We are still slowly moving down the Oregon coast. Yesterday we made 85 miles, today 42. It was a beautiful cloudy day, without rain. Forget about seeing any sun, we are just happy when it doesn't rain. There is so many fantastic scenic thrills awaiting around every bend in the road. We keep stopping to go exploring. The pictures are as follows. The first photo is called Devils Churn. It was formed many years ago, by the sea going into a small crack in the rocks. Eventually it cut a huge grove through the rock. The second photo is called Spouting Horn. What happens here is the waves rush through an opening in the rocks, and shoots out a large ocean geyser followed by the sound of a horn. The height of spray and noise depend on amount of water rushing in. They say it is really loud during a storm. I took the third photo thinking it was going to rain soon. It didn't rain that time. The lighthouse is called Heceta Head lighthouse. It has the most powerful lens on west coast, that can be seen for 22 miles. This lighthouse is still in service and if you look close at the photo you can see the light which blinks every 10 seconds.This photo was taken at the spot where they take calendar photos of this lighthouse. It is up to 62 degrees tonight, and if this keeps up and Ohio's temperature goes down like it is supposed to we may even be warmer here. It is supposed to rain a lot with high winds tomorrow, so we may not get far. We are camped in a National Forest campground tonight.
Monday, October 8, 2007
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