Tell Me a Story - August 2015

A Drive up the Coast

I have been so unmotivated to photograph anything, so I said to my neighbor, friend and fellow photographer Elise, "Let's go somewhere".  We had planned to go to the wildlife preserve near Eugene, OR but it was going to be 90 degrees that day and us "coasties" can't handle that heat!  So we decided to drive up the coast to Newport and come down.  It was a longer drive than we anticipated and it was very sunny and warm.  The lighting was not good, but I took some photos anyway.  First we stopped at Georgie's Beachside Grill restaurant where I had a bread bowl of clam chowder.  Some of the best on the Oregon Coast IMO.

Our next stop was Yaquina Head Lighthouse

Here are a few of the lighthouse

Lots of visitors this day.

 A Sun Dog!

We stayed and looked at some different views of the ocean.

There were cormorants everywhere raising their young.

I enjoyed watching this mama and her 3 kids throw "cobbles" into the ocean

Next it was stopping at Cape Perpetua south of Yachats.  Cape Perpetua hosts sightseeing opportunities including Thor's Well, Spouting Horn and Devil's Churn.  Unfortunately we were not there at the right time (high tide is the best), but I took a few pictures anyway.

Read about Cape Perpetua here:  (yes I used a wiki site)  Here are a few photos, though not exceptional, they are mine.

 Spouting Horn wasn't spouting.  It was about 2.5 hours before high tide.

 Hwy 101 looking south

 Looking North along the coast

 Thor's well is straight out on the rocks.  If you look close you can see a lot of people looking into the "well".  Hope they left before the tide got high!

This is Thor's Well with not much activity because of the tide.  There was still one person taking pictures with an IPAD but I have photoshopped her out. 

There is a long path down to the rocks and Thor's Well.  One day I will walk down there, but the day was already getting late and my friend had to be home at a certain time.

This was our little travelling companion, Ruby who is about 12 weeks old.  Such a sweet sweet poodle puppy she is!

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