Early start out of Newport. We had a nice breakfast at Cafe Stephanie’s at Nye Beach. Very tasty and friendly service (Newport at least gets the friendliest town points).

We had a 6-hour drive to California to get done, but a few stops to make. First was Cape Perpetua where we did a little walk. Best view of the coast on the trip. It was amazing. You could see forever - or at least for 65 miles down the coast.

Next we went down to the Sea Lion Caves - about 38 miles south of Newport and a quick stop on the highway. What an incredible site - and sound. The caves are apparently the world’s largest natural caves and hundreds of sea lions use them to rest, and talk - very loudly.

As we drove through Florence, we started into the Oregon Dunes and made a short stop further down the highway to take some pictures. It was windy and freezing but gorgeous.

Our stop for the night was Crescent City. Ah yes, Crescent City - never going back again! There is a reason it is barely mentioned in any guidebooks. What an odd town. We booked into the Econo Lodge, which was fine for a motel. Crescent City was bizarre. They must never see women there as the honking and catcalls were pretty annoying. We had a really hard time finding decent food. The one recommended restaurant was previously located near our motel, but had moved (and not put up any kind of notice on the old location) so we made do with a nearby Mexican restaurant.

And that was about it to do. Oh well, lessons learned.