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Tuesday, September 12, 2017
I got up about half an hour before I planned to – not worth going back to sleep. So, I goofed off on Facebook for a while. I finished packing my stuff. Carl will load the car and meet us at the next hotel – down near Coos Bay.
We spent the morning shooting harbor shots at Yaquina Bay (Newport). It was a really nice morning (until the fog started rolling in as we were finishing up).
These three photos show some of the fishing boats tied up at the docks at the Yaquina Bay harbor with the Newport Bridge in the background.
We walked out onto the floating access docks near the boats and these are three of the photos I took there. The photo on the left is a rippled reflection of one of the fishing boats. The center photo shows a portion of a fishing boat with its reflection. The photo on the right shows a row of fishing floats drying along the side of a third boat.
The photo on the left shows a line of fishing boat prows overhanging the floating docks. The center photo shows a fishing boat and its reflection. The photo on the right shows a group of three fishing boats and their reflections.
The photo on the left shows some of the large fishing lures used by some of the boats. The photo in the center is another fishing boat and its reflection. The photo on the right shows a line of large fishing boats along the docks. These boats ranged in size from ones that were small enough for a single person to handle to these really large ones that probably had crews of 10 or more.
The photo on the left shows some of the crowded harbor area with the bridge in the background. The center photo shows one of the fishing boats returning to dock to offload its morning catch. In the background, you can see the Newport Bridge with fog starting to come in. The photo on the right shows more fishing boats, the bridge, and the increasing fog.
One last photo from this area. This shows some rust patterns and their reflections on the side of a floating building near the docks. I think it was a boat garage or something similar.
We finally broke for brunch and ate at the Coffee Cup. Very good cheese omelet (swiss/white cheddar combination - this was before I found out I was lactose intolerant!!!) and very good tea (loose leaf darjeeling brewed in a real teapot).
Then we drove down the road a ways. We stopped at Cape Perpetua again for a while. It was very foggy and still very windy. The tops of the waves were blowing backwards!
The photo on the right shows some of the wild waves we saw at this overlook. This was near Thor's Well.
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Our next stop was Heceta Head lighthouse, but it was too foggy to shoot anything of the lighthouse, but I did get some shots at the beach and bridge.
The photo on the left shows the highway bridge passing over the creek in this area. It was build using a Roman aqueduct style and the south side ends in a tunnel! A nearby sign mentioned a comment from the time it was built that this was an expensive way to cross a creek that you could wade across...
The center photo shows some of the interesting algae on the rocks at the side of the creek near the beach. They looked like dancing imps... The photo on the right was taken a ways south of the lighthouse at an overlook and shows just how foggy it was this morning.
So, we continued on to North Bend (near Coos Bay) for our next hotel – after a gas stop. Carl had arrived here about an hour earlier.
After getting settled, it was back to the van and we drove out to Cape Arago for the evening. Gorgeous site! Lots of wave action. And the fog hadn't followed us this far!!!
This photo shows our first stop at this state park. It was a picturesque quiet cove.
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Then we continued on to the main parking area.
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These three photos show some of the interesting cliffs and waves we saw from the various overlooks.
The photo on the left and the center photo show some of the great wave action as seen from the overlooks at the top of the cliffs. The photo on the right shows a gnarled tree clinging to the edge of a cliff. It's roots are very exposed!
Just beyond the gnarled tree was a section of the cliff that used to be underwater. Mother Nature has carved the sandstone here into some really fantastic shapes.
The photos to the left and right looked like a pod of dolphins playing in the waves.
The photo on the left looked like a giant sea tortoise struggling to emerge from the sand.
While the one on the right, well, possibly crashed ufos???
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Carl walked over to Shore Acres Botanical Gardens while we shot waves, cliffs, and more waves.
These are three of the photos he took at the gardens. The photo on the left shows a bed of roses in the middle of a lawn. The center photo shows the central aisle of the Gardens with a fountain. The photo on the right shows a row of roses in the exhibition rose garden, which contains several rows of prize winning roses.
After he left the Gardens, Carl walked over to the edge of the cliff and took this photo (left) of the waves and cliffs.
We ended the evening watching the sunset at an overlook at Cape Arago that looks down on a bunch of rocks covered with noisy sea lions! That's shown in the photo on the right
Then it was back to town for dinner. We wound up at an Italian place. The service was very, very slow. It was a nice place, tho. Then back to the hotel to crash. Tomorrow will be a long day.