Strawberry Hill

It was another beautiful day! We had a lot of ground to cover to make it to Brookings so we got some coffee and started out. Our 1st stop was Strawberry Hill – just a pull off on the side of the road that promised extraordinary views. I couldn’t help but sing “I found my thrill on Strawberry Hill (I know the song is really Blueberry Hill but play along with me) as we drove into the parking lot. Find my thrill I did! Laying on top of the picnic table, just a few feet from the road, was a dude sunbathing in the nude. Here’s the picture to prove it!

I really thought the coast was beautiful by Cannon Beach, then I thought it got better along the central coast. Well today tops them all. The southern coast of Oregon is the most stunning. I look at the pictures I took and they look ordinary. I wish I knew how to capture the breath-taking beauty of what we saw today. Look at these and just imagine they are 10x more beautiful when you are actually here.

We stopped to watch this guy wind surf. I think that’s what they call it 🤷‍♀️

Have I mentioned our rental car yet? We rented an ordinary full-size sedan. They let us choose between a gray one and a white one. I choose the gray one because I liked the color better than the white and it had a fun scoop in the front. Turns out it was a Dodge Charger Hellcat. It’s a sports car. It goes fast – really fast! And it keeps track of things like top speed, how many seconds it takes you to get there, G-forces…It hugs the road through the crazy curves along the coast and it feels like it’s barely moving when you’re going 90 mph. Jon even gained on a corvette going up hill! He topped it out at 102 mph today! He wants to get it to 110 because the person who had it before us got it to 109. I keep telling him this isn’t the autobahn! I’d be more scared but it honestly never feels like we are going that fast.

The Airbnb we are staying at in Brookings has a drop-dead gorgeous view of the ocean. Rather than waste out time at a restaurant without a view, we went to Fred Meyers, the grocery store, and bought everything to make steak dinner. It’s hard to beat sipping wine, staring at the ocean while Jon makes dinner.

Tomorrow we are going to explore the 9 miles of Samuel Boardman corridor. It’s a beautiful area along the coast. We caught glimpses of it today and it looks spectacular. If that doesn’t take up the whole day we’re getting our chairs and walking right outside our condo to the beach below. It’s going to be hard to leave this place.