{"id":2265,"date":"2018-03-07T14:24:31","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T14:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/old.cherylhill.net\/blog\/?p=2265"},"modified":"2018-03-25T20:06:12","modified_gmt":"2018-03-25T20:06:12","slug":"newport-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2018\/03\/07\/newport-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Newport Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greg and I spent President&#8217;s Day Weekend in the Newport area. We drove down Saturday and stopped in Depoe Bay for lunch. The weather was pretty cold, wet, and stormy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4775\/40598232481_e35022c8b9_c.jpg\" alt=\"Depoe Bay\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After lunch we went out to that spit of land you can see the in the previous picture. The waves splashed against the rocks and the air was filled with water:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4696\/39703060425_d87e39a6a6_c.jpg\" alt=\"Depoe Bay\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We drove south and stopped at Rocky Creek State Scenic Viewpoint. The weather was really deteriorating by this point:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4755\/38806969600_36aa84f731_c.jpg\" alt=\"Stormy Day\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even though we had plenty of daylight left, the weather made us want to be inside so we headed to Beverly Beach State Park and checked in to our yurt:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4779\/40623560342_cb1e85a55e_c.jpg\" alt=\"Yurt\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4708\/38855474510_226f52cb2d_c.jpg\" alt=\"Yurt\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4746\/26794371538_7a6a2c4665_c.jpg\" alt=\"Yurt\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We spent the rest of the afternoon inside, reading and being warm and dry. We were very close to the beach and I went out there for sunset but lasted about 30 seconds in the cold wind before beating a hasty retreat back to the yurt to make a nice hot dinner on the campstove:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4614\/40574729272_c92f22c976_c.jpg\" alt=\"Beverly Beach Sunset\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sunday morning the weather was a little less awful. After a leisurely morning we took a walk around the campground. It&#8217;s a huge campground, but most of it\u00a0was closed off\u00a0for the season.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4657\/26745252348_37a5a772fd_c.jpg\" alt=\"Fungus\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We drove into Newport and had lunch at Mo&#8217;s. It started hailing after lunch so we didn&#8217;t really want to be outside. We headed over to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hmsc.oregonstate.edu\/\">Hatfield Marine Science Center<\/a> where they have an octopus as well as tidepool replicas you can see.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4786\/26812260818_6b4f2518e3_c.jpg\" alt=\"Octopus\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4772\/39788563185_841be60c82_c.jpg\" alt=\"Tidepools\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The wind was not letting up and it was pretty miserable outside. So we went to a coffee shop and hung out for awhile, drinking warm tea and reading. Afterward we went down to Nye Beach to find a geocache and got a view of the Yaquina Head Lighthouse, which we would be visiting the following day:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4785\/39906207124_9cf0c7ba19_c.jpg\" alt=\"Yaquina Head\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One last glimpse of the stormy windy weather at Nye Beach before heading to Rogue for dinner:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4742\/40665647151_4f6f397222_c.jpg\" alt=\"Nye Beach\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4802\/40623561132_abce464148_c.jpg\" alt=\"Nye Beach\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Monday&#8217;s weather was much better weather with less wind and more sun. We headed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blm.gov\/learn\/interpretive-centers\/yaquina\">Yaquina Head<\/a> where a 93-foot-tall lighthouse from 1873 still stands:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4760\/39485429595_3cb0a09635_c.jpg\" alt=\"Yaquina Head Lighthouse\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4790\/38872766180_783291c875_c.jpg\" alt=\"Yaquina Head Lighthouse\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4800\/40641160942_050bb010b5_c.jpg\" alt=\"Yaquina Head Lighthouse\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We went down to the stairway to Cobble Beach, seen here from above:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4789\/38872761650_6aed32bdc1_c.jpg\" alt=\"Cobble Beach\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our timing was good and we were able to see the tidepools:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4801\/26811839448_52136407a7_c.jpg\" alt=\"Cobble Beach\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4789\/26811833568_ac45b1b0ae_c.jpg\" alt=\"Yaquina Head Lighthouse\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The other cool part about this beach are all these polished stones. When the waves wash over these rocks it makes the COOLEST sound. The beach was protected from the wind so we sat there enjoying the warm sunshine and the sound of the stones:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4786\/26811836248_f12f9bd96d_c.jpg\" alt=\"Cobble Beach\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4777\/39788189315_58702eb421_c.jpg\" alt=\"Cobble Beach\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After that we climbed Salal Hill, which has a pretty great view. But the wind was picking up so we didn&#8217;t linger up there:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4792\/38873150450_f33ba0ecf3_c.jpg\" alt=\"Yaquina Head Lighthouse\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4802\/40641560732_b0df651e06_c.jpg\" alt=\"View\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4777\/39788537065_303d13a659_c.jpg\" alt=\"Salal Hill\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We stopped at Cape Foulweather:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4788\/25812423167_288bc639de_c.jpg\" alt=\"Cape Foulweather\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then we had lunch in Depot Bay at the Sea Hag. The weather was a lot sunnier than it had been two days earlier. We stood and enjoyed the waves for awhile before heading home:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4783\/39788531755_67460a429f_c.jpg\" alt=\"Depoe Bay\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4788\/25812418177_06c3bc77af_c.jpg\" alt=\"Depoe Bay\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Weekend in Newport, Oregon\" width=\"880\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SdIxXyC9ryc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greg and I spent President&#8217;s Day Weekend in the Newport area. We drove down Saturday and stopped in Depoe Bay<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2018\/03\/07\/newport-weekend\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Newport Weekend<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[159,193],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-oregon","category-oregon-coast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2265"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2275,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265\/revisions\/2275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}