Checked in at Nehalem Bay

These are the other hike pictures that Blogger wouldn't let me post yesterday. The first is wildflowers along the trail. The second is the bald eagle. It is the dot in the middle of the photo. If you enlarge the photo, you can see him (or her) clearly.

We got to Nehalem Bay State Park a couple of hours ago, after stopping in Tillamook for an ice cream lunch. Steve had a Tillamook Mudslide cone and I had the 3 scoop sampler--French Silk, Mountain Huckleberry, and Pistachio Pecan. I liked the French Silk the best. Nehalem Bay State Park is huge--over 300 sites, I think. It snuggles against the dunes between the Pacific Ocean and Nehalem Bay. There is a boat launch on the bay, and it's supposed to be good clamming and crabbing and kayaking. There is also a horse camp, and you can rent horses for trail or beach rides. We are here for 10 days. The View/Navion rally is this weekend, and people are starting to trickle in. We met a coupole in the Tillamook Cheese Factory parking lot from Oregon that are on their way here, and another guy from Virginia that will be here tomorrow.We met Lynn and Claudia from Iowa this afternoon, camped in our loop, very nice people.

The weather seems to be improving. I don't know if I mentioned that a local said this has been a much colder than usual June--they're calling it June-uary. But it hasn't rained in a week now, and today is blue skies. Steve is even in his shorts and short-sleeved T-shirt--a first for this trip--out there puttering with his kayak. I'm not sure if I'm ready to commit to short sleeves yet, but it certainly is nice enough to sit outside and read or knit.