Every now and then the sands on the beach shift just right, revealing a shipwreck more than 100 years old – actually nearly on the anniversary of it’s wreck, 110 years ago….
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Beautiful January Day Provides Picturesque Ocean View – Photos by Don Best
Oh, ocean … waves and winds combined on Monday January 15th for some pretty spectacular wave viewing. Don Best captured it at Twin Rocks, and as he said, “I was so impressed…
“It Almost Got Me” – Video by Don Best of Big Waves, Sneaker Waves 11/29/17
IMG_2631 IMG_2630 Big tides, combined with big waves are a reminder to never turn your back on the ocean. Here are some beach safety tips from Oregon State Parks https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/PARKS/pages/beach_tips.aspx#Beach_Safety_homePlease be safe…
Rockaway Beach Foodies – Eating Local While Making New Friends
By Lynn St. Georges Some might find the term “foodie” to be an appropriate description of a food snob, but the Rockaway Beach Foodies group is anything but snobbish. “A common love…
BEST OF HISTORY: Remembering Rockaway …
By Paul Pintarich, as told to Don Best (2/7/08) They called it the “Daddy Train” and on summer weekends, it arrived with fathers from Portland to visit wives and children tent camping…
Local Law Enforcement Conducts lockdown drill at Neah-Kah-Nie High School
On Friday September 15, 2017 at 9:00 AM, law enforcement officers and officials from the Rockaway Beach Police Department, Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office and the Manzanita Department of Public Safety partnered with…
Best of History: Famed Journalist, Writer Paul Pintarich Shared Memories of Rockaway’s Natatorium
By Don R. Best NOTE: Paul Pintarich was a good friend of Karla Steinhauser’s (of Karla’s Smokehouse), and I met Paul when he was visiting her in 2007 or early 2008. He…
4th of July Events – North to South — Parades & Fireworks
Manzanita: 8 am – 11 am – Pancake Breakfast to benefit Neah-Kah-Nie Athletic Teams, Former Manzanita Fire Hall on 5th Ave. 1 pm – Old-Fashioned Parade – theme – “There’s no place…
Rockaway Six by Six Photo Exhibit Opening Reception Today – June 28th, 6 pm
ROCKAWAY SIX BY SIX PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION Opening Reception Wednesday, June 28th, 6-8pm Free Admission Refreshments by Chef Judi and friends of SIX BY SIX Live music by N.E. DayNow Address: 19485 Hwy…
Rockaway Beach Visitor Center Historic Caboose Gets Grant-funded Remodeled
Pictured: Michele Bradley and Pami Boomer, POTB, Meghan Burdick, Visit Tillamook Coast, Emma Poulsen, Kristine Hayes, Jeremy Horton, Maureen Taylor, Anne McBride PHOTO BY DON BEST On Friday June 23rd at 4…