Oregon Coast

These photos could all use some bit of explanation but in the interest of getting them up on the blog I'm just putting them up without words. Suffice it to say they are all from our visit to the Brookings, OR area along the southern coast of Oregon. The building is the B&B we stayed in and the other shots are all along the coast or a short way off of same. More to follow.

Steamboat Weekend

Rocky Point Resort hosts a Steamboat Club every year. They began arriving on Thursday and the last one launched his boat on Saturday. If you have never seen small personal steamboats you have missed something unique in the US. It appears most of the boats began life as a Lifeboat sometime in the 40's and 50's - many of them for WWII ships. The largest of them seated 30 or so passengers and are all of metal construction (convenient if you intend to build wood fires in them!!!). The exception to that is the paddlewheel boat pictured below which is all wood and is absolutely beautiful. The owner is a retired airline mechanic now living near Seattle who built everything on the boat except the boiler!!!

Trout at Rocky Point

Becky and I have still not made it out on a boat fishing and were really getting hungry for Oregon trout. Well a guest solved that problem for us yesterday (Monday). One of them caught a 9 pound 10 ounce Red Band Rainbow and after a photo session asked if I wanted it!! Well that was an easy question - now I have the experience of cutting fillets out of one trout. Will let you know later how it tastes.

By the way, it is 28 inches long!!

Around Rocky Point Oregon

We are fortunate that their are lots of 'views' in and around Rocky Point. Here are a few examples.














There are several neighbors nearby who live here more or less fulltime. This is one of the neighbors out for an afternoon ride. They offered to take one of the owners, Linda, for a ride and she was happy to oblige.
















Although Klamath Lake is the largest, there are numerous smaller lakes in the area (and of course Crater Lake just north of us). One of them is named Lake of the Woods. Becky and I drove over for a look and here are a few shots of the scenery.

Below is the view from Ft. Klamath during a recent visit by some local 'role players' for reenactments.