Thursday, September 20, 2007
The Edge Of The World
Me, my helmet hair, and Haystack.Just 80 miles west-northwest of Portland is the charming seafaring town of Cannon Beach. The many shops and inns that line downtown's main road built in the Colonial Cape Cod style indigenous to New England seemed somewhat unauthentic here along the Pacific Coast, but it is a lovely town, nonetheless. I had expected to pay upwards of $200 for a room, but I landed the last room at the Sea Breeze Court, which is just a stone's throw from the beach nearest Haystack, for a mere $80!
Cannon Beach, Oregon at Sunset
Something about being near this much water leaves me in just awesome wonder. Standing on the beach looking out over the ocean I have a theory that the planet is flat. So it's pretty darn cool when you realize you're standing at the edge of the world!
Once the sun set, I made my way back to my room and popped in a few DVDs from the office library while I caught up on some of my blogging about the previous day. They had "Pay It Forward" so I had to watch that after my serendipitous encounter with Jared and Clare. Most of the movie takes place in Las Vegas, but there's one scene filmed in Portland and it's of the St. John's Bridge where Jared had taken me that afternoon!
Once the sun set, I made my way back to my room and popped in a few DVDs from the office library while I caught up on some of my blogging about the previous day. They had "Pay It Forward" so I had to watch that after my serendipitous encounter with Jared and Clare. Most of the movie takes place in Las Vegas, but there's one scene filmed in Portland and it's of the St. John's Bridge where Jared had taken me that afternoon!
Cathedral Park with Jared (St. John's Bridge in background)Labels: Cannon Beach, Haystack, Jared, Pay It Forward, St. John's
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