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Soaking up some sun

Our first stop, just to relax, involved breaking out the picnic blanket and our flip flops and heading onto the beach just to lay back and soak up some sun. We saw jellyfish in the sand, I was the decided loser in an impromptu cherry-spitting contest, and after we stopped laughing we just laid back and watched everyone else enjoying a beautiful day in the sun.

Ready, set... SPIT!!!

Much laughter

Victorious gloating

Forfeit due to laughter

Laughing photographer

Jellyfish on the beach

Looking down the beach as the tide turned

Heceta Head Lighthouse

After stopping at one more beach to check out the Heceta Head lighthouse, we drove down the road a little ways and stopped again at the Sea Lion Caves where Juanita and I went down the 300ft elevator shaft to see the sea lions. Angharad opted out because she had seen it before, and I have a sneaking suspicion she didn't want to breathe that air ever again. Having experienced it once, I would have to agree. The cave itself is very cool, being an underground river type of thing where the sea lions rest during low tide while the ocean pounds against the rocks just outside. The stench, however is as if a hundred and fifty large wet dogs hung out there every day with no one to clean up after them.

Sea Lion Caves

New signs for me - Tsunami info

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