Goonies, a movie that we both grew up with and loved was mostly filmed on the Northern Oregon coast. And the Goonie house still stands in Astoria, OR. Since we were headed up Hwy 101 and passing right through Astoria, how could we not stop? I mean, Goonies never say die. So […]

Mother’s Day weekend was spent beach combing for all sorts of treasures along the seven pristine miles of beaches in Lincoln City, OR. Well, we were beach combing while the kids spent most of the time crawling in, around, and on top of the driftwood teepees constructed along the beach. From captaining […]

We enjoyed a taste of the snowy mountains in Crater Lake but were itching to get back to the ocean. After a night stop over in Eugene, we made the drive to Newport, OR. A quintessential seaside town in Oregon split in half by Yaquina Bay with miles of ocean beach. And just off […]

On the mantle back in our “sticks and bricks” house was an amazing painting of Crater Lake (created by Christie’s talented Nana), so we’ve been talking about coming here for years. Although it was a bit early in the season (still 10 feet of snow around!), we couldn’t pass it by. “With […]