More photos from the coast (This page might take a few minutes to load over a modem...a good time to go make a cup of tea...)

Cape Arago, near Charleston (near Coos Bay)

A waterfall that flows directly into the ocean

A sea lion who seemed healthy and would soon be touched by the incoming tide

Sunset at Shore Acres (near Cape Arago)

Local volunteers decorate the gardens at Shore Acres with 225,000 lights

A friendly gull welcomes us to our first day at the Sunset Motel in Bandon

The gull alerted us to the beautiful sunrise which took four photos to "capture"

Tim enjoys the afternoon sun and later we toured the harbor after a lovely sunset

At the Aquarium in Newport we enjoy the new "Passages of the Deep" underwater tunnel and the amazing jellyfish

Janet, on the beach near "Little Creek Cove" where we stayed in Newport

The next day we toured the Yaquina Bay lighthouse near the bridge in Newport

At Yaquina Head we toured the lighthouse


We enjoyed the changing light from sunrise, above, to sunset, below

Yaquina Bay lighthouse above

Yaquina Head lighthouse below

The photo above is from the Yaquina Bay Interpretive Center.