We left early and arrived before anyone else and had Cape Meares to ourselves. We walked down to the lighthouse and enjoyed the beautiful views…<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the way to see the “Octopus Tree”, we encountered two very<\/em> tame deer. They came right up to us, even with our two little dogs with us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ‘Octopus Tree<\/a>‘- a 250-300-year-old Spruce<\/p>\n\n\n\n Second stop: Oceanside<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n What an adorable town! We arrived on the early side and were able to enjoy the beach before the summer crowd arrived. We saw a bunch of agate hunters harvesting their treasures. There are two beaches in one here. One beach is a typical, sandy beach. On the north end, you can either a) walk around the rock formation at low tide, or b) walk through a tunnel, to get to the other beach. The other beach has beautiful rocks, laden with sealife!<\/p>\n\n\n\n We tried to stop at Cape Lookout, but there was no parking available at the trailhead. So, we moved on to Pacific City\/Cape Kiwanda…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Third stop: Cape Kiwanda<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n This cape has a few really neat things going for it. They have a large monolith also called ‘Haystack’, (the other one, and the only true one, IMO, is up in Cannon Beach). A lovely sandstone beach, and an incredibly huge dune, 240 feet high! The boys and I decided to hike up the dune. It was a terrific workout, and the view at the top was worth it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the way home, we picked up snacks at Bear Creek Artichokes<\/a>. This place is a super cute deli\/grocery\/gift store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I am so looking forward to discovering all the North Oregon coast has to offer. David and I took the boys on a day trip to explore an area south of us. There’s a popular route known as the Three Capes… First stop: Cape Meares We left early and arrived before anyone else and had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-796391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-oregon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796391"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":796393,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796391\/revisions\/796393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_0419.jpeg\")
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