ROGUE RIVER JET BOAT TRIP

1,000 horsepowered jet boat which was very stable in the swirling white waters. We traveled 104 miles round trip on the Rogue River.

Entering one of the canyons in this National Scenic and Wild area.







Entering and exiting the white water rapids.

ROGUE RIVER JET BOAT TRIP

One of many Bald Eagles we saw along the way.

Nests belonging to Swallows along the canyon walls. These nests have to be rebuilt each spring as during the winter water from the rains and mountains rise to above the level of the nests.

Rocks have to be navigated very carefully!

This is the spray after one of our many 360 degree spins; just in case the white water rapids were not scary enough!!

ROGUE RIVER JET BOAT TRIP

Blue Heron on the hunt.

Trolling self-made waves. Our captain was all about keeping it exciting. He was very successful.

Spring water cascading into the Rogue which eventually flows into the Pacific.

A rest stop with our jet boat at the dock. The rest stared after the quite steep climb up the path to the rest rooms and refreshment hut.

This is the town of Agnes deep in the forest that only has one two-lane road to reach it. Needless to say boaters are basically the only people they see. I think their population is under 30 folks.

ROGUE RIVER JET BOAT TRIP

We are headed for a water fight. You can see a bucket aiming at us. However, we fought back. Walter and another fellow were firing water cannons and it ended by our captain spraying the attackers with jet spray from the boat. That really works! Between this water fight and the many 360 spins from our captain, we were all fairly wet.


On our return trip, we met our attackers again, but we all made peace and waved to each other.


Lunch stop overlooking the Rogue. We were still wet.

Another view of the beautiful winding Rogue River.

ROGUE RIVER JET BOAT TRIP

Wild and Scenic.

The Cascades as seen from the Rogue.


Swirling Rapids.
All we left behind--the wake from our boat.

HARRIS BEACH STATE PARK - SOUTHERN OREGON COAST

Field of flowers above the Coast.


Pacific Ocean sea stack filled cove. In this cove, we watch for some time, a golden brown sea lion hunting for food.











From the ridge above the ocean, we photographed this Sea Gull in flight.

Sea Stacks at Harris Beach State Park

HARRIS BEACH STATE PARK - SOUTHERN OREGON COAST

A quiet cove.

Pacific Ocean beach.





View of the north end of Harris Beach State Park

HARRIS BEACH STATE PARK - SOUTHERN OREGON COAST

A panaramic perspective of a Pacific shoreline.





Small wild orchids.


The coast is a rocky one, however the beach sand is charcoal colored with no shells, but the surf brings in smooth rounded gray black stones.



Small shore wild flowers

Seagulls perspective of the sea stacks.

SOUTHERN OREGON COAST - BROOKINGS TO GOLD BEACH

This is Cape Sebastian which was first seen by Spanish explorer Vizcaino in the 1500s.














The bridge over the Rogue River. Ten miles north of here, the Rogue is a National Wild and Scenic River that protects the amount and type of use in and around the river.

Coastal bluffs are part of what makes the Oregon Coast so special. To the west of Coastal Route 101 is the Pacific Ocean with nature's sculpture of Sea Stacks and to the east of Route 101 the mountains make their ascent.
















One of the many coves with Sea Stacks that dot the Oregon Coast.

Beach and Sea Stacks can be seen along this 50 miles stretch of Coastal Highway 101.

SOUTHERN OREGON COAST - BROOKINGS TO GOLD BEACH

The beach at Pistol River with 30 knot winds blowing over the sands.

Rugged coast line graced by sea stacks where each stack is different from the other in size and wind sculpted shape.



Pistol River State Park.

A gale force warning was in effect about 20 miles out to sea producing strong wind swept beaches.

KITE FESTIVAL - BROOKINGS, OREGON

One of many beautiful kites at this yearly festival.

Competition teams at their stations getting ready to perform.






Four stacked kites with filament tails and four French kites flying in formation. It was amazing to see the control used flying these kites to music.

KITE FESTIVAL - BROOKINGS, OREGON

This festival was a display of talent from winners of regional competitions. The colors to the left represent different regions.

Out our window, craft and food booths were set up in the Marina property. It was extremely interesting watching all that goes into festivals from our own home. The folks in the food booths come in real early and start cutting, chopping, and setting up. Folks with craft booth spend hours getting set up.

Our first two days here felt like we were at Coney Island. It was a fun beach event.



Fog was a visitor for this weekend festival. In the 10 days we have been here, these were the only two days of fog. Folks sitting around the field enjoying the great kite show.

Below are 5 separate kites strung together and doing a routine to music. All kite flying demonstrations were set to music. We never realized how much can be done with a kite. We could rarely keep a kite up, let alone do tricks.