On my way down the coast, I stopped at a lot of turnouts. I believe this was Boiler Bay:
This is Depoe Harbor, the claim being that it is the World's Smallest Harbor:
Under the bridge:
The entrance into the harbor... is quite a squeeze at low tide I understand:
I had fish n' chips at Gracie's Sea Hag... it was very yummy. This was their front door from the inside:
After I ate, I walked along their little boardwalk:
I love sidewalk boards. My town has a lot of them. I find them interesting and quaint and ought to do a picture book about the ones I find along my travels:
On the western side of the bridge, Depoe Bay:
One of the bridges built by McCulloch. This plaque talks about using cathodic protection to protect it from erosion, which is something my ex-husband was doing up in Washington 20 years ago:
This house reminded me of the one from the Lemony Snickett books:
Cape Foulweather. They had a penny squishing machine in a shop there, but they were closed ;(
Devil's Punchbowl. It must get filled when the tide comes up:
The two long dark pieces you see to the left in this picture below are two whales we watched for quite a while move across the beach. The other dark spots on the ocean to the right is a kelp patch. The two whales were young 'uns, but not babies. They just seemed to be enjoying frolicking along with each other. I was standing at the rail with a couple and another lady... they had pointed out a sea lion when I walked past on the path. We had been talking for a little while when we spotted these guys coming along. The whales would stick their heads up, then sort of slide forward and blow spray. Only once did I see a whale tail sticking up. They were so awesome to watch. Haven't seen a whale in open water since a 7th grade field trip in California!
Beverly Beach State Park, I think:
It was getting dark when I got into Newport, so I bedded down in the Walmart parking lot.
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