Ash and I were invited to a beach rental this weekend in Manzanita with friends. On Saturday we went on a hike along the beach; the trail ended at a point with sheer cliffs that drop off hundreds of feet to the ocean. It was a great place to take some shots with Hank and his dog Zoey.

Greetings all, I haven’t posted an entry lately because I was vacationing in Mexico. My wife and I rented a house with her family on an Eco-Friendly beach 70 miles north of Puerto Vallarta. The area is called Playa Las Tortugas and it is one of Mexico’s leading Sea Turtle conservation camps. We were allowed to help realease Sea Turtles almost nightly. For lack of a better word;, amazing… I processed nearly 300 photos today, so trust me; I’ll post more later.

 
It was a beautiful weekend at the coast in Oregon. My dad and stepmom were in town to visit so we took off for Cannon Beach on Friday. These are the weekends you deeply appreciate as an Oregonian. October is the swing month when it comes to weather. The average temperature on October 1st is 71 degrees while the average temperature on October 31st is 58 degrees. I guess it’s a “get it while its hot” mentality in terms of weekend recreation. I love the Cannon Beach area, but I’m ready to travel to the central or southern coast soon. The beaches are rockier and you’re much closer to the crashing surf, which also makes it a better area to go beach combing. That being said, I think Haystack Rock is one of the more amazing formations on the coast. You can click here for my past photos of it.
 
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It kind of sucks posting these photos of our beautiful weekend from last week while it is (and has been) pouring outside.  The rest of these have more of an “abstract” feel to them. Most were taken at the Chinese Gardens in China Town.  The photo of the tree has been turned upside down to really mess with the eye. If you can’t tell from the lily in the bottom of the shot, it’s actually a taken as a reflection in the pond. It’s kind of interesting  that the rocks in the bottom of the pond serve as clouds in the sky too.