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Haystack Rock on Cannon Beach is this area's signature landmark. At 235', it is the third tallest free-standing monolith in the US. Haystack and its surrounding smaller stacks, called Needles, are remnants of hard basalt rocks formed 17 million years ago.
Haystack is home to nesting tufted puffins during the spring/summer months (April-July). We missed seeing them by a few weeks. The big guy on the right is the only one we saw.
ECOLA STATE PARK
Ecola State Park, north of Cannon Beach, is one of Oregon's "glamour" parks. These coastal views are taken from Ecola Point within the Park.
Hiking the Indian Beach Trail to Tillamook Head
Terrible Tilly, the lighthouse on a rock, more than a mile off shore, got its nickname for the hazardous duty it posed to lighthouse keepers. It has been decommissioned and is now a wildlife sanctuary.
Terrible Tilly over Geno's shoulder on the Indian Beach Trail
Picturesque Indian Head Beach is popular with surfers and beachcombers
North of Indian Head Beach is the Clatsop Loop Trail where we followed in the footsteps of William Clark's exploration party
A historic marker along the Clatsop Loop Trail	This sitka spruce was a mere sapling when Lewis and Clark came by
Through the lush spruce forest	Sitka spruce trees can get quite large but its cones are pretty tiny
Hey come over and have a seat!!	Evidence of gale force winds along the coast
Sword ferns thriving on spruce tree limbs means it gets pretty darn moist in the forest
It really has become quite a small world. We met Joe Rossetto's wife, Trish (in green shirt), at Tillamook Head. Joe was a high school classmate of Geno's in Auburn and now lives in Salem. Trish was on an outing with her sister, cousin and niece.
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