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Between being lazy and overworked it that's possible, I'm posting this a couple of weeks after the fact. It had been really hot, triple digets, and we decided to go over to the coast for the day, and see if we couldn't get out of the heat. So we left early one morning and headed for Bandon, Oregon, about 85 miles on the other side of the coast range mountains. Bandon was really socked in with fog. We bought the obligatory couple of pounds of salt water taffy, and then decided to drive down to Port Orford.
This is the north jetty in the fog, mouth of the Coquille River.
Light house at the mouth of the Coquille River at Bandon, Oregon. There are a couple of guys out there fishing, and frankly if it was me, I'd just be drowning worms. We headed for Port Orford and decided to eat lunch at the Greasy Spoon Cafe. It's hard to see the little building with a big fancy building right behind it.
The cafe itself looks like it might have been an old railroad car, I mean a really old railroad car. They make a good hamburger, and serve plenty of tater tots, so we had left overs to feed the sea gulls.
He's saying "Hurry up with the tater tot."
Looking south west at Port Orford. This isn't fog as much as it is rain, we arrived to a thunder shower, and it was just pouring down rain until the cell passed on beyond us.
after the rain passed this is the view south from the parking lot at Battle Rock. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Orford,_Oregon
This is Battle Rock at Port Orford. There really was a battle here, in 1851. The fight took place between the Indians and the first whites to try and settle there. There were only 9 white guys, and lots and lots of Indians. The Indians told them to leave, they couldn't so they went up on the rock and fortified. The Indians had bows and arrows, the whites had small arms, single shot muzzle loaders, and a small bronze cannon barrel they dismounted and brought ashore off the ship that brought them there. They chopped up some lead into a double handful of half inch lead spuares and loaded that in the gun. The Indians attacked, and the only way they could get to them was up a narrow trail. The rock has been eroded away, and it doesn't resemble what it looked like at the time. Anyhow, a bunch of Indians were on the trail and they fired the cannon and killed or crippled almost two dozen. I figure the recoil probably bounced the cannon off the rock and into the ocean. Here is a link to the fight if you are interested. The Bloody History of Battle Rock City Park ? Port Orford, Oregon | You're Not From Around Here, Are You?
This is the north jetty in the fog, mouth of the Coquille River.
Light house at the mouth of the Coquille River at Bandon, Oregon. There are a couple of guys out there fishing, and frankly if it was me, I'd just be drowning worms. We headed for Port Orford and decided to eat lunch at the Greasy Spoon Cafe. It's hard to see the little building with a big fancy building right behind it.
The cafe itself looks like it might have been an old railroad car, I mean a really old railroad car. They make a good hamburger, and serve plenty of tater tots, so we had left overs to feed the sea gulls.
He's saying "Hurry up with the tater tot."
Looking south west at Port Orford. This isn't fog as much as it is rain, we arrived to a thunder shower, and it was just pouring down rain until the cell passed on beyond us.
after the rain passed this is the view south from the parking lot at Battle Rock. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Orford,_Oregon
This is Battle Rock at Port Orford. There really was a battle here, in 1851. The fight took place between the Indians and the first whites to try and settle there. There were only 9 white guys, and lots and lots of Indians. The Indians told them to leave, they couldn't so they went up on the rock and fortified. The Indians had bows and arrows, the whites had small arms, single shot muzzle loaders, and a small bronze cannon barrel they dismounted and brought ashore off the ship that brought them there. They chopped up some lead into a double handful of half inch lead spuares and loaded that in the gun. The Indians attacked, and the only way they could get to them was up a narrow trail. The rock has been eroded away, and it doesn't resemble what it looked like at the time. Anyhow, a bunch of Indians were on the trail and they fired the cannon and killed or crippled almost two dozen. I figure the recoil probably bounced the cannon off the rock and into the ocean. Here is a link to the fight if you are interested. The Bloody History of Battle Rock City Park ? Port Orford, Oregon | You're Not From Around Here, Are You?
