As usual it was foggy this morning and about 60 degrees. We went up the coast to visit the Cape Sebastian and Samuel Boardman scenic corridors, which span pretty much the coast from Gold Beach to Brookings. The Boardman corridor, 12 miles in length, seemed to have the best scenery and access points so most pictures are from this section.
The cloudy/foggy sky resulted in making the otherwise very pretty area rather flat, so the pictures unfortunately reflect that.
A little history about Brookings and Crescent City. In 1964, they were hit by a tsunami from a 9.2 quake in Alaska. It hit the cities with a 20 foot high wall of water in the middle of the night. It wiped out the marinas, many houses, and businesses. It killed 11 people in Brookings. There are no remnants of the damage today, but there is now an early warning system in place. However, the wave traveled at an incredible 600 mph from Alaska, so a repeat of that would still likely only provide a few hours of warning even with the new system. Moral: live on high ground!
Tomorrow the plan is to move to Klamath, California for more redwood forest exploring. We noted yesterday gas runs $4.15/gal, about 50 cents higher than here, so we filled up, but will likely need some while down there.
The Oregon coast has been pretty, but the frequent cloudy, cool, foggy conditions are depressing to us. It is the price they pay for the moderate 60 to 75 degree temperatures. Central Oregon has been running in the 90s, even in towns as close as Medford. Then there is winter, where we hear they get 70 to 75 inches of rain from November to February. That's a quarter inch every day on average! We have concluded that its OK to visit, but not live here.
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