Falls, Fog and Other Things

It is a cloudy day,it is suppose to rain tomorrow, it would have seem strange if I didn't have one rainy day while I was here. No one would have believed it if they spent anytime on the Oregon Coast. But September and the first part of October are the nicest times here on the coast as it has usually cooled off in the valley. But not this year it has been hot over there, and it has been nice here. Go figure. Seems like everywhere the weather has been strange this year.


This morning I went to Coos Bay and went to the farmers market, Nothing called out my name. Some of breads looked good but I have a limited amount a space in my suitcase. I guess I could throw out my clothes, ok I am thinking about it and hmmmm nope. But the used bookstore called my name and I was compelled to go in. I did find a few books of course. I also found a 1960 road map of South Dakota. It listed the population of Sioux Falls a little over 65,000. In the last 48 years the population has more then doubled. My plan for it, is to age it, frame it, then hang it. If it doesn't work I am only out a dollar.

I found the greatest little restaurant in North Bend it is called Jeanie's Kitchen. The food is great, the people are wonderful, the prices for around here are low, The atmosphere is the best. Wish I had found it sooner. So if you are ever in North Bend, Oregon you have to stop and Jeanie's Kitchen on Sherman Ave. And make sure you put a pin the map from where you are from.

OK now for the falls and fog. As I got to the other things first.

This past Saturday I went up to Gold and Sliver Falls State Park. I had forgotten how narrow the road becomes when gravel starts not that it is very wide to begin with. When I got up there I could not believe the amount of people were there. When I was younger there was no one up there. It is off the beaten path. The park is located along the banks of Glenn and Silver Creeks and is shaded by large maple, alder, and Oregon myrtle wood trees.


This is Sliver Falls when I was a kid there used to be a old abandon car at the top. There use to be a road from here to over Scottsburg. On some hwy maps stills shows it, there is a road but it no longer goes all the way.


This Golden Falls. It may not seem like it but there is a lot of water coming over both falls as it has been a very dry year here.



Both falls have a drop of over a 150 feet.

OK now a little bit about the Myrtle Wood Trees. Oregon Myrtlewood is a broadleaf evergreen native to Southwestern Oregon. The Umpqua River watershed appears to be the northern boundary of its native habitat.



Although different, Oregon Myrtlewood has a lot of similarities to the Myrtlewood growing in the Holy Land.

In the Bible, the Myrtle tree is of special religious significance, representing fertility and life.

It is a slow growing hardwood which takes 80 to 120 years to reach full size, takes many finishes well. Oregon Myrtlewood possesses a wide variety of beautiful colors and grain patterns and is noted by many as being one of the world’s most beautiful woods. The color of the wood is often influenced by the minerals in the soil where it grows which could be a factor in its popularity here on the Oregon coast. The colors range from blond to black with many shades of honey, browns, grays, reds and greens in between.

Sunday morning it was sunny and foggy at the same place it was very interesting and made for some good pictures.

These first two pictures where taken on pretty clear late afternoon up at the Coast Guard Lookout Station.



These were taken looking out to the same spot.





This picture is my favorite it was taken out at Sunset Beach. You can just make out the bluff. Where I took the picture at in the parking lot it was sunny.

More fog pictures


I just love how the and the light and the shadows bounce off each other.