I felt the call of the beach today, and happily found myself on the Oregon Coast. It was needed...when life is stressful or just simply seems to be going at the speed of light, the beach refreshes me and rejuvenates my soul. I heeded the call and was rewarded with a marvelous day at the coast. :~)
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| Heceta Head Lighthouse. |
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OK...not quite to the coast yet. This guy was hoping I had some food to throw out for him.
I could almost hear him say, "What? No fries? No bread? Loser." |
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| About to land... |
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This one isn't so obvious to figure out. I stopped at Takenitch Lake, and this is plant life near the shore.
The shadows are from the tree above. |
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| A wind-blown coast tree. |
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| The view from Oregon Dunes Recreation Area. |
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| Heceta Beach, with Heceta Head Lighthouse hiding up on the cliff. |
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| Ocean view... |
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| From the top looking down... |
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| Sea birds...and the white ones are pelicans. This rock is not quite straight down, but fairly close. |
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| A wave pounding the rocks...and those persistent little trees...at Yachats. |
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| One of the unwritten rules of photography, as told by my instructor..."The eyes have it". |
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As it got closer to evening, the coast started to get fogged in and hazy.
This picture is taken from the cliff above Yachats. |
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| Almost evening... |
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| Sea grass |
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Pelicans...I think they are fabulous! There were 5 of them hanging on the beach
with an entire flock of seagulls. This one was actually fishing...where he is standing, the creek is
flowing at a pretty good clip into the ocean. |
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| "One of these things is not like the others..." |
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| Primping... |
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| And more primping... |
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| Sunset 1...what it actually looked like. |
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| Sunset 2...with different AWB settings. |
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| Sunset 3...with yet another AWB setting. |
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| The elk were out in force at the Elk Viewing area. They are amazingly beautiful animals! |
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| I stopped at Sea Lion Caves, just north of Florence. The sea lions weren't in the cave, but were out playing in the breakers that were pounding the cliffs. To put it mildly, they were getting a wild ride!! |
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This guy (compare to the other sea lions in the pics above...he's barking on one of the pics)
was HUGE! He must be the grand-daddy of them all! |
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| A final view of Heceta Head Lighthouse, from the beach below it. |
