Oswald State Park & Cannon Beach
Today we got up and went to breakfast at Elmer’s (you heard right, like the glue). Believe it or not, not bad, not bad.
We headed out to Oswald State Park for a bit of hiking on the Cape Falcon trail. I got to see a giant slug cross my path, blackberry flowers, and a bunch of psycho surfers out riding the waves in wet suits and sub zero temperatures. OK, maybe it wasn’t sub-zero – but it was hovering between 48-54 and that’s waaay too cold for this Tampa girl to be frolicking in the water!
Next we headed up to the Cannon Beach which had all these crazy sea stacks including the famous Haystack Rock as well as a bunch of tide pools. I saw lots of fish and tiny crab-like things, also sea anemone (sea urchins) and by-the-sea sailors, which looked like a cross between a jellyfish and a Dalí-esque bike reflector.
On our way back to Todd’s apartment, we come around the corner and guess what we see on the hillside? A bunch of elk, just grazing and hanging out.