Drift Creek Falls - Oregon Coast

Time to share with y'all about what I did over my Christmas break. I did some more vintage shopping, of course, but I'll get to that in a later post. This previous weekend, I was visited by my best friend (another Katie whom I've known since diapers) and her husband. When looking for things to do, I mentioned that there was a hike not far from my house in Lincoln City, Oregon that has always been on my "Oregon Bucket List" (i.e. things to do before I leave Oregon). Drift Creek Falls is a beautiful, family-friendly hike down to a suspension bridge overlooking a lovely waterfall. The only irritating part about this excursion was the 12 mile drive to the trailhead from Highway 101 up a narrow twisting logging road. Other than that, it was a beautiful hike on a beautiful day...see for yourself.

 Moss covered trees on the Drift Creek Falls Trail.

 Drift Creek Falls as seen from the suspension bridge over the falls.

Walking across the suspension bridge. Beware that this bridge is not for the faint of heart when it comes to heights...it wobbles!

Snow Day

I'm sure many of you are waking up to familiar scenes covered with snow this time of year. However, for those of us on the Oregon Coast; snow storms are a pretty rare event (thankfully). Nonetheless, it did snow last night...just in time for me to decorate my Christmas tree :)

Wild Weather Weekend

It was one of those weekends on the Oregon Coast, the kind where you just curl up on the couch with a cup of tea and watch the storms come in off the ocean. We are currently experiencing the remnants of  Japanese typhoon as I write this (i.e. 80 mile an hour wind gusts). That is just one of the many interesting aspects of life on this sparsely populated coast; we regularly get hurricanes come on shore, but they are never named and are hardly ever reported in the national news. At any rate, some pictures of the storm...