Oregon Coast Oceanfront Windside Cottage Newport

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DIRECT OCEANFRONT-MAP IS INACCURATE, RATES FROM $100-$145/NIGHT AVAILABILITY CALENDER DISABLED

Windside Cottage is an oceanfront vacation home situated on Oregon's central coast just south of Newport. Its strategic location provides visitors with a combination of scenic privacy and ready access to

Newport's maritime attractions. Enjoy the pounding surf from the master suite balcony or stroll down to the ocean from your own private stairway access just outside your door. Ten miles of sandy

beach awaits you! Some of the nearby attractions: The Oregon Coast Aquarium, Mark Hatfield Science Center, Newport's historic bayfront Sea...food and Wine Festival, Numerous state and federal parks and

scenic areas, diverse seafood dining, crabbing, clamming, etc.

THE AVAILABILITY CALENDER IS NOT FUNCTIONAL

THE MAP IS INACCURATE, WINDSIDE IS DIRECT OCEANFRONT

RATES:

$100/night, $600/week off season non weekends

$135/night, $810/week spring/fall and off season weekends

$145/night $870/week summer

Oregon: A whale of a vacation

'A world-class natural phenomenon'

CNN Wednesday, January 22, 2003 Posted: 11:36 AM EST (1636 GMT)

Oregon (AP) -- Bundled up against the wind and rain, Joan Lynch

leaned against the fender of her pickup truck to steady herself and

trained her binoculars on the Pacific Ocean in hopes of spotting a

heart-shaped spout or a flash of flukes from a passing gray whale.

"There's a spout almost all the way out," she said in measured tones

from her vantage high on Cape Ferrelo, and immediately conversation

stopped and four pairs of binoculars focused on the horizon. "Somebody

says 'Spout!' and everybody stops talking and starts concentrating."

By an accident of nature, thousands of gray whale families migrate

past the Oregon Coast each year on their annual 5,000-mile trek from

the Bering Sea to Baja California just when human families are

enjoying their Christmas vacation from school. The whales return north

during spring break.

For 25 years, a network of volunteers like Lynch and her husband, Bob,

has taken up their assigned posts on cold, rainy, wind-whipped

headlands and in cozy, dry, beachfront resorts up and down the coast

to take advantage of that happy coincidence to spread the word.

"It's a world-class natural phenomenon you might have missed just for

lack of a knowledgeable person pointing in the right direction," said

Mike Rivers from his office in Newport, where he coordinates more than

200 volunteers in the Whale Watching Spoken Here program for the

Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.

"You get this feeling for the excitement of the migration," said

Rivers. "They're going to Mexico. They're not bothering to stop or

say, 'Hi!' They're going where the water is a little bit warmer and

they'll mate and have babies, like they have their whole lives. This

whole phenomenon is going on that is just awesome!"

40,000 people in two weeks

The volunteer effort was the brainchild of the late Don Giles, a Sea

Grant extension specialist at the Hatfield Marine Science Center in

Newport. He noticed the migration-vacation connection in research on

gray whale migrations by Oregon State University professor Bruce Mate.

"It's just phenomenal how many people, usually about 40,000

individuals, the program touches," said Mate. "Typically, they are

reaching people from most states in the union, and very typically

three dozen foreign countries.

The gray whale is one of just seven species ever taken off the

Endangered Species List. That happened in 1994, 59 years after they

were protected from commercial whaling, first by the League of Nations

and then by the International Whaling Commission.

'There's a mystery to them'

On Cape Ferrelo, Joan and Bob Lynch ignored the wind and rain as they

trained their binoculars on the ocean for the telltale heart-shaped

spout, formed because gray whales have two blow holes. As many as 30

whales per hour will swim by.

Both retired -- he's the former sheriff of Hood River County and she's

a former teacher -- they are in their 13th season as whale watching

volunteers living out of their fifth-wheel trailer.

"They're big and they're beautiful," Bob Lynch said of the whales that

keep him coming back.

"And there's a mystery to them," added his wife. "There's so much we

don't know."

"One o'clock, there's a blow!" interjected Linda Carpenter, a computer

technician vacationing from Foster City, California. All talking

stopped and binoculars were trained on the ocean.

"Sleep in, watch the whales, then take the rest of the day off,"

Carpenter said of her vacation routine. "When you see them come out of

the water and breech, it makes it worthwhile for a couple hours of

doing nothing."Read more

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RATES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
$100/night, $600/week off season non weekends
$135/night, $810/week spring/fall and off season weekends
$145/night $870/week summer

What Past Guests Are Saying

• Willow6559
  Bloomington, Indiana

  Amazing inside and out!

  Left on 09/02/2012 for a stay in August 2012
  
  

  The house sat overlooking the ocean accessable by steep stairs. It was decorated beautifully with a beach theme. The large picture windows gave full views of the ocean from the open concept first floor. We were able to see whales spouting in the distance from the two balconies. It was within a 10 minute drive from Newport and the beach never had more than a handful of people on it. There was plenty of room for 6 people to sleep without using the double pullout futons in the livingroom, and 1 1/2 baths. Everything was clean and the cottage had been recently updated. I would love to stay there again.

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• Waterman316
  Boise, Idaho

  We were very pleased with the vacation rental.

  Left on 08/04/2012 for a stay in July 2012
  
  

  Our family thoroughly enjoyed our time at time at the Toppley House. The close proximity to the beach, sound of the surf, everything was very enjoyable from our perspective.

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• Oeryfamily
  Reno, Nevada

  Comfortable, pleasant place to stay.

  Left on 08/02/2012 for a stay in July 2012
  
  

  We enjoyed the nautical theme of this cottage. The views were fantastic from the upper balcony where we watched a pod of whales one evening. The furnishings were very comfortable. All the necessities needed for a great stay were provided. Our week passed very quickly.

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