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Day 18: Along the Oregon Coast
2009.07.17
From the Oregon Coast Aquarium (in previous entry), we continued exploring Newport.
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From the Oregon Coast Aquarium (in previous entry), we continued exploring Newport.
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We crossed the Newport bridge.
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We crossed the Newport bridge.
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Since it was lunch time, we felt like eating seafood and made a stop at Nye Beach.
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Since it was lunch time, we felt like eating seafood and made a stop at Nye Beach.
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This was a nice restaurant overlooking the beach from its second floor. Nevertheless, it was foggy. Heh! If you look closely though, you will be able to spot a tiny person walking along the beach from that window. Hahah.
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This was a nice restaurant overlooking the beach from its second floor. Nevertheless, it was foggy. Heh! If you look closely though, you will be able to spot a tiny person walking along the beach from that window. Hahah.
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Yum! Well, the food was just a third of that bucket :P
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Yum! Well, the food was just a third of that bucket :P
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We then cruised along the Oregon coast to the south from Newport. This part of the coast is called Seal Rocks.
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We then cruised along the Oregon coast to the south from Newport. This part of the coast is called Seal Rocks.
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We then passed by our campsite at Waldport. Those were not rocks, they were seals sunbathing on the sand bar not far from our tent!
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We then passed by our campsite at Waldport. Those were not rocks, they were seals sunbathing on the sand bar not far from our tent!
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Yup, those were seals!
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Yup, those were seals!
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Since Farhan had been pestering to play at the beach, we made a stop here near Heceta Lighthouse.
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Since Farhan had been pestering to play at the beach, we made a stop here near Heceta Lighthouse.
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Sarah took opportunity to draw on the sand.
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Sarah took opportunity to draw on the sand.
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They loved to look for any interesting sea creatures which came to the shore.
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They loved to look for any interesting sea creatures which came to the shore.
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We had to beg Farhan to get back to the car.
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We had to beg Farhan to get back to the car.
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Sarah found a beautiful heart-shaped rock :)
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Sarah found a beautiful heart-shaped rock :)
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This was our destination, to visit one of the largest sea cave, Sea Lion Caves.
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This was our destination, to visit one of the largest sea cave, Sea Lion Caves.
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That's Heceta Lighthouse in the background, where the kids were playing at the beach earlier on.
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That's Heceta Lighthouse in the background, where the kids were playing at the beach earlier on.
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We wanted to explore the cave first by...
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We wanted to explore the cave first by...
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... heading to the elevator. The elevator was completed in 1961 after three years of work since they were confined to the spring months of two separate years when the sea lions were not in the cave. Interesting huh? I asked D how did they know to come back to the cave from California? D's answer was they used Garmin and lots of 'recalculating' due to fog! Hahahah!
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... heading to the elevator. The elevator was completed in 1961 after three years of work since they were confined to the spring months of two separate years when the sea lions were not in the cave. Interesting huh? I asked D how did they know to come back to the cave from California? D's answer was they used Garmin and lots of 'recalculating' due to fog! Hahahah!
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Wow, I was amazed to see hundreds of sea lions and they were making lots of noises. But err... the smell of their poops were so strong! Hee...
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Wow, I was amazed to see hundreds of sea lions and they were making lots of noises. But err... the smell of their poops were so strong! Hee...
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We all love to see the animals in their natural habitat rather sad looking animals at the zoo. Btw, this cave was found in 1880 by an inquisitive Captain William Cox.
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We all love to see the animals in their natural habitat rather sad looking animals at the zoo. Btw, this cave was found in 1880 by an inquisitive Captain William Cox.
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Kids were checking out the sea lion skeleton.
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Kids were checking out the sea lion skeleton.
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We climbed the stairs in the cave to see what was up there. Ohh... those were sea lions on the rock in the background!
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We climbed the stairs in the cave to see what was up there. Ohh... those were sea lions on the rock in the background!
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We could see another group of sea lions (in Farhan's palm) from up here. Heceta Lighthouse was more visible from here, btw, that's one of the most photographed lighthouse.
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We could see another group of sea lions (in Farhan's palm) from up here. Heceta Lighthouse was more visible from here, btw, that's one of the most photographed lighthouse.
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We could not spend too long in that smelly cave! As we came out from the elevator, there were more sea lions out from the cave and one big one was struggling to climb the rock for sunbathing :P
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We could not spend too long in that smelly cave! As we came out from the elevator, there were more sea lions out from the cave and one big one was struggling to climb the rock for sunbathing :P
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It was really windy and we all felt like flying especially from that whale lookout deck. Nope, we did not see any whale spouting from here :(
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It was really windy and we all felt like flying especially from that whale lookout deck. Nope, we did not see any whale spouting from here :(
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That was a nice beach in the background!
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That was a nice beach in the background!
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I wanted to take picture with the lighthouse in the background but then everything was flying.
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I wanted to take picture with the lighthouse in the background but then everything was flying.
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We then went to check out the Sea Lion Lookout on the opposite site.
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We then went to check out the Sea Lion Lookout on the opposite site.
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Wow, many many more over here!
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Wow, many many more over here!
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Do you know that... sea lions are all highly polygamous when breeding and may nurse their young for up to three years.
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Do you know that... sea lions are all highly polygamous when breeding and may nurse their young for up to three years.
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For the family album! This was indeed an amazing encounter!
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For the family album! This was indeed an amazing encounter!
