Day 11

Brookings, Oregon, to Lincoln City, Oregon, 247 miles
OLIVIA: Well, what an interesting day. We made it up over half of the Oregon coast in one day. Along the road, we saw many strange things, some of which included a "Prehistoric Garden" which was a forest full of plastic dinosaurs. We decided not to go. We also came across the Sea Lion Caves, which, I must say was really something. Once you got over the fact that you were in an elevater, over 60 years old, going down over 200 feet, and the VERY strong fish smell, It was really, really cool! I would advise people to go, at least once. We went to lots of other things, but I'll leave some for dad to write about. Goodnight! Andrew, Mom, Heather, and everyone else.
SCOTT: finally got to actually see the sea lion caves. other times i've/we've been through there, the elevator has been broken, or the sea lions were vacationing in mexico. always something. ah, but this time all of the sea moons were in alignment. there were hundreds of the critters lounging on the rocks in a big, wet, cold cave. i second olivia in advising a stop here. we also stopped at the devil's punchbowl, where water rushes in and crashes against the insides of the bowl. except the water was lapping against the rocks, not crashing and all sorts of powerful water things. all in all, it was a great drive along the oregon coast. so many great viewpoints and beaches. Good night Melody and Mark and Jennifer and Sue and Lynn and Kyle and Jonathan and Paul and Jackie and Gina and Charlie (not chuck)...
Tomorrow: Lincoln City to probably somewhere in Washington.