> Thursday was a long day, which I knew it would be, so it was ok. I picked up my rental car bright and early. Well not bright, it was a foggy day an it never burned off. Today it looking like more of the same. I drove right by Mt. St. Helens and couldn't even see it. One of those kinds of days. I started my coastal wanderings up north in Astoria. I stopped by the maritime museum and learned the history of the Columbia river and the graveyard of the pacific which is the sand bar at the mouth of the river.
> I then went down to Ecola state park and the Tillamook lighthouse it's a mile offshore, so it's look but don't touch. Remember the fog? Made looking a little tough. I did hike up to a lookout point closer to it and above it. Before I took the last little trail, after 1.5 miles straight up, I asked people coming out of that was the way. I was warned that it was but all you can see is fog, but they said I'd made it that far can't go back now. They were right it was a white curtain 5ft in front of me. Oh well the hike through the Sitka spruce forest was incredible, felt prehistoric with the mist everywhere.
> From there it was next door to cannon beach to see the haystack rock pictured here. They also ha cute little shops and lunch! I needed it, steamer clams, French fries, yum. Unfortunately my car got scratched in the parking lot while I was there. So small that I wouldn't have bothered with it at home, probably, but it was a rental so I called for a police report. A witness and the guys who did it left notes which made it easier but they had the guy come back and the whole thing took close to an hour, not fun, but it's done.
> I stopped in Tillamook for highly recommended ice cream on my way to my hotel and called it a day.
> Today, a very slow unplanned day that's starting with a plum almond scone, latte, and blogging.
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