I lived at Lincoln City for a number of years a couple of times , Poohbear. I love the ocean there. I rented an A-frame at Gleneden Beach at one point and the rest of the time I lived in the Taft and the Cutler City districts of Lincoln City. (Lincoln City is an amalgamation of five or six different linear communities.) I thought about living at Pacific City- a working-fishing village up the road a bit and somewhat off the touristy path, but I never got around to it.

I think I was at the Newport Mo's only once but Mo's in Lincoln City was a popular spot in my crowd.

I love Oregon's coast. Not as blue and smooth and sunny as the coast in California, it is wild and stormy with tall cliffs and logs flung higgledy piggledy with an occasional sunny, secluded sandy beach.

In Juneau Alaska, we have a third kind of coast. No wave action, because of the islands that break it up. The only time we get whitecaps on the water is when the winds are strong and clear and swoop down from the mountains.

Try www.juneauphotos.com for other pretty places.