Afternoon everyone….
I hit my limit of pictures on yesterday’s post, so there had to be a part two unfortunately. We left off yesterday’s post at the Yaquina Head Lighthouse.
Here are a few more pictures of that which wouldn’t attach yesterday.
Also by that lighthouse were a bunch of huge rocks in the ocean. There were a whole bunch of sea lions sunbathing on them. So we did get to see them.
On our way to the next lighthouse we made a stop at a pretty unique place along the coast. It’s a cavern right on the edge of the ocean. Which has the top exposed with a huge hole which lets you see inside from above. It’s called “The Devil’s Punchbowl”. You can actually walk inside of it during low tide. Due to time constraints this was not possible for us. During high tide and storms this cavern gets water inside of it. Which is probably awesome to see.
Here are a few more shots of the coastline from our drive.
Our final lighthouse visit was a combination visit of two things both at the same site. This one is the Cape Meares Lighthouse which is the shortest lighthouse in Oregon standing at just thirty eight feet tall. It is however on a very large hill which we did a fairly steep walk to. The views were well worth it.
Also on this site of course in the complete opposite direction from the lighthouse, but in the same state park was a tree called “The Octopus Tree”. This tree is over 300 years old and is enormous as well as one of a kind. It’s pretty close to the edge of the cliff to the water which is pretty wild that it has lasted this long with the weather conditions it probably endures.
Our last stop on our way to Portland was the Tillamook factory. It is massive and extremely busy. There is a self guided tour where you get to see the actual production of cheese being made. There is also a store where you can buy their items plus other local handcrafted items. As well as an ice cream shop with their ice cream and a restaurant/cafe with real food. We decided to grab some food there, all three of us were hungry.
That concludes our visit to Oregon. There are a lot of beautiful things to see here. But be prepared to drive around to see them. It’s a pretty big state and there aren’t many towns in between sites. Our trips to Crater Lake after leaving Medford houses and towns were pretty much non existent. It was pretty much all mountains lined with trees or rivers. It was the same going up the coastline, a little better because some of the shore points had small hotels/motels. So there were a handful of other mom and pop stores also around. But it is very spread out state.
There are eleven lighthouses total up the Oregon coast. We got to see three of them. From what Summertooth said they were three of the nicer ones to see.
I want to thank my buddy Summertooth once again for everything. Without him and his knowledge and research, it would not have been as smooth of a visit. He was the best tour guide.
