This morning we tried out Crepe Neptune. There really isn’t any seating at the restaurant and we waited in a pretty long line to place our order. It was worth the wait. The crepes were superb. We drove from Cannon Beach to Fort Stevenson State Park. The park features some great beaches and we walked out the length of jetty of the Columbia River and enjoyed the beach. We explored the Russel Battery. The battery had a 30ft long cannon/gun that was active until the early 50’s. This Fort has the distinction of trading fire with a Japanese submarine during WWII. It was the only time during the war that the continental US received enemy fire.
After leaving the Fort we headed to Pier 39 and Rogue Nation Brewing Company. The pier required driving across a one-lane wooden pier to the structure. It obviously was some kind of fish processing facility in the not-to-distant past. The brewery was kind of cool and food pretty good.
On the way back to Cannon Beach we stopped at the Fort Clatsop / Lewis and Clark National Historical Park. The visitor center had a lot of really interesting history on Lewis and Clark. The park has a recreation of their winter Fort located at the same site as the original Fort.
We returned to the coach and Donna ran errands in town while I cleaned the windshield and got the coach ready for the trip tomorrow. When Donna returned she said someone mentioned roosting Puffins at Haystack Rock. We decided to revisit Haystack Rock one more time with our binoculars to look for Puffins. We enjoyed our visit but failed to find any Puffins.
Tonight we finish preparations to travel to Packwood Washington. Packwood is just outside Mount Ranier National Park and near Mount St Helens National Monument. I expect most of the Ranier Park to still be closed due to snow but we will see what we can explore.