Day 7 – Rocks and Waves

The southern Oregon coast has some beautiful towering cliffs, offshore haystacks, and hidden beaches. However, one never knows what the weather conditions will be. Pat knows from all his years at Ilwaco that if the weather is warm inland, you will likely have fog on the coast. That held true for our travel to the northern California coast.
However, over the years we have found we encounter some of the nicest weather at the coast during spring and early fall. This trip we lucked out and didn’t need all the cold weather clothing that we brought with us. In fact, it was so warm that Pat bought a pair of shorts during one stop. Not a bad problem to have on a fall adventure.

We both love the west coast ocean with its perpetual thunder and crashing waves. We find it interesting how the water conditions can drastically change from one day to the next. 


Even from one beach to the next, we encountered a variety of wind and waves. This trip we had quite a contrast between days. One day the waves crashed in 4 or 5 rows and the wind was so light that we couldn’t fly our kite. However, the following day there were towering waves and thundering breakers far out toward the horizon, along with a strong wind that kept us from flying that silly kite!



Oh well, we enjoy either condition and the kite will wait for another trip.


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