Let’s take a moment to re-visit Manzanita Beach during our last day on the Oregon coast. This was after our 5+ mile hike at Oswald West, and we were hungray.

Unfortunately the sandwich place we had eaten at the previous day was closed, so we bought sandwiches from the general store across the street and sat in the sun and enjoyed them.

Maggie, playing it cool.

After lunch we parked near the beach and took some more photos, but neither one of us was interested in actually going back out onto the beach again. That darn wind!

I suppose the wind was helpful to these guys.

So long Manzanita Beach, you were one of my favorite parts of the trip!

We had a long drive back to Lincoln City that night due to pesky highway construction. For dinner we went back to Kyllo’s and both ordered fish tacos, which were almost as good as the fish tacos we had in Maui.

Then we walked out onto the Lincoln City beach (in a remarkable pocket of wind-free air) and observed the most gorgeous sunset I’d seen in ages. It was very romantic. Can you see the tiny kite in the air?

Finally, I HAVE to mention “Ocean’s Apart” in Lincoln City, where we had breakfast not once, but two times. Hawaiian breakfast!

Josh is pumped.

The first time we went there was hardly anyone else in the restaurant, maybe two other sets of couples. As one of the couples was leaving, the woman stood up and announced to the room how delicious her breakfast was.

“I had the stuffed French toast…” she exclaimed happily.

“That’s what I was going to order!” I cried, already regretting ordering the daily special of scrambled eggs with ham and cheese and Hawaiian sweet bread (which was delicious).

“Do you want my leftovers?” she generously asked.

I declined, but the next day…

…we went back and ordered the stuffed French toast to share! Battered Hawaiian sweet bread, stuffed with coconut pudding and topped with pineapple syrup. Sure you feel sick after one piece, but hells bells, it tastes AMAZING until then! Highly recommended. I want this place to stay in business! Josh took a great picture of my reaction here. So true, so true. Mmmmmmmmmm.

That’s it for the coast! Coming up next, a visit to Jenn and Justin’s, featuring Kissyfur and Abbie and a whole lot of dogs!