Heather and I went over to the coast for a few hours in order to escape from the dreary weather that plagued the valley the last few weeks. Rather than 30F and foggy, the coast was 60F, sunny, and with only a light breeze. We stopped in Newport first to pick up a picture that we won in the fall at the Newport Fishermen’s Wives Wild Seafood Weekend.
The iconic bridge over the Yaquina Bay in Newport.
A panorama of the Yaquina Bay from the public dock on the west side of old town. The NOAA and OSU research docks are both visible in the middle of the photo. We went on a tour of the R/V Oceanus not too long ago. It is usually tied up at the OSU research dock.
On South Jetty at the entrance to Yaquina Bay looking back toward old town, the docks, and the bridge. The visibility was really good. We were sad that we didn’t bring diving gear with us.
A fishing boat coming up the channel to Newport.
Heather examining conditions at the 3rd finger on the south jetty at Newport.
We drove further up the coast to Depoe Bay where we met my parents who had driven down from Lincoln City where they were staying for a few days in their RV at the park across from the Inn at Spanish Head.
The surf was heavy even though there wasn’t a cloud in the sky.
Sunset at the RV park across US 101 from the Inn at Spanish Head.