Sept 21: Leaving Oregon and the Pacific Ocean

Today we drive from Coos Bay, OR to Klamath, CA.  This drive will be our last views of the Pacific Ocean.  As a result, we stopped at several viewppoints and took many photos of the waves, the sand and the rocks.

We were amazed by the patterns in the sand formed by the wind.

Love and hugs,
Barb, Linda and Bailey

Sept 20: Coquille River Lighthouse near Bandon, Oregon

On our second day in this area we drove to Bandon, Or.  It is another fishing village, not commercial,  mainly just individuals fishing from the Bandon pier.

Bailey found a friend who moved very slowly.

 From the pier we could see the Coquille River Lighthouse.







From Bandon, we took a drive onto the bluffs that overlook the Port area with views of the theCoquille River and the Pacific Ocean.  And so, I have more photos of waves and beautiful scenery.  Hope you all are not getting tired of seeing these.  We are realizing that when we leave this area, we will be gone from the ocean until next year.  So we are getting our fill and enjoying every moment.  We hope you are enjoying these also.

Face Rock.....look closely to see the face looking upwards

Do you see the dog begging? 

And so we say goodbye to the ocean and move on to more adventures, more travels and more sights to see.  We find this blog is a wonderful way to keep in touch with everyone, let you know where we are and love hearing from you about your lives.

Stay safe.
Love and hugs,
Linda, Barb and Bailey

Sept 19-21 Coos Bay, Cape Arago, Charleston

We arrived at Coos Bay/North Bend area with plans to stay at the the Mill Casino campground.  We had a spot overlooking the bay area.







Each morning the fog would roll in



 and Barb would be outside getting these photos.

We spent the 3 days here touring the area.

Our first day we drove to Cape Arago State Park to see the lighthouse and discovered that there was more there than the lighthouse.  The drive around the Cape allowed us to view more fantastic waves and wave action plus an area where the seals congregrate and play.  In that same area is the Sunset Bay State park with more views.  And then we checked out the Port of Charleston area.  We are certainly getting our "ocean fix" on this trip.

I think we saw all of these except the Grey Whales. 

We were amazed at the number of seals and sea lions playing in the water as well as resting on the rocks.

The waves were awesome.  I think as fall approaches, the wave action increases.

We decided to go for a hike along the coast and had a different view of the shore line.  And flowers.

Barb and Bailey really enjoyed the hike

Cape Arago lighthouse

Another view of the bluffs and the lighthouse.

A closer view of the lighthouse.  We did not see anyway to get to the lighthouse.

Linda hiked down a path to get a photo of the seals on these rocks.

We were able to see more of the seals from this different viewpoint.



Charleston Bay Front

 As we left Cape Arago, we entered the Port of Charleston area.  Charleston is a small fishing village with many commercial fishing boats.  We purchased fresh lingcod that supposedly just came off the boat.

The Charleston Tuna

Wishing you happiness and much love,
Barb, Bailey and Linda

Sept 18: Goodbye Newport, Hello North Bend/Coos Bay, Oregon

Yesterday we left Pacific Shores and the Newport, OR area.  We were ready to leave but it was very difficult since we had grown to love the area.  We know we made the right decision to purchase this rv lot and will be coming back here next summer

View from a viewpoint along coast highway

Bridge enterting the North Bend/Coos Bay area

Hello, North Bend/Coos Bay, Oregon.  We will spend three nights here including Cape Arago, Shores Acres and Sunset Bay.  We just so happend to be parked on the Mill Casino RV Park overlooking Coos Bay. 

Campgound at Mill Casino near Coos Bay, OR

Of course, we will make some time to go into the casinos and play those machines.  Unfortunately for Barb, there are no poker tables here, so it is just the slots.

Yaquina Head Lighthouse in the Fog

On one of our trips to Yaquina Head, the lighthouse was totally in fog.  We could hardly see it from the road. I was not sure how the photos would turn out.  When I looked at them and did a little photoshopping, I thought they looked interesting. 

This one has sort of an eerie feel.

That's Flo in the yellow jacket.

A few photos taken by friends

Pearl sent us these photos from our touring of the coastline while she was here.

Cook's Chasm at Cape Perpetua

Barb & Bailey sitting in dunes at Agate Beach.

Co took these group shots of all of us.

Barb, me, Co, Flo Cheryl, Pearl having fun on our deck during cocktail hour.

Flo & Luey, Pearl & Blanche, Cheryl & Lucy, Michelle & Lillie, Barb & Bailey, me, Co