My Wonderful Quick Trip to Bandon, Oregon

Yesterday, I drove 4 hours down Hwy 101 and landed in Bandon for the night. I met one of my oldest friends, Paula, and her husband down there - she's a school teacher and on spring break, too. I arrived there about 4pm and it was beautiful down there. Windy, but sunny. While they took a nap, I walked on the beach and then on Coquille Point, where they had a half-mile interpretive trail. It took me about an hour. It was absolutely gorgeous and it felt so good to breathe in fresh, clean, sea air! I was kinda tense (issues with my partner) and the walk really rejuvenated me! Anyway, I will see if blogger will allow me to post a picture and then add a caption . . .

When I took the steps down to the beach, I first headed south and walked as far as I could in that direction - maybe 1/4 to 1/2 mile. Then, as I went up to the bedrock that blocked my way, I was greeted with a little treat! There was this hole in the rock! Didn't expect to see it; another lady was also there and we both said that it was a pleasant surprise to see that there!


I tried to take a picture of the building where my room was - you can just barely see the roof above the rocks (look over the steps) - the cars are to the right of my building.


This rock is on the north end of the beach where I stayed - I stopped and watched the waves crash through the hole in this rock for about 10-15 minutes. I was awed by how much force the waves must have as they go through this hole.



Below is a view of Table Rock, which was north of where my room was. There are a bunch of birds (the white specks) on it. I took the picture from Coquille Point, which is a national wildlife refuge, noted particularly for the migratory sea birds that fly through here in spring and fall.



This was the view of the rocks outside my window this morning - I happened to look out when the sun was shining on the rocks, otherwise, the rocks would've been dark as it was mostly overcoast today.


I had never spent time in Bandon before. I liked this little community but more importantly, I really loved this beach because of the large rocks that lay just off shore. There was one rock called "face rock" but unfortunately, I didn't get a good shot of that one. You could see it really well from my friend's room. Also, I apologize. The pictures are small - meant to make them larger, but blogger is going awfully slow posting my photos today. I think if you click on the photos, you can get them to go bigger.

We also had dinner at the Wheelhouse in Old Town Bandon - we had wonderful stuffed mushrooms (with cream cheese and crab meat) and I had the seafood linguini that had scallops, shrimp, tomatoes and capers. Delicious! It was a very good visit with my friends . . . too short, but I had to come back today for my appointment with my oncologist.