic trickle. Stupid drought
Beautiful sunset on my last night