Bandon Oregon

Journey to a Land of Water Wind and Fire

Part B: The Oregon Coast III i

By the Beautiful Bandon Sea

We left Cape Arago and drove south toward the resort community of Bandon, also called "Bandon-By-The-Sea." At first glance, it resembled other Oregon Coastal towns we had been in. It had a boardwalk through a commerecial section of town.




It also had a fishing dock that had obviously "working" boats tied up.






It even had a river flowing down to the sea to admire.




And, of course, there was a lighthouse which I pictured in an earlier blog.



But then the comparisons began to break down. For next we came to the sea, or rather where the sea met the land. And it was a wild meeting, for sure.


And the beach was not the soft white sand most often pictured in programs about "America's 10 best beaches", and other similar pieces of "travel fluff." This was definitely not a soft white sandy beach. It was grey, and it had lots of driftwood laying about.



And it had these rocks, sticking our of the water, just off from the beach, they called the "sea stacks." Because of the weather, we limited our time there, but I understand there are many more there than we saw in our short stay.




Because the longer we stayed there, the wilder it got. Until, we decided that we would leave the beach and head for more civilized surroundings, namely dinner. And so, with one last fond look at this amazing beach, we turned and headed for supper.








And after supper, we turned inland to begin the next phase of our journey. But we had just had an amazing 3rd day.