Northern Oregon

More lighthouses on Wednesday. We stopped at Yaquina Head, just north of Newport, principally to see the lighthouse but ended up spending much more time on the beach in a little cove watching the harbour seals playing in the water. We also saw a group of front-heavy-looking pelicans flying past.

At Cape Mears, where there's another lighthouse, we finally saw the distincive uff of spray made by a whale. No sight of the actul whale, though, as it was too far out.

We're now in Astoria, on the northern edge of Oregon. A four mile long bridge across the Columbia River will take us into the state of Washington.