Yachats (or as the locals say 'Ya-Hots')

Yachats (Ya-hots) is apparently the "gem of the Oregon coast." Not sure yet if it's a gem, but it is pretty darn nice. Small coastal town. A couple promising cafes. Great rocky shoreline (No sea stacks, but word is there's some up the way. We'll be checking it out..)

We pulled in Sunday around 3:30 p.m. and went straight to the Visitor's Centre looking for 'cabin like' accommodation — a place we could stay put for a few days. We're beat. We need to stop for a few days, rest up and explore this coast line up close. The kindly volunteer lady gave us some brochures for lodges and cottagey motels in the area that also have kitchenettes. Out the door we go to check out our options when we notice that right next door is the Yachats Vacation Rental offices. Why not, we say?

And in about 20 minutes, super efficient Jason has us all set up in a tiny house right beside the ocean — like RIGHT BESIDE the ocean. Tsunami warning, run up the hill with your valuables right beside. He hands us the keys to the place and suggests we go and look things over.









It's perfect!

So, here we are for the next five days. I'd found Yachats in our guidebook the night before and noticed it had lots of Captain Cook references, so I took that as a good sign being that the good Captain and his historical travels have been a theme for this journey. Just down the way is Cape Perpetua, the highest point on the Oregon coast, named by Cookie himself. To the north is Cape Foulweather, also a Cook discovery. We seem to have the the hots for Ya-hots — destiny if you will. And the fact that we had everything sorted in 20 minutes is telling us it's the right place to be and the right thing to do.

So far, it's been ideal. We did our laundry, got some groceries, walked along the shore and checked out the tide pools and smashing waves. Sea lions go swimming by. Pelicans soar past. There's rumours of whales out there, but we've yet to see them.














We called our car rental place and told them the car will be back when we're good and ready. We'll decide in the next couple of days how we want to proceed from here, but for now, it feels good to be in one place again and going slow for a bit.