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The Coast and Cape Lookout

After a few days in Portland, we headed out to the Oregon coast by way of Cannon Beach to camp and hike at Cape Lookout, not far from Tillamook. The weather was very cooperative, and the hike turned up some absolutely spectacular views. The ground was moist, rich, black soil, covered with ferns and shaded by moss-covered evergreens. The trail was nice, wandering back and forth across the peninsula before ending at the cape, on a rocky cliff above the Pacific. This is one of the truly beautiful places in the world. (There's also an oceanfront brew pub a few miles to the south).

[800x600, ~100k ea.]
[Cannon Beach] [View from north side of the peninsula] [View from south side of the peninsula] [View from south side of the peninsula] [View of beach from south side peninsula]
[View down to Pacific from southwest side of peninsula] [View along coast from near tip of peninsula] [Tall evergreen against the Pacific] [Tall evergreens backlit by sun] [Wildflowers at Cape Lookout]
[Jim at Cape Lookout] [Tip of Cape Lookout] [Felicia gazes out to the Pacific] [The Pacific from Cape Lookout] [Tall evergreens along the trail]
[Wildflowers along the trail] [Fern and wildflowers along the trail] [Moss-covered evergreen against the Pacific]

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