Video: More Ways to Meander Around Manzanita - N. Oregon Coast Travel Tips
Published 04/01/21 at 6:55 PM PDT
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff
(Manzanita, Oregon) – Manzanita, on the north Oregon coast, and the small area around it are an intricate and multi-leveled stretch of beach and bay. You could quite literally spend days exploring its nooks and crannies and never get bored. The town itself in an intriguing mix of quirky and laidback with dashes of the upscale, all the while feeling totally rustic and out-of-the-way. There numerous instances of culinary fireworks here, all alongside a seemingly endless array of natural surprises. Hiking trails, mountain scenery, soaring cliffs of intricate and engaging shapes, thick forests and then there are those beaches: from the miles-long Nehalem Spit to the northern edges where tides encounter the rock base of Neahkahnie Mountain.
Rarity on Oregon Coast Beaches, Sevengill Shark Washes Up at Gearhart
Published 04/04/21 at 6:55 PM PDT
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff
(Gearhart, Oregon) – A real rarity washed up on the north Oregon coast this week, discovered after a local couple were walking on the beaches of Gearhart.
(All photos courtesy Tiffany Boothe, Seaside Aquarium)
On Wednesday, March 31, Coreen Mitchell and her husband were taking a stroll when they ran across a shark. They called Seaside Aquarium, and as the facility is part of the Marine Mammal Stranding Network, it responded to the scene to pick up the deceased animal and investigate.
Google brings back compass on Maps for Android users
April 03, 2021
Maps to get a range of new AI-powered features this year
Google is bringing back the compass feature on Maps. “We’re excited to announce the return of the compass on Maps for Android,” it said in a post on the Google Maps help forum.
The compass was removed from Maps for Android in early 2019 “in an effort to clean up the Navigation screen.”
However, owing to user demand, the tech-giant is bringing back the feature.
“When you use Maps on Android to navigate to a destination, the compass will, again, be featured as one of the widgets on the right side of the screen. As you rotate, the red arrow will indicate which direction is north,” it further explained.
(3 April 2021)
UAE’s fastest growing aviation hub commences passenger operations with Rossiya Airlines, offering travellers nine destinations in world’s largest country
Ras Al Khaimah International Airport (RAK Airport) has opened up a new service to Russia through a partnership with Rossiya Airlines, with the inaugural flight from the carrier arriving from the Russian city of Yekaterinburg - Russia’s fourth-largest city and the second-largest in Siberia - today (2nd April). The airport’s commencement of operations with the airline directly connects the UAE’s northernmost emirate to nine destinations in the world’s largest country.
Touching down at 08:35 at RAK Airport - currently the UAE’s fastest growing aviation hub - Rossiya Airlines flight FV 5633 marked the start of a service that offers passengers weekly flights to and from major cities (in Russia, including its capital, Moscow and its second largest city and cultural centre, St. Petersburg. Other ci
By Amelia
Apr 1, 2021
Remember when you had to pull into the nearest gas station to ask for directions if you got lost? Well, those days are well and truly over with the power of Google. I am totally a slave to Google Maps. I hate to admit it but I can t always rely on my memory alone to get me to where I need to be. Sometimes I want to see expected traffic on my route, the fastest route at a specific time of day or when I m passing a speed trap. My friends and family make jokes at my expense about it all the time.