Cannon Beach

                                                Cannon beach

                                                 Sanorah stump

                                                5/20/13

 

With its distinctive rock formations, pounding surf, and quaint town, Cannon Beach is a great place to take the family on a weekend trip to the ocean. It is relatively close to Portland, Astoria, and seaside. Friday through Sunday they have music, theater, poetry and visual art November 1^st to 3^rd.

When to go: May to September they hold festivals with fun activities to do with the whole family.  

Where to stay: reserve a family rental beach home at Sunset Vacation Rental for only $350 a night, including 3 bedrooms, 3 baths. The rentals are pet friendly, and include a yard for the family companion and kids. The units have a deck, washer and fully furbished kitchen and much more!

How to get around: if you stay in town you can walk everywhere. For those of you that are out on the beach there are bike trails, even a trolley that circles around the whole town.  Or if you have a rig, it just takes five minutes to the closest shopping center or restaurant.  

Where to eat and drink: go dine at one of the following famous restaurants, vegetarian café, and brew and bar, Bruce’s candy kitchen, Pancake Mill and seafood café.

Cultural tip: the town was first discovered by William Clark in the year 1806, and got its first name “Ekoli” from Clark, Sacagawea, and a few of Clark’s companions. They were on a journey to explore the beach, and ran into a beached whale that some Tillamook Indians were boiling for blubber. So Clark traded gold in exchange for 300 pounds of blubber and some whale oil to bring back to Fort Clatsop. They ended up changing the name of the town a few different times, but the main one that stuck was “Ekoli” which we changed to Ecola which means whale in Chinook, in memory of William Clark.

Fun facts: every year Cannon Beach has a sandcastle contest on June 4^th to June 6^th. So come to Cannon Beach, be ready for some fun activities, the feeling of the warm sand in between your toes. Kids, dogs… grandmas, bring the whole family.