We're going down this weekend and will be staying in one of the Ester Lee cottages in Lincoln City. Older place, but supposed to be pretty nice. Which got me thinking........where have you stayed at the coast that has been better than usual? Thanks! ABM
Ugh. I hate Cannon Beach/Seaside. Just too crowded. We stayed in a rental house in Waldport: http://www.orshores.com/detail.php?property=61 This place absolutely rocked. No tourists, except the people in houses nearby. Right on the beach. Fantastic. We've been there two summers now. Not too far from Lincoln City, Depot Bay and Newport. They even let us bring two dogs! A full week for $1400. It was me and the wife, our two kids, and two other adults. Plenty of space. Pretty tough to house that many people/pets on the beach for that price. My favorite spot on the coast is south of there a few miles. Strawberry Hill. Kind of a non-descript little pulloff. But hike down to the bottom at low tide and you'll see a ton of seals and awesome tidepools, plus some sand.
BTW, this is a great travel-related website: (big-time internal search engine) http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g28958-Oregon-Vacations.html
I've stayed in the same area, a few hundred yards from the beach. VERY quiet, VERY reasonable, and VERY VERY fun.
2 years ago we stayed in Neskowin - it was fantastic. Last year we stayed in Pacific City, which was nice too, but not as nice. This year we are trying a rental house near Newport.
8 guests, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, 6 dining seats. 1 - King 2 - Queen 1 - Sofa Sleeper - Queen Parking: 4 vehicles in driveway. Beach Access: Right outside your door 2 Large wood burning fireplaces If you are going with another a couple and splitting the cost $200 per night seems pretty fair. Next summer when I make my annual trip up there I'm going to keep this place in mind. Thanks Mook!
Book it early. We barely got in when we booked in March for a stay in late July. Hmmm. I just realized I made it that much harder to stay there. Oh well, I don't want to go to the same place three years in a row. Next summer it's Costa Rica! (if money allows).
Not when it's split between four or five couples. IIRC, it was a four bedroom with a fold-out couch and a couple of futons.
actually, 200 a day is pretty reasonable, considering some cabins in the mountains or on lakes can run about 3000 a week.
Yachats is good if you get a house with the beach as your backyard. We did that once and it was awesome. Cannon is okay, but getting more crowded. Manzanita is nice..kind of its own little space. It really depends upon what you're going to the coast for! Relaxation? Entertainment (gambling)? Fishing?
Heh, that kind of reminds me of that old NBC mystery trilogy show. What was it.....McCloud, McMillan & Wife, and Columbo? Classic, classic stuff, right there.
Damn. The more this thread goes along, the more it sounds like the site of a 1970's porn film. And actually, it's not a bad setting for one. (To answer your question, though, yeah you can walk into it.)
