Southern Oregon Coast

If California was Annika's dream, the Oregon coast was mine.  This picture was taken somewhere along the Samuel Boardman State Scenic Corridor.  It's not that often that you find truckers pulling over to take a photo, but we were joined by an eighteen-wheeler as we enjoyed the view.

Annika was super hilarious.  She was intrigued by the tsunami evacuation signs, but kept calling it a salami instead.  Frightening indeed.  I'd hate to get crushed by a giant salami.

At Lance's recommendation, we stopped at Natural Bridges.  The trail was too steep for us to feel safe climbing all the way down, but we loved the view from here.  

While exploring, Eli discovered this beautiful succulent.

Breathtaking.

Farther along in our day (remember, we'd been in the Redwoods just that morning), we stopped off at Meyers Creek Beach for some playtime.  

The coastal waters are chilling, but the kids loved it anyway.

Big kids too.  After all, it's not every day that you find seaweed...

...and use it to jump rope!

Dinner was fish and chips from the Crazy Norwegian in Port Orford.  SO tasty!

How you know the fish is fresh.

Our final excursion on this most eventful day was Face Rock beach in Bandon, Oregon.  The wind was really whipping up top and the kids were exhausted so they almost didn't get out of the car to play, but in the end everyone was glad we did.

After all, how often do you get to play frisbee in a place like this?

Top ten sunset.  How can something as predictable as the sun going down be so extraordinary?

We all slept well that night in Bandon's Lamplighter Inn.  Not much to look at from the outside, but clean and comfy on the inside.

In the morning, Jason and I went for a beach run.

Slo Pliz: Duks and Gooziz Range.

Even though we had a long drive to Washington ahead of us, we stayed around long enough to explore the Old Town as well.

Quite the Covid-friendly fish, made out of waste materials recovered from the sea.

More art inside the Farmer's market.

Last stop: the Cranberry Sweets Shop.  We needed some sugar to fuel the next leg of our drive.

As much as we loved our short stint in Oregon, moving on was easy knowing that the Wilhoits were waiting on the other side. Stay tuned for the last phase of our West coast adventure.