Oregon Coast 2011

Enjoying the Pacific in Early September
  • Aptly named Ocean Beach. A very quiet highway 101 wayside with a gorgeous beach.
  • Yellow Monkey Flower blooming on the beach near a fresh water seep.
  • Yvonne enjoys the sun along the way on Ocean Beach, near Heceta Head.
  • Oregon seem to be serious about their coastal rules...
  • View down to Devil's Churn (and the trail to it) from Cape Perpetua.
  • View of the Pacific from 804-ft up on Cape Perpetua.
  • Sunset at Depoe Bay.
  • Foggy morning looking across the Yaquina Bay Bridge.
  • Longliners and trawlers at the Newport Bayfront commercial dock.
  • Adult male sea lion attempting to absorb some warmth from the filtered sunlight.
  • With crab and salmon season over, these fishers are going for tuna and rockfish (and a bit of shrimp).
  • Detail view of the F/V Pelican longliner.
  • Remnants of 19th century rail line heading east from Newport, OR.
  • Toledo, Oregon's claim to fame: the largest mosaic mural in the NW (in a prking lot across from a pulp mill).
  • As the angles sang, the Lord said, "Let there be a potty". And it was good. (Trailhead at Cape Lookout.)
  • Fog blows over Cape Lookout as we descend to the very secluded South Beach.
  • Yvonne explores at the waterline with Cape Lookout blocking the fog.
  • The cliff bisecting the beach in the village of Oceanside has a tunnel to get you closer to Arch Rock and Cape Mears.
  • The foggy side of a headland obscured Arch Rocks and Cape Mears.
  • Inversion layer fog from Cape Foulweather, the first place Captain Cook touched the Oregon Coast.
  • View south from near Devil's Churn, looking toward Heceta Head.
  • Yvonne on ancient lava below Cape Perpetua, near Yachats, OR.
  • Heceta Head and its often photographed lighthouse.
  • A closer view, catching a breaking wave and the light itself...
  • Longliner F/V "Desitiny".
  • Longliner "Sea Breeze" heading out Yaquina Bay to the foggy Pacific.
  • Detail of stern of F/V Pelican.
  • Two young male California sea lions "playing"...
  • They realized they're being watched... and are embarassed.
  • View north of Seal Rock SP on a hazy day with fog just off the beach.
  • Yaquina Head lighthouse, Oregon's tallest, at sunset.