Yaquina Head Lighthouse

We are leaving for home today but have been away for nearly two weeks. We were first in Oregon near the coast staying with family in a house on the Wilson River near Tillamook. We spent a week there exploring the coast and enjoying family time and then went to western Washington for a backpacking excursion with our oldest daughter and time with our youngest son and family. We are going to pick strawberries later this morning and then head for home.

The photo is of the lighthouse at Yaquina Head Natural Area, one of our favorite places on the Oregon coast. The area, near Newport, Oregon, not only features this beautiful lighthouse, but seastacks, thousands of seabirds, whales, seals, tide pools and beautiful scenery. We drove there from Tillmook last Friday, a beautiful day, stopping at various beaches and viewpoints along the way and then enjoying this wonderful place which many of the family had not seen.