Pacific Northwest Coast more Pacific Northwest Coast
From Highway 101 near the bridge between Nehalem and Wheeler. Oregon coast. 2008.
Oceanside, Oregon, 2009.
I photographed several wonderful ocean scenes from our room’s balcony, and then photographed an approaching squall. As it approached, the direct sunlight through the raindrops became more and more exciting, but the windblown raindrops hit my lens faster than I point the camera and release the shutter. I retreated inside, set down the camera in defeat, and collapsed. Then I opened my eyes and looked at the window! Cliff Top Motel, Oceanside, Oregon. 2009.
Fogarty Creek Cove, Oregon. 2008.
Little Creek Cove, near Newport, Oregon. 2007.
Little Creek Cove, near Newport, Oregon. 2007.
Just north of Fogarty Creek Cove, Oregon, 2008.
Willapa Bay, Washington. Low tide almost completely drains this bay which at high tide is second only to San Francisco Bay on the west coast. It’s a great oyster grower and an important food source for migrating shore birds. The barely visible sapling trunks mark ownership and management tract boundaries. Though Willapa Bay is entirely separated from the Columbia by land, the Columbia’s plume in the ocean, spreads north and is swept by the tide into Willapa Bay—as the largest freshwater source for that low-salinity bay! Photographed from the U.S. 101 historical marker for Bruceport, in Washington. 2001.
Looking down the Nehalem River from the waterfront of Wheeler, Oregon. 2008.
Oceanside, Oregon, 2009.
Oswald West State Park, Oregon. 2009.
South from Yaquina Head, central Oregon coast. 2007.
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