June 6 & 7, 2013

We stayed in the little town of Port Orford, Oregon to get caught up on necessities.  We had wi-fi to look for somewhere to stay for the next several nights.  We also got caught up on laundry and other things.  Whenever we had some free time, we explored.

 

 

 Port Orford is the oldest town site on the Oregon Coast and the most westerly in the contiguous 48 states. It also is one of only six harbors in the U.S. that take the boats out of the harbor each time they return from sea.

This Visitor Centers door was hand carved by a local artist.

 

Port Orford is the oldest town site on the Oregon Coast and the most

westerly in the contiguous 48 states.

 

 It also is one of only six harbors in the U.S. that take the boats out

of the harbor each time they return from sea

 

The Harbor lifts

 

Boats in storage

It looks like the sea life is difficult without much pay;

but the fishermen love it.

Seascape in Port Orford on a cloudy day

We visited the Cape Blanco Lighthouse.Ton climbed it and it was pretty windy up there.

It was a quaint old town and we enjoyed it.

 

We also visited the Port Orford Lifeboat Station. Built in the 1800 it has defended

the coast well. During World War II, lookouts in the station grew to more than

100 Coast Guardsmen to stand guard. In 1942 the guardsmen of this station also

defended Japanese submarine attacks off the south Oregon coast.

 

 37 foot lifeboat

 

 This interesting barometer caught my attention.

 

 Beautiful flower bushes around the station

 

The beach

and a stack of driftwood. 

 The driftwood I'm sitting is is as smooth as if it was sanded.

My honey ready to walk the beach.

 

The highlight of the two days was this little seaside shack in the harbor, which had the best seafood we’ve had in a long time.  We had fresh locally caught Red Snapper very lightly breaded.  Nice place inside and the service and food were great.

 

 

 

Tomorrow we head to California.