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We headed north. Most of the morning was spent near Heceta Head Light, a very nice lighthouse. We climbed the hill behind it to shoot pictures with it in the foreground and the sweeping coast in the background. Well, we did when the fog lifted for a short while, that is.
The two photos above were taken on the hike from the parking lot towards Heceta Head Light and show the lighthouse through the trees.
The two photos above show Heceta Head Light from our hillside vantage point. The one on the left was taken before the fog lifted and the one on the right was taken after the fog lifted.
It was a bit of a walk from the parking lot and, as usual, I fell behind. I followed Bill’s directions and took a path up the hill behind the lighthouse and couldn’t find anyone!!! Turns out he didn’t know there was a trail on that side of the lighthouse - one had to pass in front of the lighthouse before finding the trail the rest of the group had taken...
This was our day for lighthouses in the fog. After leaving Heceta Head, we drove to Yaquina Head Light (photo on the left), the tallest light on the Oregon coast. We played tourist for a while, Deb and I even climbed the spiral stairs to the top. Then the fog cleared for a short while and we got better photos of it (photo on the right).
The two photos above were taken inside of the Yaquina Head Lighthouse. The one on the left is looking up the middle of the spiral staircase leading to the top. The photo on the right shows the lamp that lights up this lighthouse.
We also stopped at Boiler Bay (photo to the left) and a couple of other stops along the coast.
We stopped in Waldport for breakfast and a one-legged seagull landed on the railing outside our window. We asked the waitress about it. Seems it’s been around for quite a while and gets along quite well. She said they named it Eileen. It wasn’t until hours later that I realized she probably said the gull’s name was “I Lean”.....
We wound up in Lincoln City for dinner that night, the farthest north we would travel on the coast.