Author: Alicia Spooner

Culture/History, Outdoor

Ship of Mystery

Update June 2022: Ship timbers recently extracted from a sea cave near Manzanita were dated to the 1600s, providing strong evidence that they were from the Spanish galleon, Santo Cristo de Burgos. To read more about the recent find, visit the webpage for the Maritime Archeological Society. The timbers are […]

Clockwise Robert Potts, Emily Kolkemo, Robert Potts
Outdoor, Science/Marine Life

The Secret World of Sand

The story of sand along the Oregon Coast includes Ice Age floods, shifting dunes, and wartime super-sleuths. Story by Barbara Lee Kids are coated with it after a day at the Oregon Coast, and so is every inch of the family dog. Adults get it in their shoes, and picnic […]

Food/Travel

A Baker’s Dozen

Vacation calories don’t count, right? Freshly-made Oregon Coast pastries, breads and other treats are here to entice you. This article is an excerpt. The full article was published in the January/February 2017 issue of Oregon Coast Magazine. Story by Marie Sherlock When I’m on vacation, I shift into Indulgence Mode. […]