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| Oregon's Pacific Coast |
We were heading down the road toward Oregon and we came upon a huge herd of elk at a really picturesque campground along the side of the road. Of course I couldn't contain myself . . . seeing such a large group of elk in the wild had me scrambling for my camera. I honestly didn't know whether to use my wide angle lens or my telephoto lens. I ended up using the wide angle as the elk were all around us and within fairly close proximity. Just wanted to get as much in as I could.
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| Picturesque Campground with Elk Herd |
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| Elk Herd |
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| Oregon barn on country road |
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| Female, I think |
Beach Time . . .
We spent a little time on the beach. It was cold and windy. The tide was out that morning but quickly coming in as I ended up with soaking wet tennis shoes. Note the sign on the beach with tsunami warnings, large wave and rip current warnings. I guess the large wave caught me.
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| Cold and Windy Oregon Beach |
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| Warning sign of Tsunami's, large waves and rip currents |
Rocky Coastline . . .
Beautiful rocky coastlines with lighthouses abound and we chose to spend the night beside Heceta Head Lighthouse on the coast of Oregon. A rocky outcrop with a pullout was so enticing with the sea lions resting on the rocks below us and the lighthouse with it's searchlight across the bay from us. I have to admit that I didn't sleep well that night. With all the movies and news media reports that we had seen on the Pacific coastal region and the beach sign shown above, I kept envisioning a tsunami engulfing us or an earthquake shaking us apart. Silly, I know. But I think I was also concerned about sticking out so prominently next to the edge of the road and someone stopping by to harass us. In Oregon you are allowed to stay 12 hours as long as you don't call it camping, so we were just enjoying the view - not camping! LOL!!! But morning came and the sea lions woke Guy with their barking below which was quiet loud. And all was safe and sound as we had our breakfast and headed up the road toward the state of Washington.
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| Rough rocky coast with sea lions on rock ledge |
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| The closest pic I could get of the sea lions with my camera |
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| Western Gull |
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| Heceta Head Lighthouse at Dusk |
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| Sunset at Heceta Head |
Border Crossing into Washington . . .
Crossing the border into the state of Washington took us across the Columbia River. The large bridge looked very old and was undergoing some major repairs that had one lane traffic crossing some parts of the bridge.
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| Columbia River Bridge |
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| Crossing Columbia River into Washington State |
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| A Washington State Lake |
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| Another of Washington's beautiful lakes |
It was a quick trip through the state as we were headed to Yellowstone to spend a few days.
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