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Thanksgiving Week: We explored some new areas this week. The Yaquina Head lighthouse in Newport (http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=133)
was a worthwhile adventure. After enjoying the interpretive center, we continued to the lighthouse which was open to the public. We were able to climb the 104 stairs on a spiral staircase to the top. Lucky us! We returned on Wednesday in order to walk down the path from the cliff to the tide pools and to another area where seals were basking on rocks.
Thanksgiving Week: We explored some new areas this week. The Yaquina Head lighthouse in Newport (http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=133)
was a worthwhile adventure. After enjoying the interpretive center, we continued to the lighthouse which was open to the public. We were able to climb the 104 stairs on a spiral staircase to the top. Lucky us! We returned on Wednesday in order to walk down the path from the cliff to the tide pools and to another area where seals were basking on rocks. 
Today is Thanksgiving and we had dinner with the other 80 or so people enjoying the park this week. Everything was delicious and the company most enjoyable. We leave on Sunday to travel a bit north to Pacific City Thousand Trails for a few days.
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November 21, 2008 - We took an afternoon walk along the bay street in Newport and checked out a few of the shops. There is a constant sound of sea lions barking, so I took pictures and videos of them interacting with one another. They seemed to spend their time either sleeping
or complaining.
November 21, 2008 - We took an afternoon walk along the bay street in Newport and checked out a few of the shops. There is a constant sound of sea lions barking, so I took pictures and videos of them interacting with one another. They seemed to spend their time either sleeping
or complaining. 
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November 16, 2008 - It was a perfect day to travel the coast along Oregon Hwy 101 from Seaside, OR to South Bea
ch, OR. http://www.southbeachoregon.com/gon.com/ Quite a view of the beaches all along the way, a really beautiful drive when the weather is as nice as we had today. Got set up quickly at Whaler's Rest http://1000trails.com/getaways/oregon/whalersrest.asp which is just 150 yards from the Pacific. We can hear the ocean from our campsite. Access to the beach is via a walking trail, so this should be an especially enjoyable 2 weeks.
ch, OR. http://www.southbeachoregon.com/gon.com/ Quite a view of the beaches all along the way, a really beautiful drive when the weather is as nice as we had today. Got set up quickly at Whaler's Rest http://1000trails.com/getaways/oregon/whalersrest.asp which is just 150 yards from the Pacific. We can hear the ocean from our campsite. Access to the beach is via a walking trail, so this should be an especially enjoyable 2 weeks.
