Oregon has lighthouses - at least 12 of them. 9 form a quasi official tour along the coast. Being good sports with nothing better to do, we decided to conquer as many of them as possible. We made 7, deciding to exclude the one you can only see from afar and the one that was only ever used for 3 years (turned out to be in a sub-optimal spot...). Most of them come with quite the stories of the 'hardships endured' by the lighthouse keepers, who would often live with their families close to the lighthouse, aka in the middle of nowhere.
Quite fascinating really and most of all, very well presented by extremely well meaning and knowledgeable senior citizen volunteers - charming really.
In other wonderful news was the weather: as you can see in these pics it was a bit of a mixed bag, so we were very pleased when a large billboard outside of Lincoln City informed us that we were now mid-way between the Northpole & Equator - this means entering the southern part of the northern hemisphere and promoted us to stop and fold down the top of our 'fancy' Sebring convertible - we didn't last too long though - the gray weather caught back up with us in Gold Beach. We decided to make a run for it and to try to make it to sunny California as soon as possible. But not before enjoying a final cup of Coffee in Denmark...
I just re-read this post and realized that I left out something quite significant: the mention of "The Crazy Norwegian's" Fish & Chips in Port Orford honestly the best F & C I've ever had and the establishment also gets bonus point for offering free Wifi to customers (note to the city folks: this is not a very common thing along the Oregon Coast).
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