part january // the coast

For my January undertaking, I decided to go to the coast one last time before I move back home to Utah in a few weeks.
So my friend, Steph, and I ran over to Astoria and saw the Astoria Column. 

 

We ran up the stairs for a while, then walked, then stopped and breathed hard, then walked, then made it to the top. It was quite the view.

We crossed the Astoria-Megler Bridge (pictured above) over the Columbia to Washington where our destination was Cape Disappointment. Strange as it seems, we were not disappointed.
And this is why:

AND we got to meet Pete's dragon!
He's just as friendly in person as he is in the movie.
I only wish I could have met Elliot too.

We saw the North Head Lighthouse and it was so pretty. We couldn't go up because it was locked (daggum!) but we walked around and watched the waves.

 

We had some extra time so we bounced back over to Oregon and down to Seaside where we sat on the beach for an hour. It was a chilly 60 degrees. We watched the sun slowly start to go down and listened to the waves crashing. That is the best sound in the world, crashing waves.

I love the Northwest and I looove the coast. January is just so much better by the sea.