Haystack Rock, Oregon

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Haystack Rock is a basalt remnant of lava flows rising 235 feet above Cannon Beach, Oregon. It is one of the most recognizable images associated with the state and often has been used as a backdrop in movies.

Its closeness to the shore means it forms tidal pools full of bright green algae and sea creatures like starfish and anemones. There are several nearby rocks rising from the Pacific called the Needles.

The wind was cold and brisk at Haystack Rock today. But it was a bracing finale to our Oregon trip. Back to the Florida sauna tomorrow with as much cold Pacific wind as I can pack in my luggage.

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Robert Craig Waters is a Florida writer. After leaving journalism in the early 1980s, he worked as an attorney, communications director, and public spokesman for the Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee for 35 years. He grew up on a family farm in Beulah, Florida, not far from the Alabama border, before attending Brown University in the 1970s. His mother's family traces its roots to Weaverville, North Carolina. His father's family is from the small village of Burnt Corn, Alabama, where Mr. Waters spent part of his childhood.

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