In Search of The Goonies...

I can’t believe we get to spend 10 days in this beautiful place. I haven’t found one thing I don’t love about Oregon.

Yesterday we picked up our rental car (a Toyota Yaris) and drove the scenic route to the Columbia River Gorge and Multnomah Falls. We wanted to take a corny photo of us with the car.

How’s that for corny?

We ate a late lunch at another branch of McMenamin’s (the place where we ate breakfast yesterday). The cool thing about McMenamin’s is that the company buys old, rundown buildings that no one else wants, renovates them, and makes them into historical and interesting places to visit. McMenamins Edgefield (where we went to lunch yesterday) used to be a poor house where all of the residents farmed the land and grew their own food. When the poor house closed, McMenamin’s bought the land and transformed the poor house into a hotel and added a winery, brewery, herb garden, and restaurant. The food, wine, and beer were fabulous. Everything we ate and drank was made on site.

We left Portland for Seaside at 7:30 and arrived at 9pm. We did some grocery shopping at the local SafeWay and crashed at Sean’s dad’s vacation condo at Seaside beach.

This morning, we woke up at 6:30, took a stroll on the beach, and ended up at Bagels By the Sea for coffee and breakfast.

After breakfast, we drove 10 miles north to Astoria in search of the Goonies :) We had a great time driving around the town looking for landmarks from the movie. We also visited The Column, spoke with a few friendly locals, and laughed at the dozens of sea lions sunning on the fishing docks. While Aaron and Sean enjoyed some great beer from Rogue Brewery, I drank some really good coffee from the Astoria Coffee Company.

The Column in Astoria


The Barking Sea Lions

After spending most of the day in Astoria, we decided to take advice from the locals and visit the South Jetty. Words can’t describe how incredible the view was. Sean got some great photos while we were there.




Sean offered to take our First Wedding Anniversary photos tonight, so we ended the day at Cannon beach (3 miles north of Seaside). The view was breathtaking. Here are a few of our favorites:



I made shrimp scampi with linguini for dinner and now we’re attempting to watch The Goonies. I have a feeling we’ll all be sleeping like babies in less than 20 minutes.

Tomorrow we’re doing an 8-mile hike on the mountain trails that overlook Seaside and Cannon beach!