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(Cannon Beach, Oregon) A family relaxes in front of Haystack Rock, the largest (72m) sea stack on the US coast.

This was the first day of fair weather in weeks on the coast, and the shoeline was dotted with small fires from groups enjoying the sunset.

As usual with the people I seem to meet here, they all had relatives in Norway. Or at least these thought they did; as their name started with Mac… I said, sure, you might be Norwegian and took them up on their offer of a shoreside drink or five, to prove my ethnic heritage.

I thus missed missed a very nice, partly cloudy post-rain photo op of some large rocks. Oh, well. At last the little girls thought I looked like Johnny Depp. As the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland. I need a haircut.