Drive to Coos Bay, OR

Yesterday we drove south about 50 miles to Coos Bay. Our purpose was to get Dean's prescriptions filled at Wal-Mart since there are no CVS stores in Oregon or Washington state.



The drive was a very nice one, passing through several small towns, along lots of sand dunes, some glimpses of the Pacific Ocean and along several lakes. Going south we spotted another lighthouse which meant we had to stop for a picture. This one was at Yaquina Bay. It sits inside a state park by the same name. I was surprised at how many houses were in the lighthouse compound. If I had to guess, I would say at least 10. They all seemed occupied, and apparently they either work at the lighthouse or at the state park.

One thing that we have noticed is that Oregon has protected a lot of the coast line from commercial growth by establishing state parks all along the coast. This, in my opinion, is a wonderful thing. To many coastlines in the U.S. have been overdeveloped and the beauty is gone, but not here. Many of the state parks have campgrounds which we have not checked out yet. There are also a lot of day use areas. To bad more states didn't do this before it was to late.

The Yaquina Lighthouse - still a working one......

One of the many sand dune trails with the surf in the background.

We have seen several of these signs along Hwy 101...