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Daughter was here for a visit from Denver, so we took a day trip to the coast. Weather was great and we had a nice time. Took hiway 42 to Bandon, then drove north to Winchester Bay, at the mount of the Umpqua River near Reedsport, and ate dinner. Then drove home on hiway 138, making it a big circle. Don't know how many miles, but it was a long day.
We are standing at the south jetty looking at some people salmon fishing in the entrance of the Coquille River in Bandon, the north jetty in the background. There were several boats, and nobody caught a fish while we were there.
Still by the south jetty at Bandon, looking south. For those who play golf, there are some pretty nice golf courses around Bandon, and a whole bunch of cranberry bogs. One hasn't got nothing to do with the other, just thought I'd mention it.
We drove north from Bandon to Cape Arago. This picture is looking south towards Bandon. There are about 200 resident whales that live off this cape, and there were whale watchers on site, but no whales showed while we were there.
Tucked in on the north side of Cape Arago is Sunset Bay, a protected little shallow beach area that is just perfect for kids to play in the water. It's a state part now, and there is camping and detecting is permitted with a permit from the resident state ranger. If you find something really valuable they want you to turn it in so they can try and find the owner.
This is Simpson Reef, still at Cape Arago. The gold laden Spanish galleons from the Philippines would make land fall this far north, and sometimes even further north, then the trade winds would drive them south down the coast to Mexico. Apparently at least one of them ended up on the rocks at Simpson reef, because there are stories of people finding Spanish gold coins along the beach after a storm. I went and detected that beach and all I found was sinkers.
This is a telephoto of the sea lions out on the rocks in the first picture of the reef. There sure are a bunch of them all barking at once seems like.
More telephotos of the sea lions.
Looking south from Simpson Reef at the sunlight on the water.
And this guy was squawking, wanting a hand out, but he didn't get one.
We are standing at the south jetty looking at some people salmon fishing in the entrance of the Coquille River in Bandon, the north jetty in the background. There were several boats, and nobody caught a fish while we were there.
Still by the south jetty at Bandon, looking south. For those who play golf, there are some pretty nice golf courses around Bandon, and a whole bunch of cranberry bogs. One hasn't got nothing to do with the other, just thought I'd mention it.
We drove north from Bandon to Cape Arago. This picture is looking south towards Bandon. There are about 200 resident whales that live off this cape, and there were whale watchers on site, but no whales showed while we were there.
Tucked in on the north side of Cape Arago is Sunset Bay, a protected little shallow beach area that is just perfect for kids to play in the water. It's a state part now, and there is camping and detecting is permitted with a permit from the resident state ranger. If you find something really valuable they want you to turn it in so they can try and find the owner.
This is Simpson Reef, still at Cape Arago. The gold laden Spanish galleons from the Philippines would make land fall this far north, and sometimes even further north, then the trade winds would drive them south down the coast to Mexico. Apparently at least one of them ended up on the rocks at Simpson reef, because there are stories of people finding Spanish gold coins along the beach after a storm. I went and detected that beach and all I found was sinkers.
This is a telephoto of the sea lions out on the rocks in the first picture of the reef. There sure are a bunch of them all barking at once seems like.
More telephotos of the sea lions.
Looking south from Simpson Reef at the sunlight on the water.
And this guy was squawking, wanting a hand out, but he didn't get one.
