This morning we had checked out of the room, and did a little shopping. Cliff had asked one of the store clerks where the Japanese dock was, that washed ashore from last years tsunami. We got directions where to park, and it was a good mile beach walk to it.
A little girl wrote in the sand, "Japan's gift to us" with a long arrow pointing to the dock.
It began to rain and Cliff and I (and others) began to walk back to our vehicle. But, this guy stayed behind...
We had a little breakfast and then we were on our way back down the coatal highway 101. We decided to stop at Cape Perpetua. The rain hadn't let up, but that didn't stop us from hiking close to Devil's Churn.
After getting back in the vehicle, we discussed if we should head inland out of the rain, but we kept seeing little bits of blue sky over the ocean and decided to stay the course, south on 101.
Our next stop was at Heceta Head Lighthouse St. Park. We hadn't planned to do the hike, and I suppose it's just as well, as the lighthouse was under shroud for restoration. However, the weather was quite beautiful and actually warm. We were glad we decided to continue our journey as planned.
At this same stop was a very interesting tree and beautiful forest!
We stopped for lunch in Gold Beach where the Mary D. Hume wreckage is.
Back on the road...the farther south more beautiful the weather. Our next stop was Sunset Bay State Park...
Sunset Bay Below
We finally landed in Bandon for the evening. Our favorite coastal village. We struck out on a couple of motels...the rooms were not exactly desirable. However, we ended up at the Bandon Inn...paid a little more for the room, but the room was wonderful and the view priceless, overlooking little Bandon and the Bay!
I was so excited to get some night shots of Bandon right off of the balcony...
The photo below doesn't capture many stars, but it does capture Bandon at night...around 10-11pm. Everything closed except for a little bar...you can see a few people standing right outside it.
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