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15, 2003 ~
Cape Blanco Morning, Part 2:
Today's feature is a second part to our
Sunday (Feb. 9) morning visit to Cape Blanco State Park,
click here to view part 1.
After visiting the Sixes River overlook, Hughes House, and Cape Blanco headland
entrance we drove thru the park and started down the road that leads to the
south side Cape Blanco Beach. We stopped at a small clearing that looks
out over the beach (photo on left). You can't see the lighthouse or
headland from this area so I walked south up a small trail until I found a
vantage point with a clear view of the headland. I took the photos below
from this location using different zoom settings. I didn't take Jerry with
me during this excursion because the trail is narrow with steep drop-offs, the
last image shows him waiting impatiently inside the iLoveOregon.com truck.
  
  
We drove down to the beach parking area and
took the first two images from an elevated viewpoint that sits right above the
beach. The last photo is a beach level view looking towards the lighthouse
and a couple surveying some treasures that they just found.
  
I noticed a man and woman setting some small
metal trays into the sand and went over to inquire what they were doing.
It turns out they are with Scientific Investigators, a business specializing in environmentally
friendly ways of extracting gold. The
Hughes Family used to run a
gold mining venture when first settling the area and there is still small
amounts of gold intermixed within the black sand. You can learn more about
their magnetic gold extraction procedure by visiting their website
CleanGold.com.
  
Below are beach level pictures looking north
towards the Cape.
  
Here are my favorite Jerry pics from our day,
notice the unusual colors of the bluff in the second image.
  
You can find quite a bit of neat stuff when
walking along the bluffs. The first row shows some of the various items
that can be seen. The second row features the fossils that are layered in
the bluffs.
  
  
We walked up to the headland and took this next
set of pics.
   
We finish our morning visit to Cape Blanco with
this final set of pictures. First is a view looking south, next is some
gorse beginning to bloom along the cliff side, and finally a pic of Jerry and
myself. We want to thank all that
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features highlighted below.
  February
12, Morning visit to Cape Blanco Park, Part 1. Jerry and I take
advantage of the wonderful weather and take great pics of the Sixes River
Valley, Historic Hughes House, and the Cape Blanco Headland and Lighthouse.
You
can view more pics of the Cape Blanco Headland and Lighthouse (like the one on the
left) by
clicking here.
 February
5, Cape Blanco Sunset. Super sunset and lighthouse pics from Jerry
and my late afternoon visit to Cape Blanco Park and Beach.
You
can view more super sunset pics from Cape Blanco Park and Beach (like the one on the
right) by
clicking here.
 January 14 visit to Battle Rock Park
and Beach. Fantastic pics of Battle Rock Park and beach in this
two part photo feature.
You can
view more great pics of Battle Rock Park and Beach (like the one on the left) by
clicking here. Part 1,
Part 2
 January
13 visit to the Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area. There
are some great Elk pics in this previous feature that I
shot at the Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area just east of Reedsport. Also on
this page are images from my visit to Montana's Bitterroot Valley.
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some great Dean Creek Elk and Montana Pics!
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