Florence, Oregon Trip

This Sunday we took a trip to Florence which is along the coast. On the way we stopped off Highway 101 to a neat looking diner. It was so cool, they had old cars inside which you ate in. Morgan thought she was super cool! Than we decided to check out the Sea Lion Cave... which turned out to be a total bust. We saw more sea lions (3) from the viewpoints on the side of the road than in the cave that cost $30.00 to go down into. It was interesting going down some 200 ft. into this cave, but we were expecting to see hundreds of sea lions below. The view and the drive was beautiful and totally relaxing. After checking out the sea lion cave we continued to the lighthouse you can see in the pictures. There was a beach below it that Morgan had a blast finding buried treasure in and looking for the "X" which marks the spot! We did not take the 1/2 mile hike closer to the lighthouse because we didn't have any cash on us to pay the $3.00 parking fee!!! But we are planning on going back and doing that when my dad comes into town next week. Here are some pictures from our weekend! Oh yeah, it is a different kind of beach here, they don't particularly give me that feeling of say a beach in Cali. or Florida where you can feel the sun shining down on you, the smell of sun tan lotion, and feel the fine sand under your feet. This particular beach had a lot of rock, but still was amazing!