We decided to do a little traveling along the coastline. We drove to Depot Bay and spent the day watching the waves and shopping in all of the "touristy" shirt shops and gift shops.
The Oregon shoreline is the prettiest and most dramatic of any ocean shoreline we have seen. Comparing it to the east coast as well as California, there is an awesomeness and majesty of this shoreline not experienced in other places.
It was a beautiful sunny day with the temperature in the high 60's. With the wind blowing, it felt much colder than that. Barb had to wear her sweatshirt whenever we were near the water.
The grey whales are known to frolic in the water along the Oregon Coast. There were no sightings around Depot Bay, but people told us that some were spotted near Yaquina Head Lighthouse. So off we went in search of whales. We actually did see a whale twice but they were so far off shore that in any photo they just looked like a speck in the water.
Yaquina Head is a narrow, coastal headland extending one mile into the Pacific Ocean. The Yaquina Head Lighthouse was built in the late 1800's and the first lighting was in 1873.
There is a large rock right off the coastline of Yaquina Head that is the living quarters and nesting areas for many different kinds of shorebirds and seabirds. When I first saw the black and white birds, I was sure there were penquins in Oregon. Actually those are common murre. Other birds in this photo include brown pelicans, rhinoceros auklets, cormorants and many other species of birds.
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| No ocean is complete without seagulls everywhere. |
Love and hugs,
Barb, Linda and Bailey
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