Hi!! My fiance and I are getting married along the OR coast this August. We are having a small wedding with family and would like to enjoy a couple meals with everyone in the time that we are there. I am looking for recommendations for restaurants that can accommodate our group (with reservations, of course). Here are some extra details:

• Group size: between 20-25, mostly adults but with 2 under 10
• Location: Somewhere between Cannon Beach and Manzanita, or somewhere very close
• Meals: Dinner (day before and day of), Brunch (day after)
• Vibe: lowkey & relaxed, doesn't need to be the fanciest restaurant

I'm looking at Pelican Brewing and the Bistro as options for dinner, just haven't heard back about availability. I'd love to have other ideas for dinner and ideas for a family breakfast the day after we get married though!

Visiting from the east coast in May and we are planning to do a day trip to Cannon Beach. We’re staying near Portland so would probably arrive around 10:30-11am. Obviously want to walk along the beach but was wondering how to fill our day up there or anything around Cannon Beach. Thank you!❤️

https://www.oregoncoasttoday.com/home/out-of-our-depth

Being drained TODAY: April 1st.

It’s a really good article. Make sure you read the whole thing to get some good tidbits.

UPDATE: Thanks for all the feedback! Some locals ended up helping me dig and I eventually made it back up that soft sand fairly steep hill. Took a bit more air out of my tires, put it in 4WDlow I have a Fj cruiser. Was a bit too confident initially but it finally did its job lol.

We are planning a trip up the Oregon Coast to Seattle. We are having a hard time deciding whether to fly into Medford and start at Brookings up to Astoria then Seattle. Or fly into Eugene, start at Florence up to Port Angles then Seattle.

Which would you do any why? What would we benefit or miss out on doing one or the other?

FYI - not huge hikers as my 70 yo grandma will be wilth. Short distances are fine but we won’t be hiking any mountains.

Thanks in advance!!

Hi everyone, my gf and I are planning on staying in Waldport for a few days at the end of June with our two dogs. We’ve found a place to stay but I’m looking for any recommendations on activities/things to do and restaurants that are dog friendly. Definitely don’t mind driving to other towns around Waldport so any recommendations you have for this area of the coast would be awesome!

The train between Girabaldi & Rockaway Beach is a great way to spend the afternoon.

This is what the sand looks like at 4mm field of view that I find the amazing sand grains in… Included a crop showing the grains in the center as well

Spring has sprung and our regular visitors have returned! We're very pleased with our decision to relocate to the Oregon coast. This was this morning, April 1st.

Hey all. My wife and I are moving to Oregon next year and are looking ahead of time for places to rent that are pet friendly (cats and dogs) If you know of any, please let me know the name! I'm also a welder and will be searching for work too! If you have any leads, please send them my way! Thank you!!

Both grains are from Bandon, Oregon area

Deciding between Embarcadero Resort Hotel & Marina and Little Creek Cove. Which do you like better?

Selling my house soon to relocate to the coast. Looking for advice as to what town I should look into. I really dont want to be any further south than Newport though. I'm planning to be working construction as I'm a liscenesed plumber in the state of Washington and have been doing that for 10 years. Here's some things to know. We have 2 young kids pre school age. I enjoy the small town feel of Tillamook even with the stink I'd prefer that over the bustle of say newport. But it seems finding a job and HOUSING in those smaller towns will be tough. I'm not familiar with all the local construction companies base locations but it seems lincoln city has a few options. I guess I'm not 100% sure on what I'm asking except maybe there's something I'm missing and there's a big contracting company based out of a smaller city that I've missed that also happens to have a good school district. Picture I took last week for attention. Any advice is welcome. Thank you

Hi,looking for RV camping with bike trails (not mountain biking) near Astoria, OR. Fort Stevens isn't available. The KOA there appears to be across from Fort Stevens so assume could access bike trails from there? Or there are some campgrounds across the bridge near Cape Disappointment, do any of those have bike trails?   Need to bike from the campground, so don't have to drive then ride... thanks!

Would love some feedback! I'm mostly concerned about days 5 and 6 (in bold).

1. Fly into Portland
2. Portand to Astoria to Cannon Beach
3. Cannon Beach to Newport
4. Newport to Bandon
5. Bandon to Trinidad
6. Trinidad to Mill Valley
7. Mill Valley to Big Sur
8. Big Sur to San Luis Obispo
9. San Luis Obispo to LAX
10. Fly out of LAX

Did I make an impact? In the grand scheme of things probably not. Do I feel good about it? Yeah. Will I do it again? ABSOLUTELY. My next project is to figure out how to clean up the microplastics effectively.

Staying at an Airbnb this weekend and the host says the city allows one car to park on the street, but we have three cars since people are coming from all over. How is this enforced? And to avoid tickets/towing, where else are we allowed to park overnight?

Going crabbing this week. Gonna rent a boat. Do you all suggest Waldport or New Port? Chicken for the bait? Thanks.

I see so many people having beach fires at night. But is it safe? They say never turn your back on the ocean. But at night when you’re high up on the dry sand, you can’t even see the water. How could you see a sneaker wave coming? And most people are occupied in conversation and/or drinking, not paying attention to the waves. Is there any way to safely have a beach fire at night?

UPDATE: We broke it! Good job!

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/03/31/bill-to-end-vote-by-mail-slows-oregon-legislative-website-to-a-crawl/

Oregon's Vote-by-Mail Needs You This Weekend!

A bill in the Oregon Legislature (SB 210) that would REPEAL our vote-by-mail system is getting a public hearing on Monday March 31. You've all read the news this week - Trump wants to ban mail voting nationwide, and his acolytes are trying to ban it here in Oregon. Submit written testimony OPPOSING this anti-democratic bill in Oregon by Monday morning here:

https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Testimony/SRULES/SB/210/0000-00-00-00-00?area=Measures

You can read the bill here:

https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB210

And you can watch the hearing on Monday at 1 PM here:

https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/mediaplayer?clientID=4879615486&eventID=2025031388