We left Lincoln City this morning in a heavy fog. Our first stop was suppose to see the high cliffs, but you couldn't see them. The picture below is called Devil's Punch Bowl. At high tide the water comes up through that hole. We also saw a couple of whales in this area. Those picture will be at the end of the blog, because they were taken with Buddy's camera.
Next stop was at Yaquina Head Light. There was a walkway where we could walk down and see the animal life in the tidal pools at low tide. Our timing was great for low tide, but the misty rain made it hard to walk on the rocks. Buddy did get some pics of some of them. The black dot you see to the right of the 3 rocks in the middle is a sea lion in the water.
Yaquina Head Light
We saw more whale here.
Our tour guide for the lighthouse. The vats you see in the background held the pig lard which is what they used to light the lantern in the early years when it was built.
The 114 cast iron stairs that you walk to the top.
View from top
This is where the Fresnel light was built.
These were prism's that they put in when they built the lighthouse and worked kind of like a skylight would
Stairs view from the top
Yaquina Bay Light
Inside the lighthouse.
The back of the lighthouse.
This was a real high cliff we stopped at. The pics don't do it justice as how far it is down to the water.
The spray you see is where the water goes up under the rocks and spray out a small hole.
Next stop was Heceta Head Lightstation. This is just showing the view of how far the light keepers had to walk from the houses far right and to get to the lighthouse.
This was one of the light keepers house. There were 3 at one time. This is now a bed and breakfast.
The lighthouses on the west coast are not as tall as the ones on the east coast, because, here they are mostly all on high cliffs.
The Fresnel lens that lights the lighthouse is 9 feet tall.
This is Umpqua River Light. It was at a Coast Guard Station and was closed, by the time we got there.
Highway 101 goes inland for several miles and this is why. There is a long stretch of the coast that has these large sand dunes.
The rest of these pics are more of our same day, but with Buddy's camera with the bigger zoom lens.
Whale
Whale blowing
Some of the giant green anemones in the tidal pools. There were star fish and other animals further out, but since it was raining, it made the rocks too slippery for us to walk to.
A better picture of the water spraying out of the hole.
Even though it was a rainy, foggy day. We stilled enjoyed more of the Oregon coast.
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