Newbies on the Oregon coast

Today, we went over the coastal range to the Pacific shore. A WHOLE lot different than Florida. I was told by a guy at work that grew up on the east coast that it was a mirror image of the coast of Maine.. I've never been there, but it makes sense after seeing it, except I'll bet the seaside mountains here are higher. The sea mist made everything appear foggy today. It reminded me of those pictures we see of some exotic place in China where the fog (or clouds) cover the steep mountains. We took our time, stopping here and there. First to Newport. We then went north a bit to come back on the Otter Crest loop. Then back through Newport south. We ended up tonite at the Driftwood Shores Resort (http://www.driftwoodshores.com/) in Florence. We asked for a clean place to stay with no pet, no smoke rooms and someone told us about it. we found the sign and zigzagged back this road several miles and ended up with an oceanview room. This place has a great restuarant. So all in all, we believe we were directed by God to a real blessing. Now we have to decide what to do tomorrow. Very near us is Seal Cave which is supposed to be the largest and most beautiful seal cave in the world where Stellar Golden Sea Lions live. We may go there tomorrow, as supposedly seals are there year round. http://www.sealioncaves.com/whatsee/steller.html

http://www.oregonreservations.com/oregoncoast/sealioncaves.html

In searching around, it appears that we would have to stay a few days at the end of our stint to catch the whale watching period. It blows my mind to think that we just drove past about 20 of the sites for whale watching. Check out the map. http://www.whalespoken.org/OPRD/PARKS/WhaleWatchingCenter/watch_sites.shtml

We are told there is sickness at Briarcliff Academy http://knellerbeat.blogspot.com/

We'll be praying.

Oh, Barb, if you're watching. this is where we were sitting when you called last nite. Sorry we weren't up on the game. We've noticed that we haven't watched much TV since we left home. Interesting.... Sorry Melissa, this is just a tease. You'll have to wait to see the rest of it. Y'all take care.