We took off from home to have dinner in Portland with Isaac and took the scenic route...
...through Florence where the Siuslaw River meets the Pacific Ocean.
We stopped for lunch at Mo's a landmark seafood restaurant chain on the Oregon coast...
Then had to decide on what to eat...
While waiting I went out for some pictures...
of the great coastal community...
... Especially the great bridge that takes highway 101 over the river.
This is the view from the docks at Mo's looking east up the river...
...and a dockside crane.
After lunch walking back to the Musemobile I found this great looking blue flower...
...near a bright red-orange umbrella. Then up the coast we went.
After hooking up the Musemobile I took a few pictures while walking with Sharyn on the beach just 30 feet from our campsite where I took this picture looking north along the coast.
It was low tide leaving the sand sculpted by the receding waters...
... and a few interesting objects like this broken sand dollar...
... on a lovely but windy day.
There was a little seaweed but not much ...
... on the huge expanse from water to trees and the state park...
...looking south you could see the foothills diving into the Pacific.
Sharyn and I enjoyed the walk looking out at ...
... the shore birds looking foe a meal...
... and eventually finding a crab for lunch.
Looking at the sands you can almost see the water receding in little waves even though the water is now gone.
I liked this shell that looks like a butterfly...
and this small canyon created in the sand.
We then went back to the Musemobile for dinner and waited for...
... the sunset that looked like we would not get to see.
I met a couple from Canada who were on their way back north after driving the entire Oregon coast down to northern California...
... and then it came, a beautiful sunset.
The colors were gorgeousness...
...and the ran the full spectrum...
... until the sun completed it's visible route moving west.
Quote of the Day ~ "Man is not an aquatic animal, but from the time we stand in youthful wonder beside a Spring brook till we sit in old age and watch the endless roll of the sea, we feel a strong kinship with the waters of this world." ~ Hal Borland
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our first mistake was leaving the water
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