On the beach 1

 US 101 is a very scenic highway.  It runs from San Diego, California to the Canadian border, along the west coast of the United States.  The coastline in Oregon is paticularly pristine, free of the commercial development that ruins the natural beauty of the coast in California.

North of the Oregon Dunes, shown in the last two entries, is Cape Perpetua, near Yachats, site of one of Oregon’s lighthouses:

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Storm watching is very popular upon this coast.

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Near Cape Perpetua, we stopped along the highway to see the beach:

It was rather far below us here; we kept driving until 101 got nearer to the beach.

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It was only a hop, skip, and a jump to the beach from the parking area:

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Looking south along the coast:

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A stream I don’t know the name of ran off the mountains behind us and into the sea:

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Looking directly west, towards Japan.

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And, looking north along the beach:

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