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Happy Hour and Dessert in Capitol Hill

  Happy Hour Street Tacos with Carne Asada and a Miami Vice from Poquitos.  Poquitos is located in Capitol Hill and they're serving up authentic Mexican cuisine and cocktails. Their happy hour deal is a good one- during Ocho hour, everything on the happy hour menu is just $8! I went with a Miami Vice, a classic Pina Colada with Strawberry. This blended cocktail was so fruity and delicious. To eat I had two Carne Asada Street Tacos and a Birria Poquitos Burrito. The Burrito was small and served with a side of Consommé sauce. Both food items were tasty and satisfying.  My husband also had some Street Tacos and a Margarita from the happy hour menu. My sons had a Cheese Quesadilla and beans and rice. Everyone enjoyed their dinner. I first visited Poquitos in 2012, also for happy hour, and I remembered liking it then, too. It was time for a meal there again.  For dessert, we walked about ten minutes west to  Voodoo Doughnut . The Seattle location opened late last ye...
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A Visit to Heceda Head Lighthouse

                                         The Heceda Head Lighthouse stands 56 feet tall! 

A highlight for my family and I during our trip to Florence, OR was seeing the Heceda Head Lighthouse. I love photographing and visiting lighthouses. My son also loves them. This lighthouse is located thirteen miles from Florence. You need to walk up a trail for 1/2 mile to reach it if you want to see the structure up close. 

The sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean are gorgeous on a sunny day. We made sure we visited when the weather was good. Heceda Head was built in 1894. It's light shines a beam visible for twenty one nautical miles. I was surprised to learn that this lighthouse has the strongest beam of any on the Oregon Coast! You can see the lighthouse from Highway 101. So on the way back to Florence, we stopped at an overlook and I was able to photograph it from afar. 
















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