The seal cave

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Wake up. Rain. Eat breakfast. Rain. Pack up tent. Rain. Well looks like winter is coming, and the Oregon people advised us that it rains here a lot. Great, I believe them!
So on a lousy stormy day, we head back up the coast to check out the biggest natural sea cave in America. Unfortunately the locals were not in it. No the seals and sealions were all out catching fish on a great fishing day. We could see them ducking through the water down below.
Heading south the weather did not improve. My sister ended up requiring exercise so we walked around the sand dunes for a couple of hours. I would rather have mountain biked somewhere but considering I would have gotten filthy and there were no hot showers available it was something to think about first.
The cloud finally broke after Coos Bay and we saw the stunning coastline again and a fairly impressive sunset. So it was “pull over and take photos” every 5 minutes until we reached the camp ground near Brookings.
The weather has become progressively milder. I think the cold front has passed through and dropped snow further inland. So the timing has not been that bad. We are only 10 miles from entering California. Oregon in 5 days. All we have seen is the edge of it. There is so much more inland!

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Photos

The best of Oregon
This shot was taken in a freak moment when the sun semi burst through the cloud. All I did was tweak a few things on the camera and hey presto I managed to capture what it almost nearly was like at that amazing moment.

The Cave
Natural cave formed by natures power. Its now home to a large number of seals and sealions. Unfortunately nobody was home when we went here. You have to ride a elevator for 400m to get down here

Stormy day
Waves pounding against the cliffline. There is a lighthouse on the cape that is clouded by the sea spray.

On top of a sand dune
Yea its a miserable day to be at the beach.

Oregon Dunes
Yep, thats them...No offroading allowed in this part.

Sand dunes walk
It's not all sand on the Oregon sand dunes.

Beach Panoramic
Stitched shot of another beach which we stopped at.

Swiming seals
Close up of a school of seals gracefully jumping through the water