The Heceta Head lighthouse is probably the most photographed lighthouse along the Oregon coast. It sits 205 feet above the Pacific. Its beacon can be seen 21 miles from the land.
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Mar 15
Road Trip–Heceta Head Lighthouse
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Mar 15
Road Trip–Heceta Head Lighthouse Outbuilding
A rainy afternoon at the Heceta Head Lighthouse. This is one of the early houses maintained for the keepers of the light.
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Dec 14
Olympic Peninsula–Ruby Beach 2
A couple walking along Ruby Beach provides a sense of scale. The clouds and the stony beach augment the harsh beauty of the rugged coast.
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Dec 14
Olympic Peninsula–Ruby Beach
Ruby Beach is located on the southwest coast of the Olympic Peninsula. Great piles of driftwood cover the stony beach. A number of sea stacks are close to the shore. The beach is named for the fragments of ruby gemstones found in the coarse sand there.
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Apr 13
Road Trip–Cape Meares
Standing on a cliff overlooking a beach below Cape Meares, Oregon. September, 2012.
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Apr 13
Road Trip–Coastal Grasses 2
Wind swept grasses on the Oregon coast in Tillamook County, Oregon.
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Mar 13
Road Trip–Coastal Grasses
Sand dunes and grasses along a beach north of Neskowin in Tillamook County, Oregon. September, 18, 2012.
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Mar 13
Road Trip–Neskowin Swing
A peaceful moment in the backyard of a house on the beach in a small community in Tillamook County, Oregon. Also, a rare moment of sunshine!
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Mar 13
Road Trip–Yaquina Head Lighthouse
The lighthouse at Yaquinq Head was finished in 1873 and is still active today. The Yaquina Head Interpretive Center offers a wealth of information about the difficult lives of the Keepers before the lighthouse was automated.
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Feb 13
Road Trip–Depoe Bay
A view south from the scenic overlook near Depoe Bay. This is near Cape Foulweather, named by Captain Cook on his third world voyage in 1778.