Our visit in Bandon kept us off the road until 1pm, when we bid farewell to Lisa after a good breakfast and quite a few laughs, and headed to our new destination - Port Orford. I knew we weren't going to stop in Port Orford when Bonnie didn't even slow down to take a picture of the "welcome to Port Orford" sign. The ride there was unremarkable. Though the weather was pleasant, there were no astounding vistas to mark our trip and I never stopped to take a single picture, ohmygosh!
Instead we were headed to Gold Beach, and I was grateful. It sounded like a quaint place and Port Orford looked to be just another blip on the map. We stopped at a local grocery and grabbed a quick snack, talked over plans for the night in Gold Beach, guessing we would arrive about 5-6 pm. Off we went for the last leg of the night, expecting more scenery as we had seen since Bandon. Alas, we were MOST pleasantly surprised!
The road out of Port Orford opened up to a spectacular view of blue-green water with sandy beaches and interesting rocks standing irregularly against the magnificently sculpted coastline. It was a totally jaw-dropping moment. We stopped at Battle Park at the south end of Port Orford and captured it there in the late afternoon sun, on camera. This remarkable view continued down all 35 miles of coastline that we traveled to Gold Beach, where the folks at the
Azalea Lodge welcomed us a day early. Then dinner at Spinners and a quick look around town.
Instead we were headed to Gold Beach, and I was grateful. It sounded like a quaint place and Port Orford looked to be just another blip on the map. We stopped at a local grocery and grabbed a quick snack, talked over plans for the night in Gold Beach, guessing we would arrive about 5-6 pm. Off we went for the last leg of the night, expecting more scenery as we had seen since Bandon. Alas, we were MOST pleasantly surprised!
The road out of Port Orford opened up to a spectacular view of blue-green water with sandy beaches and interesting rocks standing irregularly against the magnificently sculpted coastline. It was a totally jaw-dropping moment. We stopped at Battle Park at the south end of Port Orford and captured it there in the late afternoon sun, on camera. This remarkable view continued down all 35 miles of coastline that we traveled to Gold Beach, where the folks at the
Azalea Lodge welcomed us a day early. Then dinner at Spinners and a quick look around town.Like ... what town? Although the trip to Gold Beach was AMAZING, Gold Beach itself was blah. No cute waterfront or boats in port. No boardwalk or even street side baskets of flowers. We had higher hopes for Gold Beach for sure. Leaving in the early morning was going to be easy.
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yea! pictures please :D
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