Canon Beach

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 Going to cannon beach


We went on a road trip with my grandparents to cannon beach. We went on SR-18., I-5 ,SR-432 ,SR-433, us-30 and us101. 


We saw the mighty Columbia river and crossed the “Lewis and Clark Bridge” near Long view 

and saw the “welcome to Oregon” sign. . The river borders Washington and Oregon. I always enjoy seeing the Welcome to States sign. This is one of my favorite parts of the trip. We also saw the US- 101 bridge in Astoria. 


 

Welcome sign on the bridge Google image of the bridge

Canon

Canon beach got this name after the cannon  washed away ashore from the 1846 warship USS Shark shipwreck. The name was adopted in 1922.


The hotel


We then reached Canon beach. We stayed in the Hallmark resort at Canon beach.. We had cookies from the resort. They were yummy. It has a swimming pool and a private beach.  We relaxed on the beach. I enjoyed playing with beach sand. My brother made sand castles. 


Things to do here

We shopped in the downtown shops.  The main attractions are Haystack Rock on the beach and Ecola state park. There is also Lewis and Clark trail in Seaside, 10 miles from Canon beach. 


Haystack Rock

Did you know that 17 millions of years ago, a volcano erupted? The erupted lava cooled over time to form a large basalt sea stack. Basalt is an igneous rock. This giant rock over time weathered to form haystack rock and other smaller rocks on the beach. Haystack Rock is a 235 ft-tall (72 m) sea stack.. The monolithic rock is adjacent to the beach and accessible by foot at low tide. The Haystack Rock tide pools are home to many intertidal animals, including starfish, sea anemone, crabs, chitons, limpets, and sea slugs. The rock is also a nesting site for many sea birds, including terns and puffin. (Ref: (Ref:LINK)


Captain Clark discovered the current Canon beach in 1806 . He was searching for whales with the help of native Indian and he found a dead whale near one of the rocks. This is now named Canon beach.. Based on Clark’s notes: “On January 8, 1806, William Clark and a few other men of the Lewis and Clark Expedition had arrived in the area searching for a blue whale that the local tribes had reported to them. They were hoping to harvest a bit of meat from the carcass to bolster their dwindling supplies, but it was not to be. When they found the animal, the 105-foot-long behemoth was indeed laying net to Haystack Rock, but it was little more than a skeleton. A few days later, when the men returned to Fort Clatsop, another expedition member who had remained behind with Meriwether Lewis and the rest of the party, Joseph Whitehouse, recorded their report in his journal on January 10, 1806.”  (Ref: LINK)



Ecola State Park

We went to Ecola State Park. Wrapping around Tillamook Head, between Seaside and Cannon Beach, Ecola State Park stretches along 9 miles of coastline. There are a lot of hiking trails and view points along the trails.

Location of state park on google map

We saw Canon beach from there. There is also a drive to go to Indian Beach.  We also saw the TIlamook light house. I was amazed by the viewpoints. 


There is a trail to the light house. We stopped at the view point to see the light house. The Tillamook light house is also called the Terrible TIlly light house. It is located 1.2 miles from Tillamook head near south of the Columbia river. It took ~500 days to build it. It was closed in 1957. It was one of the costliest light houses to be built on the west coast.. I was surprised to know the facts about the light house. Imagine going on an ocean without GPS, how would you navigate? Light houses help ships navigate in the oceans. They didn’t have GPS in the 1800s. There are a lot of Lewis and Clark camp sites and landmarks around US 101 near Seaside, Astoria , Cape disappointment near Longbeach and many more.. I enjoyed the trip to Canon beach. My favorite part is learning that Captain Clark discovered haystack rock. I want to learn something new as I explore more places.

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