June 7, 2013

Cape Blanco State Park

Port Orford, OR

We had the AM shift today which meant meeting the Full day shift (they had the keys that unlock the gate and lighthouse) at 9:45.

I was in a very deep sleep when the alarm went off and I did not want to get up.   We stayed up late watching TV.  I’m not going to make a habit of that when we have to get up early in the morning.

We only had four visitors the first hour.  The fog had rolled in and I thought it was going to be like that the entire day. 

 

 

 

 

But within half an hour it cleared up and was warm enough to start the tours outside.

During the second hour we had non-stop visitors.  Some are very interested and ask really good questions.  Thank goodness I have the answer for most of the queries.  Some people make it clear they just want to get up in the tower so I cut my speech down to a minute.

The birds were very actively building the nest in the entryway of the Visitor Center.

 

 

 

A couple of deer came by to have a bite to eat in the meadow next to the Visitor Center.

The morning really flew by and before I knew it we were being relieved at 1pm.  

After a quick lunch at home, we grabbed our laptops and headed into town to the library.

I watched a couple of shows on Hulu and Monte took pictures of photos that were in a book the librarian had in a filing cabinet.

Picture of Light station prior to demolition of duplex and Head light keepers' residence'

Arial view

 

We left the library a few minutes before the closing time at 5pm and stopped into Rays, the only grocery store in town.  Having satisfied Monte sweet tooth with a bag a chocolates and a blueberry pie, we took a ride to Heads State Park.  The park is located on what used to be one of the earliest US Coast Guard lifeboat stations on the Oregon Coast.

 

Unfortunately it was closed.  We wandered around the grounds taking pictures. 

There are a couple of trails leading from the park that we would like to do so we will come back at a later date.

The museum includes the station’s refurbished, unsinkable 36-foot motor life boat.
After dinner we took our nightly walk around the campground and down to the bluff overlooking the beach.  There was so much fog we could not see the water but we did see a couple of deer munching away in the meadow below us.  Neither Monte nor I had our cameras with us.  BUMMER