The third day on the coast we went to Seal beach/Seal Rock, the Sea Lion caves, and Haceta lighthouse.
Seal beach at low tide is covered in tidal pools full of sea creatures.
We saw many star fish, anemones, and crabs.
I liked how this star fish looked like an exhausted person who's plopped down on a couch.
Little crab, Hadley and Miles, the crew, hermit crabs
Way out on those rocks were seals sunbathing.
We found a starfish in the sand and picked it up because it wasn't attached to anything, but we put it right back :)
Star fish neighborhood
Steven, the crab whisperer
It was easy to spend so much time exploring the tidal pools with so much to see.
Sea lion caves is south down the coast, it is the only inland rookery for these sea lions that are found all along the Pacific coast.
From this lookout point you can see about 300 sea lions. They're huge, just not in this photo...
Then you go down a 200 ft elevator to one of the largest sea caves in the world to see more sea lions all on the rocks.
(Not the best iPhone pictures)
It's pretty neat, but way overpriced.
Haceta Head lighthouse is one of the most photographed. The assistants home is now a b&b and it's surrounded by forest to the east and ocean to the west.
Unfortunately, we made it too late to take a tour inside, but it was still beautiful!
Jesse and Annie
We ate at a place called The Salty Dog for dinner where we got delicious halibut and chips, and shrimp. I'm pretty much deeply in love with fresh sea food.
Steven and I walked back from dinner in Waldport to the beach house. That meant crossing the big bridge over the bay. It was low tide and when we looked in the water all these harbor seals were popping their heads up. They're so funny, I could watch them for hours.
That night it didn't rain so we had a fire and ate s'mores and the kids put on a lovely song and dance show for us :)
I'm also now in love with the northern Pacific coast 😍
It was way fun!
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