Yaquina Head Scenic Area

We awoke Thursday to fog and clouds, but by 10:30 AM it had totally cleared.  It’s just a short trip south to Yaquina Head Outstanding Scenic Area in Newport, and that’s what where we went for the day complete with picnic lunch.  This area is administered by the Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management.  They have a great interpretive center, but we’ve done that, so we just enjoyed the scenery.  Pictures, of course, will tell the story.  They also have tide pools where you can view sea life at low tide.  We plan on coming back tomorrow morning at 8:00 AM when the tide is out.

There were a dozen of more whales frolicking close to the observation platforms, sort of like what we see daily on our balcony.  We had a nice picnic and hung around watching the whales.  Then it was home for a quiet afternoon of reading, napping, and cocktailing.  The weather for cocktails was perfect.  We didn’t need the polar fleece and blankets.  Rather we were in shorts enjoying the sunshine.

For dinner we walked into town and ate at Bay View Thai Cuisine.  The food was good.  Then we walked home (it seems longer going back than it does walking into town).

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Yaquina Head
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Beach in the Backgorund
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Fisherman on the Rocks
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Rocks in the Foreground, Whale in the Background
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Shadow Picture at Quarry Cove
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Yaquina Head Light
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Two Bright Lights
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A Cove at Yaquina Head
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Rocks (Duh)
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Whale Watching
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Elaine Looks for Whales
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That Picnic Spot Gets a “10”
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Cormorants on the Rocks

 

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