We left Portland on Sunday morning and headed to the Oregon coast. We kept hearing about Newport, but it just reminded us too much of Pismo Beach so we cruised on southward.
Tavern in Newport, Oregon

It was foggy and cooler the first day and we spent the night in Yachats, a quaint little town.

Heceta Head lighthouse

We learned about how prisms create the bright lights from a lighthouse

Foxgloves along the roadside

Umpqua lighthouse, Oregon
Yesterday was much sunnier and we spent the day riding down the coast, visiting botanical gardens and lighthouses and spent the night in Bandon where we ate seafood at the Bandon Boathouse and were served dinner by the oddest looking waitress we've ever seen. She had the palest makeup with red lipstick and it looked like she'd gone to a 50's salon, had her hair put in rollers and had them rapidly removed and her hair sprayed into a high, blonde bouffant.

Today was cooler and foggy again.

The Patterson bridge crosses the Rogue River on the southern border of Oregon
We drove the rest of the Oregon coast and came back into California and went through the Redwood Forest.

Monica admires the redwoods
Tonight we are spending the night in Eureka, near the Old Town. We like it here and had a really great dinner at a place called Hurricane Kate's. Their drinks were out of this world and since we are in walking distance, we were able to partake. One drink and we are both trashed. Wimps.

I wish I could get a few pictures on here, but this computer won't allow me to do that.

We should be home sometime on Friday.