Cannon Beach is popular sandy beach near Portland, Oregon. It is about an hour West of Portland and it is a small charming town with beautiful sandy beach. It is famous for its Haystack rock standing in the ocean. Many Oregonian visit Cannon Beach during the weekend to relax and enjoy the sunshine on the beach. People also often set up bonfires along the beach at night to get some smores.
We took the Friday off and headed to Cannon Beach for a nice 2 night stay there. We have never stayed at Cannon Beach previously since it was so closed to Portland. There were many options to stay overnight but we chose Hallmark Resort and SPA since it is close to the Haystack Rock.
We got to Cannon Beach around 3PM in the afternoon. Unfortunately it was quite windy and raining a little bit in the sky. So we didn't spend as much time as we would have liked on the beach. Instead, we visited the stores in the village to checkout new stuff there. It was great to get out of the city life and have a stroll in the village to relax.
The weather on the second day was much better. It was still cloudy but the sun has came out. We went down to the beach around the sunset golden hour. It was still windy and many people were flying kite up high in the sky. The setting sun behind the Haystack Rock was beautiful. We also flew the drone up in the sky to see the ocean waves from the above. It was definitely a different perspective on viewing the ocean.
We were unable to take some Milkyway photos due to the cloudy sky at night unfortunately. But we would definitely come back and visit again to do that!
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