Today Aunt Sis and I headed out to the coast, but we couldn't start our day without a little adventure right here in Eugene. Like me, Aunt Sis is an avid reader, so on the way out of town we had to stop by the bookstore to get the next book in a series that she is reading. As we rounded the corner to enter the store, Aunt Sis almost bowled a guy over and nearly messed her shoes. She didn't realize it, but she nearly had a collision with a man that was busy trying to relieve himself. He was obviously proud of himself, too, as he didn't even bother to turn himself toward the building. No sir, he pulled it out right in the middle of the sidewalk and watered the lawn so to speak. It was quite shocking. Whatever thoughts of moving to Eugene I may have had; they have all not been dispelled.
Aunt Sis did manage to keep her feet dry, and we found her book in the pile of nearly sorted paperbacks on the second floor of the store. After we paid, we were ready to get on the road. I'll tell what 's really amazing here in Oregon is that the roads wind so much that you can drive 10 or 15 minutes and only go one mile west. It only took about an hour to get to Florence, though, and once there we headed north. Aunt Sis assured me, for several miles, that we were about to see the ocean on the left. It took a while longer than she implied, but when we finally saw it, I nearly wrecked the car. It was breathtaking.
I'm not big on beaches like the Florida or Texas coast, but this rocky coast with waves crashing all over the place was amazing. We drove just a short way and stopped off at a tourist attraction simply called the Sea Lion Caves. It's a lookout over the ocean with a small cave in the rocks below where sea lions gather. I have uploaded some pics for you to enjoy below. It was really cool to see the animals playing in the ocean and with each other out in the wild. Apparently, you can also see whales migrating from this point, too, if you are there at the right time of year. We were about a month early for that they said.
From the Sea Lion Caves, we could also see the Heceta light house. It was really beautiful, and my pictures below do not do it justice. According to the sign, it is the most photographed light house in the world, so I'm sure you can find better pictures somewhere else. After all that, I'm not sure that I could live up here, but I know that I could definitely spend more time exploring these mountains and the coastline. It's just beautiful, and I can't wait until I get a chance to bring the kids up here.
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Glad you got to see how beautiful the coast is. We went to Cannon Beach (Haystack Rock is there--from The Goonies) in November and May. We didn't get to see any sea lions and we missed the whales also, but everyone says it is awesome. At night the tide pulled back so far we could walk out about a mile. It was awesome, and pretty scary. It was scary because your mind is telling you that just a few hours ago this part of the beach was COVERED with sea. The water is extremely cold no matter what time of year you are there, and no one warned us of that. Also, the most awesome thing was in May when our whole team layed blankets out on the beach at about 1 in the morning and watched shooting stars while listening to the waves crash against those awesome rocks. The sky is sooo clear there and it really makes you aware of the awesomeness of God and His creation.
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