Updates from the Coast

If you haven’t been to Charleston for the annual lights show, you may want to plan a trip this year to see them. Nothing gets you in the holiday mood faster than strolling the gardens at Shore Acres, with a cup of hot spiced cider to keep off the chill, nibbling the free cookies, enjoying hundreds of thousands of lights in fantastic shapes and... [Read more about this]

Want to avoid the after Christmas let-down? Plan a trip to the Oregon Coast for Whale watching week Dec. 26, 2009 – Jan. 1, 2010. Oregon has a great program called “Whale Watching Spoken Here” that features 26 points on the Coast from Ilwaco WA down to Crescent City CA, and 24 points in Oregon between. These points are staffed with... [Read more about this]

If you like the birds eye, or maybe satellite eye, view of things check out these aerial images of the landmarks of the Oregon Coast. They show the land formations and the path of the rivers and formation of the bays as no map ever could.  Read More →

The Oregon Coast has many fine restaurants, and saying anything is “best” is pushing things a bit, I realize, but I’m going to play favorites here today and say this is my new favorite lunch spot when I’m kickin’ around down Gold Beach way – Barnacle Bistro. With a fresh and tempting menu of paninis, salads, burgers... [Read more about this]