Oregon Coast Highway No. 9

U.S. Highway 101 in Oregon, known as Oregon Coast Highway No. 9, runs the from the California border just south of Bookings to the Washington border in Astoria.  Much of the highway runs between the Pacific Ocean and the Oregon Coast Range which makes most of Hwy 101 mountainous. The highway is 363 miles long and it goes through several coastal towns.  In most of the towns it is main street.  Being that Hwy 101 is mountainous it is affected by landslides that sometimes shuts the road down which makes for long detours for coastal towns having to go inland to I-5 and then back to the coast. 
We drove a third of the Oregon Coast Highway No. 9 from Astoria, WA to Cloverdale, OR.  It is a beautiful drive along the Pacific coast and through several coastal towns, each unique, yet all having the looks of a coastal town. We began by crossing the Megler/Astoria bridge, that runs from the Washington border to the Oregon border and over the Columbia river and into Astoria, OR.  As we passed the Port of Astoria, a Cruise Ship was docked, A Norwegian Cruise Line Ship the Norwegian Jewel.  We got on Hwy 101 and started south.  It runs along the coast and most of the views are trees with glimpses of the Pacific at first but as we continued south we would come to some amazing views of the ocean and rock formations.  It seems that a lot of the Oregon coast, due to the mountains, is rocking but the rocks are huge and make for some beautiful scenery.  What a way to see the coast.
There are several pull over spots so that you can get out and get a better view of the beaches and the rocks.  At one stop we spotted a white mass off the coast a bit.  We thought it was just a big rock and it was; with a light house on top of it.  I zoomed my camera as much as I could but with the coastal clouds and light fog it was hard to see from where we were.  The mountain roads had some twists and turns but the truck and RV handled the trip fine.  Tim did another great job driving.  He has had some different experiences driving several roads on our journey and yesterday's trip was no exception.  It was fun and we will continue down Hwy 101 when we leave here in a couple of days!