Saturday 6/23/2012
I reallly love this bridge. It kind of reminds me of Hover Dam. |
Bandon, that's where we are going. |
A few clouds, hope no rain. |
The first few miles turned out to be some not so smooth driving. In the Nest, a dip like this can send dishes sliding, if you don't slow down. |
More places in the road that are very bad for big Buses going 50 mph. In a car you might not think this is too bad, but it is in a big rig. |
Fianally the road gets better and straighter. This is Humbug Mountain State Park. The park has several trails to be hiked, but not for us on this trip! |
We arrive in Bandon, OR. before you know it. Nice big sign at our new home to greet us. |
Not very many people, but it was well maintained. |
Next door to our park was a wood carving business. This is one of the more elaborate carving's being created. |
I dropped Diane off looking like this, and drove back to our park (she said it would take a couple of hours to color and cut her hair). |
I picked her up looking like this,with her new dew. |
After a not so interesting 20 min. drive we arrive at Coos Bay. Lots of lumber in this lumber yard. |
There is a nice boardwalk along the entrance to the large harbor. |
Another picture of the harbor. |
We were not that impressed with Coos Bay. We did our grocery shopping and headed back to Bandon. We spotted the lighthouse across the entrance to the harbor in Bandon on our way home. |
Not too impressive, but a lighthouse non the less. |
Our new zoom lens makes a big difference. |
Now it looks better. |
Diane can't resist trying to capture the birds in flight. |
She is getting pretty good at this. |
One last try. This is the jetty out into the ocean that was built to protect boats coming in. |
Bandon sits on the Coquille River. |
Coquille River |
We have seen a lot of animal crossings, bear,dear,elk, cow's but never ducks. This was a first. |
Public beach in Bandon, OR. |
A true Oregon beach with the huge rocks sitting out in the surf. |
We got Malley out and took a walk on the beach. The Coquille River Lighthouse was in the distance. |
As you can see, I had my jacket on as it was cool. |
It would have been nice to have some sunshine, but not to be. |
Nice new homes on the cliffs above. |
These rocks used to be part of the mainland years ago. The ocean slowly takes the land away. |
Diane, with her new haircut. |
We leave the beach below and decide to check out the scenic drive on our way back to the RV park. |
This is the view of the city beach from a hill above. You can see the jetty going out to the ocean. You can also see the small lighthouse on the right side of the picture. |
Looking the other direction away from the town. This is what makes Oregon different. It also is Diane adding in the flowers. |
Our skies are starting to clear. |
As we continue along the scenic road back to our park we come upon a small hotel with a great ocean view and a walkway down to the beach. This is a truly great view. |
Looking to the left.. |
Diane loves to add the flowers to the scene. |
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