After a day of doing laundry, and cleaning the bugs off the front of the motor home, yesterday we drove the 10 miles or so, south to Cannon Beach. Hwy 101 does not pass through the community, and in the past, we had never explored this small town. The main street is full of restaurants, art galleries, and numerous specialty shops. Kind of reminded me of Carmel, CA. The most prominent, visible landmark is Haystack Rock, sitting on the beach at the wave line. This huge monolith dominates the beach, and is the largest of several rocks along this stretch of coast line. Sitting about a mile out to sea, is one of the most famous of all the lighthouses on the west coast. The lighthouse on Tillamook Rock was built in 1881, and was active until 1957. It was nicknamed "Terrible Tilly" due to it's isolation, and it's vulnerability to severe winter Pacific storms. The zoom on my camera didn't quite zoom out a mile, so the picture wasn't worth posting. If you click on the following link - http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=135 there are some pictures, and the story of this unique lighthouse.
Friday, August 20, 2010
HAYSTACK ROCK
After a day of doing laundry, and cleaning the bugs off the front of the motor home, yesterday we drove the 10 miles or so, south to Cannon Beach. Hwy 101 does not pass through the community, and in the past, we had never explored this small town. The main street is full of restaurants, art galleries, and numerous specialty shops. Kind of reminded me of Carmel, CA. The most prominent, visible landmark is Haystack Rock, sitting on the beach at the wave line. This huge monolith dominates the beach, and is the largest of several rocks along this stretch of coast line. Sitting about a mile out to sea, is one of the most famous of all the lighthouses on the west coast. The lighthouse on Tillamook Rock was built in 1881, and was active until 1957. It was nicknamed "Terrible Tilly" due to it's isolation, and it's vulnerability to severe winter Pacific storms. The zoom on my camera didn't quite zoom out a mile, so the picture wasn't worth posting. If you click on the following link - http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=135 there are some pictures, and the story of this unique lighthouse.
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