I absolutely love the beach. I don't know what I would do if I ever moved to a place that didn't have a beach within (relatively close) driving distance. Back in July, Brian and I decided to go and check out Astoria. After, arriving to our destination we saw the bridge that crosses the Columbia River into Washington. As curiosity grabbed hold of us, we decided to see how long the bridge was. Once on the other side we saw signs for Cape Disappointment and wondered what was so disappointing about Cape Disappointment. We just kept driving towards the Cape until we were distracted by a lighthouse, so of course we stopped to have a look.
I Believe that this one is called the North Point Lighthouse. Anyhow, we continued on our search for the disappointing cape after walking around and pausing to look at the surf. We drove down a little farther where we parked our car and did a small (I suppose an extremely easy hike for you hikers, but was good reminder of how much more I need to work out) hike.
This is the mid point of our hike to Cape Disappointment. It was amazingly warm and sticky for the beach during the evening. We actually made it all the way to Cape Disappointment with a brief pause at Dead Man's Cove, where we ignored the do not enter signs and proceeded to hike down on to the sand. It was a neat little place and secluded. There aren't a lot of stretches of beach that are this private. After looking around there we continued on to the Lighthouse. The only disappointing thing about it was that it looked exactly like the first lighthouse we went to except for a couple of black stripes. Was it really worth the hike? Probably not, but the surrounding scenery was wonderful and the hike was good for post knee surgery out of shape girl.
This picture is from Lewis & Clark's Fort and does the lighthouse more justice than the close up ones (which show how ragged it has become.)
I Believe that this one is called the North Point Lighthouse. Anyhow, we continued on our search for the disappointing cape after walking around and pausing to look at the surf. We drove down a little farther where we parked our car and did a small (I suppose an extremely easy hike for you hikers, but was good reminder of how much more I need to work out) hike. 
This is the mid point of our hike to Cape Disappointment. It was amazingly warm and sticky for the beach during the evening. We actually made it all the way to Cape Disappointment with a brief pause at Dead Man's Cove, where we ignored the do not enter signs and proceeded to hike down on to the sand. It was a neat little place and secluded. There aren't a lot of stretches of beach that are this private. After looking around there we continued on to the Lighthouse. The only disappointing thing about it was that it looked exactly like the first lighthouse we went to except for a couple of black stripes. Was it really worth the hike? Probably not, but the surrounding scenery was wonderful and the hike was good for post knee surgery out of shape girl.
This picture is from Lewis & Clark's Fort and does the lighthouse more justice than the close up ones (which show how ragged it has become.)
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Yeah, looks like a fun beach day! A different beach than I normally go to.
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