As some of you may remember, Animated Meat first came to life in 2008 as a way to document some sights that managed to slip through the cracks of most popular travel websites. You may also remember that the original website was built on Apple's now defunct iWeb. From there, it migrated over to WordPress where it met an untimely demise at the hands of Russian hackers. Many of those old, pre-2012 entries have found a new home here in the Before the Now section. I would consider these posts as my starting place as a writer, probably comparable to a musician's first demo tapes. They are very rough, but I took them all seriously and wrote each one with passion. While I would like to believe that I have matured in my abilities as a writer, it is my hope that I carry this same blind passion into all of my new efforts.

Depoe Bay - Originally Published 2008

May 5, 2019

Aside from being the world’s smallest harbor and one of the locations used in One Flew Over The Cookoo’s nest, Depoe Bay is also the whale watching capital of the world. Twice a year, grey whales stream past on their way to the warm waters of Mexico or the frigid north of Canada.

Sadly, there weren’t any whales to be seen the day we stopped there. Our first grey whale sighting would have to wait a few days. However, the volunteers at the whale-watching center are very passionate about their work and gave us plenty of great information about the animals.