On the Road With T-
Day 4: Newport to Bandon, Oregon
Seal Rock: Pop 1,305
Waldport: Pop 2,249
The old Alsea Bay Bridge was blown up in 1991
Yachats: Pop 784
William Everson, a conscientious objector, printing The Untide at Camp Angel. The CO camp may have led to the rise of beatniks.
Cape Perpetua
Road around Cape Perpetua blasted out by the Forest Service in 1914.
Heceta Light House
Sea Lion Caves
1937 Post Card of Sea Lion Caves
Florence: Pop 8,921
Florence, Oregon where old people go to visit their even older parents.
The Dunes
Our Ride
The Dunes are constantly moving
Sam surrounded by invasive European Beach Grass (Ammophila arenaria)
The much broader bladed American Beach Grass (Elymus mollis)
Gardiner: Pop 466
An Umpqua man's reservation photo
Reedsport: Pop 4,085
The Umpqua River Bridge in 1939
North Bend: Pop 9,708
North Bend Docks
Coos Bay: Pop 16,326
The Coos Bay Bridge was Conde B. McCullough’s favorite bridge. It was renamed in his honor after his death in 1947.
The New Carissa
The New Carissa in 1999. To get an idea of how big the ship was, look at how small the helicopter flying through the smoke is in comparison.
Amanda's Story
The Amanda Statue located at Cape Perpetua 75 miles north of Coos Bay.
Bandon: Pop 3,122
Bandon after the 1936 Fire
Cars that didn't make it out of Bandon in time
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort
Greetings from Sam
Mom, since you were driving through Waldport today I was going to come see you, but then I saw the stop sign at the end of the road, and you know I’m a good boy and I do what I’m told, so I stopped.