The drive from Seaside to Newport was only 120 miles but took almost 6 hours, not because of traffic, but because there's so many spectacular places to stop and take pictures. It's a beautiful drive and we mostly stayed on route 101 except for some side roads to checkout anyplace that looked interesting. The only touristy stop we made was the requisite 15 minute tour of the Tillamook Cheese Factory. We bought too much cheese and a cone of really good ice cream. We continued down the coast to Depoe Bay and stopped for some pretty good clam chowder at Gracie's Sea Hag Restaurant. The final stop before Newport was the Yaquina Head Lighthouse for a quick walk around for a few pictures. We checked in at the Inn at Nye Beach in Newport around 3 and were very happy with a nice room on the beach. For once we hadn't eaten too much at lunch and were semi-hungry for dinner and Nana's Irish Pub seemed about right. Sylvia ordered Fried Oysters, and I had a Steak and Guinness Pie with an appropriate beverage of course.
It's been 19 days and we've been a bunch of places and we found ourselves trying to recall where we stayed, what we did, and what we ate when. Thank goodness for this dumb blog, because we've used it several times already to settle what could have easily turned into another lively discussion.
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| Yaquina Head |
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| Nye Beach or thereabouts |
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