The search for Emmett

Thursday, May 28.  Day Three.

So today we started out bright and early from Cannon Beach. I sent out some postcards as we left the hotel and we headed on our way.  Our plan was to make it to the Redwood forest in Orick, Ca today. Plan was shot to hell!  Who needs plans on their honeymoon, anyway?  It made for such a great day to have a goal…and then throw it out the Mustang’s window!  

We took drive down 101, stopped for breakfast at the Pig n’ Pancake, stopped and bought me some sneakers (to better walk the forest in, my dear) at the Tanger Outlet in Lincoln City, and stopped at numerous “observation areas” along the way. On the map, there’s an “Otter Rock” listed and I wanted to see it before we cut over on the highway to save some time. We saw some really, really beautiful places along the way. We stopped at Cape Foulweather – where it’s advertised as a whale watching area…and is not.  It was hilarious!  I was standing there overlooking the ocean saying “is that a whale? Is that a whale?” pointing at different places.  Alas, it was just some big rocks.  But, it was one of the most beautiful places I have ever been.  Overlooking the cliffs, there are gigantic rocks out in the sea (which I thought were whales!) and a big ol’ strip of land off to the left with hills and houses and oh it was just glorious! We thought maybe that’s where the otters were, but another traveler told us that it was further on down 101.  

We kept on keepin’ on down route 101, stopped to see the Devil’s Punchbowl and looked for some sea otters…no luck. Well, here I am in Grant’s Pass, Oregon and have still yet to see a sea otter, but had a fabulous day crusin’ with my honey-pie!