August 8th

It is hard to believe that it has been over a week since I last posted anything.  It seems like all we have been doing is working and laying around waiting for the weather to get better.  As we say here on the coast if it is hot in the valley it is foggy here on the coast.  Boy has it been over cast lately, we get up to Oregon mist and go to bed with Oregon mist.  Today was really nice though so we got up had a great breakfast of biscuits and gravy, Cyndy's favorite.  I really like it too, but she just ate a little bit, but me I made a pig out of my self.
With the sun out we headed up to Bandon to get some pictures of the Coquille River Lighthouse and check out the Face Rock Creamery.

  Yep, when we got to the lighthouse it was still a little foggy, and this Seagull was in no hurry to move.

Turbo got up on a log and looked at me and said see I can stand here like that dumb bird did.

Here is a little history about the Lighthouse, this is easier to take a picture and post it then type it all in.

Yep, the fog is still here, but I think the sun is starting to burn thru.

Ok the sun is out get some picture's before the fog comes back in.  There is a nice visitors center here and you can take a tour up into the lighthouse.

As you can see by looking out towards the ocean the fog is coming in!!!!!

 

I hope when we get to the other side it will still be clear!!!

As you can see we didn't make it before the fog rolled back in, maybe next time.

There is a fellow here in town that made these art works out of things he picks up off the beach.

It is amazing how some ones junk can be art when put into the right shapes.  We were going to stop by his shop and get some information about some of his other art but he was gone, must of been out collecting more stuff!!!

So as you head into Bandon from the north on 101, watch for this sign.  They had their grand opening in May of this year and they have some really good cheese here.  We sampled a few of them and I walked out with garlic cheese and Cyndy found a couple of more also.  We also tasted some of there specialty wine and yes got a bottle of that too.

We were hoping to see them making some cheese today but we heard they just got done and everything is nice and clean now.  But if you are in the area stop by and sample some of there cheese and maybe have and ice cream cone also.  Because I am on a real good diet I didn't have any, the truth being I was still to full from breakfast to have one, but next time I will come in with a little less in the belly.
We headed back to Box Car and low and behold the sun was still out so Cyndy and I went for a ride.

Cyndy wanted to see where I take everyone when I bring them out on a tour here in the dunes.  After climbing to hills I stopped here to take a picture of the bridge going into North Bend which is part of 101.

If you look real close in the upper right corner of the picture near the water you can see a house there.  It took me over a month of coming out here before I found that place.  It is owned by Ducks Unlimited from what I heard.

Here is a better picture of it.  Below are a few other pictures of the dunes.

Here down by the lake we find another house, with solar panels on it.

We had a great ride I thought, Cyndy said do you really take people through all of that.  Maybe you should tone it down a little.  I said I haven't had any complaints yet.

It has been a while but we had a great ride.  We are looking forward to this next week because out kids will be down and I get to chase them around in the dunes.  So maybe some more pictures next week.