Wednesday morning it was time to say goodbye to Cannon Beach, Oregon for another year (or more). It was really nice to spend 3 days being able to look out the picture window at such a beautiful beach, and to be able to walk it during the morning mist and the sunny afternoons. I took the photograph on the left as we walked back to the beach house from the 4th of July Parade. There was still a bit of mist in the far distance, but each day it burned off by the afternoon.
My final night in Cannon Beach I took the photograph on the right of the sunset over Haystack Rock, an iconic landmark on the Oregon coast. Everyone likes to walk up to the rock at low tide and see if they can find any starfish in the shallow waters. Unfortunately, a state forest worker assigned the area says that there is only one there these days. A great many have died off in the last few years. I suspect it is due to some kind of pollution, but nobody seems to know for sure. In any case, I must say that the sunsets in Cannon Beach are almost as good as the ones over the St. Lucie River in Stuart, Florida. Almost. One must have some regional pride, after all.
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