Coastal Tour, Part II

And, a continuation of the last blog....

In Southern Oregon  is the Oregon Dunes National recreation area – we walked on a “trail” there through the dunes – it is like walking on another planet, sand going on and on, and on, eventually to the ocean

Tony musing about the one lonely plant

Tony practicing his bunker shots

North of Florence on the Oregon coast is a great spot for seeing sea lions

And views of the coast from Cape Perpetua

There are also some pretty cool tidal pool areas. These ones are at Yaquina Head, near Newport, Oregon

Also at Yaquina Head are sea bird colonies. We wondered what the dots were all over these rocks, then got closer and saw that they were very densely packed seabirds! (Common Murres, to be exact)

While in Newport, we stayed in a very cool inn overlooking the water. Each room was named after and decorated in the theme of an author. We opted out of the Dr. Seuss room as we thought it would give us nightmares

We opted for the much more muted colours of the Lincoln Steffens room (he was  a journalist in the early 1900s). Unfortunately, the Tolkien room was booked, so we couldn't get a look!

And, the last picture in this blog... this is from the lovely scenic drive in Oregon called the "Three Capes Loop". The picture is of the first Cape in the drive... Cape Kiwanda

After these coastal areas of Oregon, we headed inland to Portland for the weekend. More on that in the next blog!

Bye for now....

C & T