The personal and professional website of Douglas Van Bossuyt
Cape Blanco is the westernmost point in Oregon. It sticks far out into the ocean and is constantly buffeted by ferocious wind. A Coast Guard lighthouse sits at lands end shining a beacon into the night for mariners at sea.
The wind was so bad that Heather and her parents didn’t venture far from the car park.
Rocks on the horizon in the mist off the coast.
The lighthouse at land’s end.
Wind blowing hard.
Port Orford has the distinction of being the only drydock port on the west coast. Ships are lifted out of the water when they are in port and set in dollies on the dock. They can only come in at high tide. It is a unique, interesting place.
The fishing fleet waiting to be put in the water when the next catch is to be made.
Crab pots waiting.
One of the cranes used to hoist boats into the water.
The port commissioner’s office. Heather’s friend is the port commissioner.
At the little restaurant on the harbor.
In Bandon we found the Washed Ashore exhibit.
A turtle made out of garbage picked from the ocean.
A jellyfish made of trash.
All made of garbage.
Whale skeleton made of garbage.
Starfish made out of bottles and plastic.
Greg looking at a garbage seal.
