November 8-9, 2019 Yachats and Newport, Oregon

John with a seal in downtown Yachats. John with a seal in downtown Yachats. 

We met up with our friends Rob't and Diana and took a walk on the beach trail. It is mostly rocks and big waves here. The trail kind of ended and pointed down to the beach around some private property, so we went. It just got rocky and rockier, so we came back.  Here we are climbing on the rocks. This fun looking house is along the beach. The end looks like a wave. 

Rob't and Diana. After hiking we went to the brewery. We met them when they were living on the road. We discovered we all liked hiking, living on the road and breweries. We have met up with them many times and formed a great friendship. They now have a house in Bend, but still get out on the road as much as they can. we tried to do a selfie of us on our cameras. This is how it came out. John, Sue, Rob't and Diana-laughing. 

We visited the Lookout at Cape Foulweather. It used to be a gift shop but now it is an Oregon state park visitors center. Captain James Cook named the promontory in 1778 on a day of particularly inclement weather on his voyage to the pacific northwest.  Winds can reach 100 mph during storms. When he was there the weather was so bad that they did not land the boat, but just kept going. It is 500 feet above the water below. The view to the south of Cape Foulweather. The far breach is Beverly Beach where we are camped. The headland before is where Devil's Punchbowl is.  

At Devil's Punchbowl state natural area the Punchbowl is a huge hole created by the collapse of the rock roof of two sea caves and it was shaped by eroding waves. At higher tides the surf in the punchbowl churns, foams and swirls. We caught it at low tide. Phenomenal views. John at the tide pools at the Marine Gardens beach, just north of the punchbowl.  

Crows on the beach. Since we were there during low tide we got to look into the tide pools. 

There were lot of anemones in the tide pools. A small waterfall at the beach. 

The the historic bayfront in Newport a huge mural of Moby Dick. The Barge Inn Tavern is home to winos, dingbats and riff raff. Some anemones that are closed up since they are above water in the tide pools and fossils on a rock at the beach. Sea lions on a dock at the historic bayfront in Newport. You can hear them barking all the way to South beach where we were camped last weekend.  

One of the shops on the historic bayfront is Latta's  fused glass studio. I went in to admire the 5 kilns and other glass working equipment since I also fuse glass. The glass work was simple, but it must sell well to have a studio there.  Boats in the harbor. 

We found the newly opened Newport Brewery. John having a brew. I had a delicious peanut butter stout. It tasted like Reese's peanut butter cups.