As we stayed an extra night in Rockaway Beach, we cancelled a night that I had booked in between Rockaway and Bandon, so we had quite a way to go, including sightseeing on the way. Before we left Rockaway Beach the pirate festival was in full swing with loads of people in Grumpy’s Diner, where I had pancakes, eggs and sausage, and driving out of the town we even spotted a couple of people in pirate costume walking about! Continue reading
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Day 50 – 52 – Seaside holiday in Rockaway Beach!
We were in no hurry to leave Portland and only left about eleven, leaving me enough time to get updates from my sisters on mum’s condition, which is still not good. We took it easy on the way to Rockaway Beach, and stopped at Cannon Beach for some lunch at the Pig ‘N Pancake. Brian had banana pancakes and I had a French dip with clam chowder. Both were OK but nothing particularly nice. We walked around Cannon Beach town for a while, Continue reading
Day 49 – Astoria to Portland
Portland is another big town/city so as usual hotel prices are silly and we ended up staying near the convention centre in a Quality Inn. We booked a room with two double beds as this generally gives you a bigger room with more options to spread out, but on check-in the receptionist try to give us a Continue reading
Day 48 – Aberdeen to Astoria & my birthday!
We left Aberdeen about noon for a fairly short trip to Astoria. On the way we stopped at Long Beach which is apparently very popular with people from Portland and surrounds. Continue reading
