June 9, 2013

Cape Blanco State Park

Port Orford, OR

We had a leisurely morning as we didn’t have to report to the lighthouse until 12:30.

When we pulled up to the area reserved for the guides, we noticed the two portable potties had been moved a few feet and placed closer to the fence.  I thought that they had been moved to provide more parking but found out later on that they had blown the few feet to their new location by the wind.

The tours had been stopped early yesterday due to winds over 50 MPH. 

It felt that windy today and I thought it might keep people away.  BUT we had non-stop visitors the entire shift. 

Monte took this picture from the tower of a group of seals or sea lions

on one of the large rocks. There were twice as many of them on the rock before he took the picture-but a large wave washed over the rock and pushed them in the water.



These are pictures Monte took from the tower.

View looking down from the lantern room.

 

The gear that drive the lighthouse lens. 

 

The Visitor Center is to the left.

At 3:15, Carol, who was hosting the Greeting Center, came up to the lighthouse to inform me that she had 18 people coming up for a tour.  I laughed and told her that was a good one.  She said she was serious. And she was.  The group was a family having a reunion.

 

I gave them my part of the tour as a group and then sent them up into the tower in groups of 5. 

After dinner, we walked down to the bluff overlooking the beach.  It was clear with good visibility.  We sat for a while and just as we were ready to move on, Monte spotted two whales.  They were close to each other and stayed for a while.  Watching them was well worth sitting in the cold and wind.