Very foggy and overcast this morning so we did some laundry. It cleared a little about noon so we set off for a little historic tour. First stop was the Hughes House. Originally built in 1898, the place belonged to a cattle farmer who made it big selling butter. Wow, different times for sure! The house is over 3000 sq ft. and cost $3500 to build. Unfortunately, after the last of the Hughes died, the house was rented, neglected, and much of the original stuff disappeared. The house is furnished with "period correct" items.
This stove is very unique. It was designed and built in Europe and specially delivered. It is wood burning.
Next on our historic tour was the Cape Blanco Lighthouse. This is the oldest lighthouse in service in Oregon, continuous since 1870. It is the tallest at 256 ft above sea level and the furthest west of the Oregon coast lights. It was tended by 3 keepers on a rotating shift; 2 on each night. It originally used lard oil, later kerosene, then it was electrified in 1936. It also changed its signature from constant white to intermittent white every 20 seconds. The light on/off was controlled by a shutter, then in 1980 the head rotated and the shutter was scrapped. Today it is using that same 2.5 million candle power, 1000 watt light we have seen in other lighthouses. They confirmed that it runs on household voltage and current. It is a halogen bulb.
We had a hankering to do some beach walking. We found an agate beach at Tseriadun State Park, in Port Orford. It was high tide, with big waves coming in. The beach is not sand, its very fine stone. We found some agates and other rocks that we will polish in the rock tumbler when we get home.
Ok, so where is the surfing pelican? Several of these guys were floating around just off shore, likely waiting to snag dinner as it floats by. A couple times a big wave would roll under and break right in front of the bird shown here. I was waiting for him to "hang ten" and come surfing in.
Tomorrow we are on the move toward Brookings, in the banana belt. We have mixed emotions leaving tomorrow, but there is not much more to see or do here. Port Orford is a nice little town (pop 1200) and we really enjoyed this campground. Port Orford RV Village is family owned, husband and wife. The facilities are top notch with little niceties like coffee in the morning and a social in late afternoon.
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