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We drove from Port Angeles along the coastline through Washington to Oregon
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This is along the coastline in the Olympic National Park
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Going across the Astoria Bridge into Oregon
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Inside the living room of our beach house rental in Seaside. The sliding doors are the front door.
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The little kitchen. I don't have a photo of the outside yet, as it's really stormy outside!
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We drove down to Canon Beach (about 5 mins away) and it was so blustery - windy and wet. We drove out the a park that sat on a point out into the ocean and it was so windy that it probably would have knocked us over if we had gotten out. We've never experienced such strong winds!
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Just to show how wet Jared was after being outside for 2 mins.
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Canon Beach - you can see the wind picking up the sand and blowing it over the beach
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So windy that the only thing not moving is the log
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You can see the Haystack and needles (Rocks) in the foggy distance
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We then drove back to Astoria which is about 15 mins north of Seaside, to check the town out a little better. Here is a view of the bridge again.
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We found the house that was used in the Goonies movie, this was the sign at the bottom of the driveway, so Jared walked up and took a photo of the house while I waited in the car while Aubrey slept.
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And here it is - the Goonies house