This morning the sound of rain woke me around 5 AM. We have had rain everyday for the last week or more, they say that is normal for Oct. on the Oregon Coast. Temps have been in mid 60's daytime and mid 40s' nights. Mid morning we headed back north by car on US101 to see some of the things that we passed by yesterday. Our first stop was the Heceta Head light house (top photo) about 12 miles north of Florence. It was first illuminated in 1894 and could be seen 21 miles from land.
Moving further north our next stop was Yaquina Bay Light House (lower photo) at the north end of the Yaquina Bay Bay Bridge at Newport. This is the second oldest standing light house on the Oregon Coast. It was in service only from 1871 to 1874 when it was replaced by the Yaquina Head light house 3 miles up the coast. It is the only wooden light house on the Oregon Coast. It has been restored and is maintained by friends of Yaquina Bay Lighthouse. Moving on north across Newport we saw the Yaquina Head Light house (middle photo) that was first illuminated in 1873. It could be seen 20 miles from the coast compared to the 10 miles of the Yaquina Bay light house that it replaced. It is currently still in service, however it is now illuminated electrically instead of by oil as originally powered. Before leaving Newport we drove through the historic bay area, an area along the Bay that consists of small old store buildings on one side of the street and on the bay side old cannery buildings & piers that are being restored. This is a real tourisy area. We stopped at many scenic views as we moved back south. One of the most impressive was Cape Perpetua Scenic Area where we saw an long narrow area where the surf came up into the rocks known as the Devils Churn. Also in this area we saw Cooks Chasm as well as 100's of sea lions. We also got a very good picture of the Heceta Head Light House from here.
This morning the sound of rain woke me around 5 AM. We have had rain everyday for the last week or more, they say that is normal for Oct. on the Oregon Coast. Temps have been in mid 60's daytime and mid 40s' nights. Mid morning we headed back north by car on US101 to see some of the things that we passed by yesterday. Our first stop was the Heceta Head light house (top photo) about 12 miles north of Florence. It was first illuminated in 1894 and could be seen 21 miles from land.
Moving further north our next stop was Yaquina Bay Light House (lower photo) at the north end of the Yaquina Bay Bay Bridge at Newport. This is the second oldest standing light house on the Oregon Coast. It was in service only from 1871 to 1874 when it was replaced by the Yaquina Head light house 3 miles up the coast. It is the only wooden light house on the Oregon Coast. It has been restored and is maintained by friends of Yaquina Bay Lighthouse. Moving on north across Newport we saw the Yaquina Head Light house (middle photo) that was first illuminated in 1873. It could be seen 20 miles from the coast compared to the 10 miles of the Yaquina Bay light house that it replaced. It is currently still in service, however it is now illuminated electrically instead of by oil as originally powered. Before leaving Newport we drove through the historic bay area, an area along the Bay that consists of small old store buildings on one side of the street and on the bay side old cannery buildings & piers that are being restored. This is a real tourisy area. We stopped at many scenic views as we moved back south. One of the most impressive was Cape Perpetua Scenic Area where we saw an long narrow area where the surf came up into the rocks known as the Devils Churn. Also in this area we saw Cooks Chasm as well as 100's of sea lions. We also got a very good picture of the Heceta Head Light House from here.
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