One of my favorite places on the northern Oregon coast is Cape Meares.
It has a lighthouse which is quite impressive … from above, at least. It’s actually the shortest, squattest lighthouse I have ever seen.1
The fog was moving in and out very quickly the last time I visited. There were less than five minutes between the time I took each of the first two photos in this post. If you look closely, you can see the lighthouse at the end of the walkway above.
I visited a few years ago on a late, extremely foggy afternoon. I loved the way the sun, low on the horizon, was shining through the lighthouse lens.
The photo above shows another part of Cape Meares, immediately south of the lighthouse. The tiny dots on the beach are actually people.
Just north of Cape Meares is a fascinating spit of land called the Bayocean Peninsula.2 On my way out there this past summer, I noticed the odd little boat above and was compelled to take multiple photos of it.3
Another view of that extraordinarily fast-moving fog on Cape Meares is above.
I was going to include a photo of the lighthouse in this email but the truth is that I really don’t like the way it looks from below. You can tap here to see someone else’s photo.
Bayocean Peninsula is bordered on the east by Tillamook Bay and on the west by the Pacific Ocean, thus its name. Enterprising developers created a resort there a little over a hundred years ago; it was eventually reclaimed entirely by the ocean. You can learn more here (short form) and here (long form, including a roughly 30-minute video).
Then again, I’ve lived in a landlocked desert state for the better part of the last four decades, so what do I know? Maybe it’s not actually an odd boat.
Such a lovely place. Thanks for sharing the beauty, Lisa.
Wow, those are spectacular! We always wanted to get to the Oregon coast & we’ve recently let that trip go. Your pics provide the beauty we had hoped to see in person. Thank you!