Blogs from Cape Perpetua, Oregon, United States, North America

August 4, 2013 - Sunday - Depoe Bay Started the morning off with our GBC live streaming service. Good to see Steve preaching today! Left about 12:30 and went to Kam Meng’s for lunch. After a good meal we headed to Depoe Bay, a great place to spot whales. Real misty and foggy today and really not a good day, so no whales. We did watch the boats going out with their ‘whale watchers’ and we did see several large orange starfish in the tidepools, so not a total waste. A fun time though, looking through the shops and just enjoying the beautiful coastline and the Pacific. Headed home, pretty late for us, and of course, had to do our pier walk. No fishermen today, none. I guess on Sundays they go back home, that or ... read more

Continuing along the Oregon Coast after breakfast at the campsite, we saw more beautiful and stunning coastline. We watched boaters launching their boats off the sandy beach. One I saw, had three men that pushed it out every time a wave came in. Took them at good 4 or 5 waves to get it deep enough for them to get into boat. We found that the Oregon coast is mostly public and free. The governor at the turn of the century had the foresight to pass legislation to keep the coastline open to everyone. As you drive the 300 plus miles along the coast, a minimum of every 15-20 miles (a lot of times only 5 miles) there is a state park, a picnic area and or public beach access. We saw lots of horses riding ... read more