Port Orford Part 2

Things got interesting

Most of the time, things go pretty well with this strange life we live. Our second night in Port Orford, we were awakened by a lady yelling in the RV park. At first she was yelling "help" but quickly went to "someone give me your keys". We saw flashlights waving around and heard people trying to help her. She was a hallucinating transient with a knife and finally had to be tazed by the police and taken to the mental health unit. It made us sad but don't feel any less safe in our trailer than we were in our home in Woodland Park. The Texas 7 (escaped convicts) were found a few blocks from our house several years ago.

 

Fortunately, the rest of our stay was uneventful.

Bike riding the Wild River Coast Bikeway video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry9g0iwIsdA&feature=youtu.be 

 

We saved the hilly section of the ride to the lighthouse for our last day and no wind!

 

 Most of the bike ride is through farm land.

 There were cranberry bogs.

 The Elk River

 We made it!!

 

The town of Port Orford

Griff's on the harbor for halibut.

 

And other interesting businesses.

The scent of fresh baking bread and cinnamon drew us into the Golden Harvest.

 Getting here before the summer crowds start arriving was a treat. A jacket was needed with the cool temperatures, highs in the 60 and lows upper 40s.

A view from the lighthouse as Mike ponders.....

Battle Rock

Battle Rock Park is named for the historic battle that took place at Battle Rock where the Qua-to-mah Native Americans fought Capt. William Tichenor's men in 1851. 



We walked down to the caves in Battle Rock to find some real treasures but kept an eye on the tide as it was on its way back in.

You didn't really think we would stop posting all of these cool tide pooling pictures while still at the ocean.

 



The anemones were opening ups as the water started rising.

Mussels on the walls

This cave had so many interesting creatures.

Barnacles

Anemones opening up as the water would rise.



 

There were many different types of starfish each day as we walked the beach.

Jabba the Hut looking anemones having a brunch of crab.



This town of 1100 people turned out to be a real treat and no rain!

 

On our arrival to Port Orford, the RV park manager gave us instructions on where to go if the tsunami alarm sounded. We didn't think about it much until we heard about the earthquakes in Hawaii. Now we know to go left two blocks and up the hill. 

 

What a week we enjoyed, walking the beach in the morning and then bike riding in this cool little coastal town.

After riding the Elk River section of the bikeway, we stopped at Red Fish for lunch. Planning a bike ride that ends with lunch is very important. A great view doesn't hurt.

 

Now we head to Eugene to check out more bikeways. We hear they have covered bridges.