Port Orford in the rain and wind!

The last few libraries used Mozilla, and I couldn't get the signin panel so....at last we can update the site.
Since Seaside, we bought some kites at a wacky shop in Cannon beach (which was a lovely town), then stayed at Nehalem Bay - a lovely campsite on the beach where we flew the kites. The next day we looked round the Tillamook cheese factory, the Blue heron cheese and wine factory and the Airport Museum - that night was a late camp and we deviated from the original plan - the Cape Mears light house was up lots of hills - we've seen enough lighthouses, thankyou, we'll wait for one nearer the road!
The next stop was at Cape Kiwanda, a beautiful beach with enormous sand dunes, the Pelican pub and a campsite with a heated swimming pool. We ate luch there and stayed for the rest of the day.
We looked at Yaquina head lighthouse and the tide pools, we were lucky that it was an exceptionally low low tide so we saw some enormous star fish and Sea urchins, next stop was the Newport Aquarium where we saw otters and walked through a tunnel with loads of fish swimming over and under us, then they had touch pools where someone explained all about tide pools and we could touch everything - it was really good even for mummy and daddy! Then the Marine Science center which was equally fascinating.
After a long cycle we stopped a Yachats (pronounced YaHa!) stocked up with food and fuel and went up the hill to Cape perpetua park. This time the campsite was full and we shared the auditorium with 2 other cyclists. It pissed down overnight and all morning so after a late start we went to the interactive building 5 mins away and went in out of the rain - we had a lecture and slide show on tidepool edibles which was fascinating...Beinn wanted to try some right away!
The next highlight was dune buggy riding in Dune City - $100 for 30 minutes for all of us to have the ride of a lifetime! The guy who drove had been doing it for 10 years and never turned one over - didn't stop me from gripping really tight and screaming! Beinn sat in the front laughing and trying to touch the tyres with his feet! Samuel grinned all the time as well.
The kids are now Junior Beavers - the State Parks in Oregon have program where you learn about at least 4 subjects (recycling, safety environment etc) you fill in some papers and they get checked, and then you get your badge. There are three levels and they've now finished them!! The 4th and 5th kid to finish the program at Sunset bay.
Finally we can stay somewhere else other than a State Park !
We've been battling with headwinds since the beginning of the trip, but they are becoming ferocious, gusting 20 mph, I just got blow stationary and sideways whilst going downhill...the miles are really hard work - especially now mummy has a busted gear cable so only has 8 gears (with a block of wood tied to the bike to keep it in middle gear! - luck that Wayne came along huh?!), we're off to Humbug mountain and a dinasour park today - or tomorrow if we get blown backwards!
All in high spirits anyway, we passed the 1000km mark yeaterday, so we may make it yet!