The La De Da Parade in Yachats

We headed down to Yachats for the annual 4th of July La De Da Parade and festivities.  This is one of our favorite annual activities in Oregon.

The guy in the wizard hat is the mayor.  Everyone else is the town council.

The umbrella twirlers are always a popular part of the parade.

Here’s the Yachats PRIDE group!

Grass skirts coming by!

A weiner dog all dressed up.

More people coming through!

The green flash group coming through!  They always flash green on the 4th of July.

A huge rubber duck going by to remind everyone to buy their rubber duck race raffel tickets.

A big tyrannosaurus went by in front of the duck.

A bunch of umbrella jellyfish!

 

After the parade we went down to the Yachats River to watch the duck races.  We didn’t win this year but maybe next year!

Munson Creek Falls

We hiked up to Munson Creek Falls through a lush coastal rainforest.

 

At 319 feet, this waterfall is the highest in the entire coast range.  The trail up to the base was closed off due to some storm damage so this is all we got to see of this epic waterfall.

A Sunny June Day in Oceanside

It was so nice and sunny that we couldn’t resist going out to Oceanside to enjoy the Oregon coast.

The tide was very low so we got to explore some new areas.

The sea stacks offshore.

We had lunch at a cute little cafe in Oceanside.

The ocean sure is beautiful.