Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Oregon Coast

Green Sea Anemone- Sea Urgents & Ochre Sea Star fish at the tidal pool at Yaquina Head. The purple sea urgents are apparently good eating (raw). Yuk!
Yaquina Head Lighthouse-93 foot tall tower is the tallest on the Oregon coast. It stands 162 feet above sea level. The beacon came all the way from Paris, France and the light beams out 21 miles.
There are 9 light houses along the rugged coast of Oregon. As you can see from all my pictures of the Oregon coast it is very rocky, foggy and turbulent. Every light house has its own light code. Yaquina Head lighthouse lights for 2 seconds on 2 seconds off 2 seconds on & 14 seconds off.

Yaquina Bay Lighthouse-Second oldest standing lighthouse on the Oregon Coast. Apparently it is also haunted by the ghost of Muriel, a young girl looking for the way out of the locked doors.

Cape Perpetua-an awe inspiring view in the Siuslaw national Forest.



Heceta Light house has the most powerful lens on the coast. (in the distance) It sends a beam 22 miles out to sea.

A view from inside the cave.

We stopped at a Sea Lion Cave. We took an elevator down to the sea level in the Worlds largest sea cave. Inside you find...guess what? Yes you got it ....Sea lions. Outside the cave you will see many of them on the rocks sunbathing with their young.



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