Oregon Coast - Central

From Tillamook, we drove the 101 south to Carl Washburn Memorial State Park which has a quiet wooded campground with a short path to the beach, on of the top 5 places to stay on the Oregon coast (according to some). It was a fantastic spot - wish we could have stayed a week. Along the way, we drove the Otter Crest Scenic Viewpoint near Cape Foulweather (love the name), stopped and admired Seal Rock and also Devil's Churn at Cape Perpetua. The next morning, we spent some time at Heceta Head Lighthouse which overlooks a beautiful cove with big waves and sea caves, plus the Heceta Churn. We really enjoyed this spot and could hang out for days just watching the waves. We met some friends who hosted for 1 year at an Oregon lighthouse in their RV...if the view was anything like the view from this lightkeeper's house, I'd be thrilled to take that job. :-)
We also visited the Sea Lion Caves; unfortunately, a helicopter has just flown over and frightened all the Seal Lions off the rocks. We were given a $2 discount (paid $9 each rather than $11) and the cave was really neat; however, I think they should have discounted it by 50%, since we saw no sea lions and the cave alone wasn't $18 worth. Heceta Head at $3 for parking, was much more worthwhile, and we saw lots of Sea Lions in the water below the lighthouse!