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This beautiful little lighthouse is a great place to go check out on a sunny day. The Cape Meares Lighthouse has an incredible history that the volunteers who open up the building in the summer are happy to tell you all about.
Some of the rotation mechanism for the light.
Because the cape is so tall, the lighthouse doesn’t have to be.
Looking inside the lens assembly. Someone shot at the lighthouse a few years back and damaged a few of the lenses.
It’s a very pretty little light house!
Sunset in Crescent City on a nice day is outstanding! The rock just to the left of the sun with the tree on it also holds the harbor lighthouse.
An interesting rock formation on the beach.
Heather conquered the rock!
An interesting test of my camera’s slow motion abilities.
Danger is the French word for fun! Note: don’t stand here during a tsunami.
The sun shines right through the lighthouse windows at sunset.
The sun sinking below the waves.
Heather and me sharing the sunset.
This is a beach further up the coast from the lighthouse.
There it goes! No green flash on this night.
At the harbor. This area was hit pretty hard by the 2011 Japanese tsunami. Note all of the sea lions laying at the end of the jetty.
Sea lions and seals on a floating dock and in the water.
The local Del Norte Triplicate had a front page story about bigfoot.
There were some awesome place mats at the Chart Room restaurant.
The last fading glow of light over the inner harbor.
Yesterday I received a surprise text from Kendra saying she was in town for the Beaver Freezer Triathlon. She and two of her work mates had driven out from Tri Cities to compete in the event. One thing led to another and we ended up on the coast, checking out Cape Perpetua.
Before we went to Cape Perpetua, we stopped in Newport at the old light house on the north side of the bridge. North and South jetties were pretty rough. I doubt anyone was going over the Newport bar yesterday.
One of the first lighthouses built on the Pacific Northwest coast.
The Yaquina Bay Bridge.
Looking out toward Japan.
On top of Cape Perpetua looking south toward Florence.
The verdant forests of the Oregon Coast Range stretching far inland.
Devil’s Churn far below.
Rebekah, Fiona, and Kendra.
The West Rock Shelter with Fiona and Kendra peaking around the corner. Rebekah is in the window.
Yachats through the trees.
The rain forest at the top of Cape Perpetua is very lush.
Big spruce and fir trees.
Devil’s Churn at the base of Cape Perepetua.
Sean going over to get an up-close view of the churn.
Kendra and Sean at some point did get wet.
Sea grass or moss or something similar in a tide pool.
Setting up for a group photo with the whole gang.
Slime on a vertical earth bank.
At a beach further up the coast.
Cartwheel time.
Foam from the sea.
On the bay front in Newport. We went to the Rogue Alehouse where we won a few bucks at trivia.
A sea lion on the dock doing his thing.
