Day 168

Today was a great day on the Oregon Coast!  Rob and I started our day a little slow and leisurely.  I'm sure the traveling and events of yesterday, coupled with a little too much celebratory champagne are to blame for that!  But hey...it's our very first day of married life...and we're on vacation - no hurries.

Once we were finally up and moving, we grabbed a late coffee at the bakery just across the street from the Inn, then headed to check out the couple shops in 'downtown' Gearhart.  That took us no time at all, so then we headed down the coast to Seaside, just in time for lunch.  We enjoyed dinner so much last night at McKeown's (and we happen to get an eye full of their fish and chips!), that we bee-lined it right back there.

Seaside had blocked off their downtown area to hold their annual Muscles and Chrome show, featuring all kinds of vintage and classic cars.  After lunch Rob and I strolled the streets, taking in some of the awesome restored cars, and stopping in a couple shops to do a little touristy shopping.

Then we hit the road again, and headed down to Cannon Beach.  First we strolled their main strip, doing a little more shopping...mainly for snacks and treats.  I mean who can go to the beach without picking up a Tillamook ice cream cone and some salt water taffy???  Well, we couldn't at least!

Then...finally, we actually hit the beach.  We put all our stuff in the car, grabbed our jackets and new Bride and Groom flip flops and headed down to the beach.  We just strolled, just the two of us for quite awhile, stopping a couple times for photo ops.  We would have probably kept on strolling if not for the drizzle that started.

At that point, we decided to call it a night, and headed back to our Inn.  Later we grabbed some Chinese for dinner...not really what you would expect while staying at the beach, right??  But, it's all good, because we had more wedding cake for dessert!