57168--Going Costal

[zyzyly]

WE took our time leaving Grants Pass. It's a cool little town and we drove around for a while looking at things. We went to the Fred Meyers to get some sandals for Malida and ended up buying a bunch of clothes for me. No sales tax in Oregon! Our plan was to have lunch at the Japanese place that was closed yesterday, but it was closed today too, so we ended up in a little Chinese-American place that offered prime rib for $6. I went with the mongolian beef, which was pretty good.

We decided to take the scenic route to the coast, which took us through redwoods before dipping us back down in California for a bit prior to reentering Oregon on the coast. It was a lovely drive. We stopped along the Smith River for an afternoon snack.



It was supposed to be somewhat rainy on the coast, but we encountered a spectacular, though windy, day. We took our time driving up, and didn't get to Florence until about 6 pm. We went to old town for dinner, then came back to relax.



The view from our room.

Comments

[rejectomorph]

Scary big rock!

[zyzyly.livejournal.com]

Even scarier when it started crawling across the beach!

[rejectomorph]

Aiieee!

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

Love the reflections under the bridge in that last photo!

[zyzyly.livejournal.com]

I have some more shots from the next night with even better reflections. I'm waiting until I get home so I can see them properly before I post them up.

[amaebi.livejournal.com]

Beautiful photos, as always. I'm specially with khiemtran.

I have to ask: is "going costal" a joke about the prime rib?

[zyzyly.livejournal.com]

haha--no. I have tried for a few days now to even connect it in my mind with prime rib and failed. What was your thought?

It was just a random phrase that popped into my head--a riff on "Going Postal"

[amaebi.livejournal.com]

Ah! I was thinking costal in the sense of "of the rib."

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

Pretty Oregon shots.

[zyzyly.livejournal.com]

Thanks--it's a lovely spot to photograph. Hard to go wrong.

[thoughtsbykat.livejournal.com]

Beautiful photos. I love the first photo of Malida walking towards the view. I'm glad that the two of you are having a relaxing time.

[zyzyly.livejournal.com]

We are so relaxed that it is now 12:30 pm and we are still sitting in our little cabin drinking coffee and looking out at the trees. We need to get up and actually go out and walk among them!

[elainetyger.livejournal.com]

Now that's what I'm talkin'bout! Leaving my apartment for a flight to Oregon, if only in my mind.

[zyzyly.livejournal.com]

Yay!