On a quiet beach is where I am not, as I arrived in Manzanita, OR yesterday afternoon right in the middle of the Summer travel season.
(Funny thing is, I have come here in the middle of July in years past and I have never seen the beach *this* crowded before! The weather's not even that nice right now [it is raining and NOAA's even saying about a 30% chance of thunderstorms tonight. Sorry Quad, ON-J's not here.] Naturally I had to stop at home before heading to the coast and get my HF equipment and a tape recorder. By my experience Manzanita's an excellent area for some really, really great Navtex and KVM70 DXing!! Not as good as Cape Lookout further south, but Manzanita's way nicer, I think.
Perhaps I will head north and spend some time at Fort Canby or somewhere this weekend, maybe even try and do a bit of treasure hunting while I am up there on "my" side of the Columbia River. ;o))