Deja Vu – all over again
Early Morning Frost - Oregon Dunes
- Harbor Seal – Cape Perpetua
- Tidepool – Bandon Beach
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A little windy and cool at Oregon Dunes
On January 5 we were sitting at Ft. Stevens on the Columbia and it was pouring. Now we’re back and conditions haven’t changed. We did have pretty good weather coming up the Oregon coast and we were able to fill in some of the gaps from the way down. Oregon Dunes NRA was pretty interesting and we did some hiking out on th dunes. But now its back to the sound of rain on aluminum, and it’s getting old. Once we finished up around Newport we came up to Greys Harbor for the shorebird migration. Thats been OK and there’s about 60,000 birds here now. They’re pretty visible but only photographable at high tide when most of the mudflats are covered and they have to concentrate. The big discovery however was the desad whale that washed up on th beach, the second within a couple weeks. It’s an immature grey. Too bd theres no grizzlies here, as that would keep them busy for awhile. We’ll leave here tomorrow and go back down to Cannon Beach for the rest of the trip. We’re looking forward to meeting Jim and Susan, friends from Boise. Hopefully they’lll bring some sunshine.
Devils Punchbowl - Oregon Coast
Stellars Sea Lion - Sea Lion Caves
Courting Oysteercatchers
Shorebirds - Greys Harbor
Sea Stacks - Bandon Beach
April 30, 2011 at 8:51 pm
Pete and Alice,
Still snowing here in Montana. Yesterday I thought it was November not the start of May. I am heading to the Park the end of May to the first week in June are you guys going to be home by then. Jim
May 2, 2011 at 4:51 pm
It’s 80 degrees here today…finally some sun this past week. Lake is nearly full for the first time in 5 years. The AZ trip was nice, didn’t find the trogons but it was good weather and relaxing.Sorry about the weather in OR but I understand they do that so Californians won’t move there.