Newport, Rogue, and Yaquina Head
On the way South, along the coastline, we stayed a single night in Newport, Oregon, at the Marina. It was an impromptu stay, partly to prevent a drive through the greater Portland area, partly to avoid the silliness of Portland’s laws and partly to keep Kerri on the coast for as long as possible – it makes her smile. It also happened to work out well to find a welder who would fix a cracked weld on the truck’s hitch, preventing a major tragedy.
That evening we walked the short distance from the trailer to the Rogue House of Spirits to sample a few of the local bottles (Kerri did not leave without a couple 750ml samples in hand) then off to the Rogue Brewery where we tried a few stouts and ate a dinner way too large for the both of us.
In the morning we set out to have the weld fixed first thing then off to the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area, which I must say was pretty darn outstanding. Stopping in at the visitor’s center we decided against taking a guided tour of the Yaquina Lighthouse due to the long wait (and my laziness). Instead we kept it simple and generally saw the sights which included the lighthouse, a family of seals relaxing in the cove, and a pod of wales in the distance off the point. If I had more time I would surely have loved to spend it in this park.
