One more day on the Pacific Coast Scenic Highways, Byways and Back Roads. It took all morning to have E T seen at the Vet. There were two Vets within 5 miles of Umpqua Lighthouse State Park, but neither came highly recommended. We had three people recommend the same Vet, twenty miles south of us. That is who we chose, Hanson-Meekins Animal Hospital in Coos Bay and we are glad we did. We had a long drive and waited well over an hour. First Come, First Serve seems the norm here in Oregon for Vets. We met more nice people and the Vet was excellent. E T is stitches free!!! Hurray!
With half the day gone we decided to stay one more night and check out a few places that “locals” had recommended, further South. Again, we are glad we did. Another 10 miles south of the Vet is Bandon, Oregon. It is a very quaint little touristy town on the water with lots of shops, especially candy shops. I am acquiring an addiction for salt water taffy. I think it has something to do with the salt air or maybe because it was my Mom’s favorite candy.
Then on to Bullard’s Beach State Park, home of the Coquille River Lighthouse, a dog on a leash beach and more awesome dunes. The grand finale was Whiskey Run Beach. You can drive your car right down onto the beach. I wished I’d still had my 4 Runner 🙁 We played it safe and parked on the road. Yesterday and today it was 67 degrees and the wind was blowing 25 – 30 knots. We’ve had our heat on at night. The last thing we expected to see at Whiskey Run Beach were Kite Boarders! I’ve enjoyed watching Kite Boarding in the Florida Keys and have thought, ” Hmmmm, that would be fun to try”. The people here are crazy!!! Between the strength of the wind, the size of the waves and ROCKS, BIG HUGE ROCKS, sticking out of the water, I don’t know what they were thinking. It was fascinating to watch though, in a scary way.
Enjoy the slide show.
Rich’s Dad and Stepmother lived in coos Bay, Coquille and North Bend at different times. We used to go to Bandon, too! The Cranberry Sweet Store was great with all the samples they gave out! Yum, yum. Glad ET has the stitches out and she looks healthy in all the pictures.