Here is a foredune (line of dunes closest to the ocean) just north of Dune City, OR. Notice all the grass growing on it.
Diane on one of the paths from the parking lot to the top of the dune.
From the road, we could see some bare dunes in the distance but could not get to them.
It seems that many of the bare dunes have been opened to ATVs and dirt bikes. Here is one of the hills we passed where they were really running up and down them. It really was noisy with them tearing around.
We drove up and down the highway a couple of times trying to find a spot where we could get a picture of some dunes. It is amazing how the trees, grass and everything are growing on them.
While we were looking for dunes, I saw this Woody in a church parking lot and had to go back and snag a picture. I don't think it is an old original but it is not new either. It looks to me like the hubcaps have VW on them. It is still a cool Woody and even has a surf board on top. The BeachBoys could write a song about it.
Heceta Lighthouse on the coast is a well photographed site. It shows up on a lot of calendars. I have recently seen some others taken from the other side looking back at where I am standing.
Diane with the Heceta lighthouse in the background.
The views at Cape Perpetua were awesome. Diane and I took a walk along one of their "easy" nature paths and found that easy does not mean not steep.
These are the remains of a WPA camp from the 1930s. The sign said that a lot of 17-21 year old boys lived and worked here and it was good preparation for when they joined the army. Note the stone walls in the foreground and also along the back. The WPA was a program started by Franklin Roosevelt when he became president to help the US out of the depression. It put young men to work. They made $25 a week of which they got to keep $5 and the remainder was sent home to help their families.
One of the many views along the trails at Cape Perpetua.
Diane and I started down one path and then changed to another. The coast in the picture below is where the first path led. It would have been beautiful but the path down was about 60 degrees down and I didn't think it was our kind of walk. I am not sure Diane thinks the path we did take turned out to be much better.
Another view from the path at Cape Perpetua
One of the areas along the walk at Perpetua where the waves crash in and break over the rocks at the back.
A wave crashing over the rocks shown in the photo above.
Looking back across the water from the path we did take to the area where we did not take the path.
Diane going upppp the path back to the visitor center at the end of the walk. It was a pretty steep climb but the only way back to the car.
Waves breaking over the sea stacks along the coast.
Yaquina Bay Lighthouse. Note that it is built on top of the house rather than being a free standing lighthouse with a separate building for the lighthouse keeper.
The Yaquina Bay Bridge designed by Conde McCullough a famous designer of bridges in the Northwest.
Yaquina Head Lighthouse. There were two lighthouses in the Yaquina area. We got to this one just before closing.One of the places that Diane really wanted to see was the Devil's Punch Bowl. Unfortunately, when we got there it was low tide so the surf action in the punchbowl was minimal. It was still impressive. It was created by the ocean washing out a cave and then the action of the surf against the roof of the cave eroded enough that it caved it.
Another view of the punchbowl from a little ways south.
We did see a couple of whales today but they were too far out to get pictures.
No comments:
Post a Comment