Originally posted by TDvN57 Would love to hear the story!
So there is a famous Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach, Oregon, which I'd say most people in the state are familiar with. The Haystack Rock on Cannon Beach is close to shore, and during really low negative tides, you can get around to the back of the rock and go exploring a bit. I saw that one of these low tides was coming up, so I asked my wife to book us a hotel near Haystack Rock so we could make a little trip of it and I could get some unique points of view of a famous landmark. I didn't really pay much attention to which hotel she chose, I just trust her with these things. Well, about 3/4 of the way through the two hour drive, I noticed that we were taking a bit of a different route to the coast than normal. When we finally got to the hotel, nothing looked familiar. I finally had the good sense to look at a map, and realized we were in Pacific City, probably a 90 minute drive from Cannon Beach. I asked my wife why she chose someplace so far away, and she said Haystack Rock was a five minute drive. She showed me on Google Maps on her phone, and sure enough we were near
A Haystack Rock, but not the one I had intended! I had no idea there was more than one Haystack Rock, and neither did my wife. She's lived in Oregon for over 25 years. It turns out after a bit of research that there are in fact at least three landmarks named Haystack Rock in Oregon: one in Cannon Beach (which is what most people think of when they refer to Haystack Rock), one off of Cape Kiwanda (the one we ended up at), and one near Coos Bay. The one near Cape Kiwanda is absolutely stunning, but it's a mile out to sea and there's no way you're going to get to the back of it without some kind of boat.
I'm sure there's a lesson here, but lord knows what it is.