More Coast

The views along the road were spectacular. We stopped in viewing areas that were big enough for the Airstream to park.


The Oregon Geology sign talks about Tsunamis.


These rocks that stick out of the water are called haystacks. They are remnents of old volcanic activity. They don't weather like the surrounding rocks.


This one is huge. Can you see the people to the right at the bottom? The white dots are seagulls sitting all over it.








See the people on the beach?








The tall cloud over the coast is really a rain cloud. We watched it move from over the ocean to over the land. Rain, sun, rain, sun all day, every day out here.

Oregon Coast

I haven't really posted any pictures of the actual coast, so here goes...I have LOTS of them.


There are people walking on the beach.


In this one, too.














This is called the Devil's Punchbowl. It was a cave that the roof collapsed.


This is a kelp forest. I'm not an underwater photographer..so this is all I could see.

Coastal wildlife and things that grow

I already posted the mossy fungi on the trees and also the spanish moss. That continued all along the coast. We were on the Pacific Ocean, so, of course, millions of seagulls. I must say, however, that they are larger and colors are different than the Lake Erie seagulls!


Really weird roots on many of the trees.


Skunk cabbage was all over. They flower in the spring.


Many seagulls.


They liked to pose.


Not the crabs, just the cages to catch them.

A Visit to the Newport Aquarium

Let's go see the fish. You're only seeing a few of the pictures that I really took.


jellyfish


blue fish


white jellyfish


blue and red fish


anemones


anemones and starfish



Tube in the fish tank. These are really fun to walk through.


shrimp


crab


jellyfish These are hard to catch a picture of...they wiggle too much!!

Bridges along the Pacific Ocean

I thought a Blog Post of the Bridges would be interesting. They were beautiful.




See the ocean in this one? Bottom right are the waves.


Newport, OR, at dusk.


Newport in the morning from the other side.


Retaining wall is the actual road. Way up on the hillside. Great view of the ocean. There are chain link mesh attached to the hillsides to help prevent falling stones.


Bridge over the Columbia River into Washington.


Up we go...


And down we go.. and on, and on, and on.

The Elks Club in Florence, OR

After dinner, we drove to the Elks Club in Florence, OR. We parked, but Rick was going to straighten up the Airstream a little bit.....the Suburban wouldn't start. At all. Sigh!!! Once again, it was the starter.


This time Rick didn't wave as the Suburban was towed away in the rain. Again I stayed in the Airstream and worked on the Blog.


Totem Pole in the Elks Club parking lot. Rick walked back from the garage, he said it was about a mile down the road. The sun came out.


The car was done about 3:30pm, so Rick walked back to get it. We drove about 3 hours up to the Newport, OR, Elks Club.

Winchester, OR

The whale watch people suggested eating in Winchester. All of the restaurants have great food.


Winchester Marina


We chose the Crabby Cafe because it overlooked the Marina. Great view while we ate.


Our appetisers were clam chowder and fried clam strips. This is the house salad that came with my fish and chips. Great shrimp. Rick had halibut stuffed with prawns.


Across the street were the Sportsman Restaurant


and the Anchor Grill