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Looking for an Oregon bicycling adventure or merely a sightseeing opportunity? The Oregon Coast offers some of the most spectacular views our country has to offer.

Touring the Oregon Coast via Hwy 101 is truly magnificent; however, there are some challenges that you will face...narrow sections of highway and fast vehicles. If you're looking for a safer Oregon bicycling opportunity along the Oregon Coast, check out the Three Capes Scenic Route. Your return section can include a ride along Hwy 101; however, there are some options.

Three Capes Loop: This is a beautiful scenic oceanfront drive out of Tillamook. Take 3rd Street exit off of Hwy 101 towards the west. Follow Netarts Hwy to Bayocean Road to Cape Meares Loop Road. Continue to Netarts Bay Drive and south along Whiskey Creek Road to Cape Lookout Road. Head south on Sand Lake Road to Cape Drive then east to Pacific City and back to Hwy 101.

You have some options: Starting out at Tillamook you can head out towards Cape Meares, circle around and return back to Tillamook via Netarts Hwy.

If you want to add a little more of a challenge with an overnight,, instead of heading back to Tillamook you can head further south to Cape Lookout State Park. This is a great place to spend the night, 800-452-5687. The next morning you can continue your Oregon bicycling adventure and head down to Cape Kiwanda. If you want to hop a bus back to Tillamook, here's your chance. Tillamook County runs buses back to Tillamook on a daily basis. Give them a call for the details, 503-815-8283.

For those adventurous one you can bicycle back to Tillamook via Hwy 101 completing a 80-mile trip.

Get a hold of a free Oregon Coast Bike Route map, call 503-986-3556.

We'd like to hear about your Oregon bicycling experience, contact us.

Craig Dahl - Senior Editor

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Head on over to the Oregon Coast for the annual sand castle contest. This is a great summer activity for groups or immediate family members to participate in. You can either build your piece of art or watch as the magnificent pieces of art work take shape.

The Oregon Coast beaches are known for their contests and ability to attract fine sculptors. A typical contest begins with each individual or team given a piece of beach area. They can build their structure with only the sand within their designated perimeter.

There is more than one contest to participate in along the Oregon Coast beaches. In fact, there are three renowned contests!

Cannon Beach Annual Contest, 503-436-2623, June 17, 2006

Lincoln City Annual Sandcastle Building Contest, 800-452-2151, August 5, 2006

Port Orford Jubilee and Sand Castle Building Contest, July 4, 2006

If you should participate in a sand castle contest, take a picture and submit it to us.

Craig Dahl - Senior Editor

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Finding Oregon Beach agates is a great family adventure as well as giving that personal satisfaction of finding a prime rock. I studied geology in college and simply find that rocks can tell a complete part of history. It's really exciting to find a superb rock like an agate.

Agates are made from silicon dioxide, a quartz material either clear or colored from other minerals. The Oregon Beach agates typically display translucent colors and are commonly referred to as jasper. For the most part, the agates display a true sense of beauty about them. They are great to add to a collection or spice up an aquarium.

Nearly every Oregon Beach will be a host to some beautiful agates. With the ongoing pounding surf and inclement weather, agates are revealed from their secret hidings. All that's required is a little searching on your part. Granted, it could take hours before you find the "perfect" specimen but it's worth it.

Our kids, and I'd say most kids, love the idea of looking for agates. It's like looking for buried treasure. Use this a an opportune time to bring the family together, hunt for the Oregon Beach agate.

Agates are typically a little heavier than most rocks so they tend to sink or hide beneath other rocks. Just turn over a few rocks and you may find the gem you're looking for. A garden rake is a good asset to have on the beach too. You can uncover some of these precious stones that you could have otherwise missed.

As of this writing, 2006, it's legal to pick up agates for personal use. Commercial harvesting of agates is not legal. There are some areas of protected coastline which restricts the removal of anything from the Oregon Beach. These areas are posted, just be sure to abide by the ordinance.

If you find any high quality Oregon Beach agates, contact us. With your permission, we'll share your findings with others.

Craig Dahl - Senior Editor

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We just returned from our annual Oregon Coast tour visiting of course, the Oregon Sea Lion Caves. If you haven't stopped in you're missing out.

The caves have a unique history about the preservation of the coastal sea lions. If it wasn't for the Oregon Sea Lion Caves, there may be no sea lions along our coastal waters. At the turn of the century, there was a $5 bounty on sea lions. That was a lot of money and presented many with a unique business opportunity, killing sea lions. Thanks to the Sea Lion Caves and the owners of the caves, many sea lions were spared yielding today's population.

The caves are a great place to stop as you meander along the Oregon Coast. Located near Florence, Oregon, you have easy access to the caves and the spectacular view of the Heceta Head Light House. And you can get up close to the sea lions in their natural habitat. If you have children, they'll be mesmerized by the sea lions, watching them play in the water or relax along the rocks high above the churning water.

It's truly an amazing site, we never get tired of visiting the Oregon Sea Lion Caves. If you're planning a trip along the spectacular Oregon Coast soon, plan on a visit to the Sea Lion Caves and bring your camera. Unfortunately you cannot use a camera flash in the caves; however, you can get some gorgeous shots of the panoramic views outside.

Share your Oregon Sea Lion Caves experience with us.

Craig Dahl - Senior Editor

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The Independent Film Producer, Tag Entertainment, is one to use caution if you're an investor. We invested into Tag Entertainment, based on what we thought was a trusting relationship, only to find that we've been SCAMMED.

We were approached by this independent film producer in 2003 regarding investing into their family films. After some research we decided to invest a little money into the movie Santa Trap. Little did we know it was a real "trap". Nevertheless, we continued to build a trusting relationship, so we thought, with Tag Entertainment. Later we were approach to invest into another movie production, Black Beauty. Tag was teaming up with Travolta Family Films to produce this movie. With the Travolta name, our level of trust increased. As a result we invested a larger sum of money.

As time went on we continually contacted this independent film producer, Tag Entertainment, about the production. Apparently they were going through production challenges. Then finally after nearly 3-years the movie was completed; however, we found out that Tag Entertainment did not produce the movie with Travolta Family Films.

Currently, who knows when the movie will be released and it wasn't a movie made for the Big Screen, it was a movie made for TV. This was not our understanding when we made our initial investment.

So the bottom line, Tag Entertainment SCAMMED us. I've tried to get our money back; however, it seems the only way is through the court process. If anyone has any suggestions, we'd appreciate it. Tag simply took our money, broke the contract and has no misgivings about it. I would never recommend this independent film producer, Tag Entertainment with Steve Austin acting as the CEO. How can a dishonest company continue to do business is beyond me.

The company is also listed on the stock exchange as TAGE. It's only been a failing stock.

We'd appreciate your comments about this independent film producer, Tag Entertainment.

Craig Dahl - Senior Editor

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If you're one who invested money with an independent film maker I suggest that you use caution. In 2003 we invested thousands of dollars into Tag Entertainment. That was a huge investment mistake. We trusted Tag with its proclamation of making high quality family films.

Since we've made the investment with this independent film maker we've made NO money and receive NO customer service. I've written several letters to Steve Austin, the CEO; however, he has yet communicated with me directly. An employee of Tag Entertainment will call after I've sent a round of letters. The call usually makes reference to, this is a "long term investment".

You can read about our account with Tag Entertainment by clicking on the link and our encounter with Black Beauty by clicking here.

Over all, we were deceived by Tag Entertainment. They do make films, however, they are not an honest, trustworthy production company.

If you've had an encounter with this independent film maker, Tag Entertainment, we'd like to hear from you.

Craig Dahl - Senior Editor

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BEWARE...The movie Black Beauty, produced by Tag Entertainment, is not the movie we originally thought.

We are one of a few who invested several thousands of dollars into the movie production of Black Beauty. Unfortunately, we learned that the movie was not produced as originally planned. We invested money with the knowledge that the movie was to be produced by Tag Entertainment and Travolta Family Films. To our knowledge, Travolta Family Films did not produce the movie. Our contract with Tag Entertainment states, Travolta Family Films will produce the movie.

Also, our contract states that Robert Wagner will star in the Black Beauty production. To our understanding he is not in the movie.

We've contacted Tag Entertainment on numerous occasions; however, we merely get the "run around". We've sent letters to the CEO, Steve Austin but he does not reply.

We made our initial investment in 2003 and as of 2006 we have not made any money. We caution you if you plan on investing with TAG Entertainment. We are very disappointed. Apparently Tag is not a customer oriented company, therefore, we question their business ethics.

Recently Tag Entertainment went public, their stock symbol is TAGE. We encourage you to look deeply into the company before investing. We'd like to get our money back, especially since Tag did not abide by their end of the contract. Tag has not responded to our request.

We entrusted Tag with our hard earned money but Tag Entertainment has no respect for us. It appears the only recourse is to file legal action but that will essentially eat up our investment. Our desire is that Tag Entertainment live up to their end of our contract. It's because of the Travolta name and Robert Wagner's name that we made the initial investment into the movie Black Beauty.

If you've invested into Black Beauty or and Tag production, we'd like to hear from you.

Craig Dahl - Senior Editor

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