Tuesday, June 12, 2012

A Day at the Beach and a Ghost Forest: Beach trip day 1

We recently had the chance to spend two days on the wonderful Oregon Coast. We started our fun at Neskowin. We had never been here before and I had read about an interesting thing you can see there. The most notable thing on the beach is Proposal Rock. I always like to see the neat rocks that are often on Oregon beaches. This one even had a little arch in it.

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You can also find these mysterious things sticking out of the water and sand. This is the Ghost Forest: remnants of a forest that sank due to a large earthquake 2000 years ago. Over time they have reemerged and are visible again. It is strange to see these old stumps that are now covered in sea creatures.

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Here is a starfish and friends on one of the trees: IMG_5621

We had fun exploring the beach:

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Can you tell whose footprints are whose?* IMG_1562

We also had fun playing in the sand.

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Latter, Ivan and Terry met up with us.

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After Neskowin, we headed south to Newport, where we were staying the night.

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The cliff behind where we stayed had a nice view of Yaquina Head and the lighthouse there.

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*Left to Right: Ruth’s going backwards, Magnus’s, and Dana’s

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