A month getting to Portland and 3 weeks working and trying to get setup once here.
Time to start getting out on the weekends. This weekend to the Coast!
Cannon Beach is a cool little seaside town - picture perfect of what you would expect.
Only 81 miles from Portland (1.5 hour drive) over the coastal range, it is an easy day trip for the people of Portlandia. In fact, on this cool rainy day the town was packed with people. I asked one of the shop owners about it and they confirmed the Portlandia was in the house.
Nice drive through tall Spruce and Douglas Fir trees; lots of farm land; and beautiful rivers. The drive itself is half the fun.
Next September is our 20th wedding anniversary and we are already planning on a long weekend here.
We had lunch at Tom's Fish n Chips, but there are a lot of restaurants to choose from. Cannon Beach Distillery is here. We finally found it, but it was packed with Portlandia, so we gave it a miss. They are supposed to produce a fine line of rums and gins. Devastatingly expensive, though.
The drive home was interesting. We started out in warm sun, drove through heavy rain, then snow, then rain, then back to warm sun. Driving a Smart Car is both reassuring and fun through the mountains. They are really surefooted little cars.
Our Mrs. Bean has now been coast to coast - from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
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