THE Trip, THE Encore' :: Simpson Reef, near Coos Bay Oregon

Copyright 2015, CABS for Reflections From the Fence

From June 7, 2013, Oregon.  We are NOT in Oregon today.  

A few posts back I shared our first visit to Simpson Reef, a bit foggy. remember??

Two days later, Man and I made a repeat trip out to this area, the sun was shining, oh, was it shining! Picture postcard perfect shining.  (Note:  Most of these photos have only been re-sized for posting to the blog.  I'll tell you when I did more.  Yes, picture perfect!)

Let's put Sony Too to work:

Zooming:

Yes, elephant seals, lots of em, oblivious to all of the humans and the cameras snapping their photos.  

The next two photos are from Sony Too with assistance of the photo editing program,  a bit of sharpness and contrast added.

Just love how these two are so relaxed, one totally on it's back, balancing on rocks.  

Telling the world of all your issues, elephant seal style.  Magnificent, isn't it?

Yes, I took many more photos of the seals, which I know you will thank me for NOT sharing.  So, finally I turned to look south, glorious, and no photo-shopping here either, this is how Sony Too saw the view and how I remember it - - gorgeous - - breath taking.  

Next we will visit the Shore Acres Gardens which are nearby.  Oh, my!!  Previewing the photos, that might have to be two posts, one for flora and one for coast line.

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THE Trip, THE Encore' :: Lunch In The Fog, Or, Was That Sea Mist?

Copyright 2015, CABS for Reflections From the Fence

This story is from June 5, 2013, well over a year ago (noting we are NOT in Oregon today).

After our visit to the Charleston Harbor area we headed out to three Oregon State Parks:   Sunset Bay State Park, Shore Acres State Park and Cape Arago State Park.  The three are strung out like so many jewels, one bordering the next.  We drove and visited all three while we were in Coos Bay area.

First it was time for lunch, it was a bit chilly, and damp, but, we braved the temps to have our lunch sitting next to Sunset Bay.

The conditions were not the best, but the views were still terrific:

After lunch we drove to Simpson Reef Overlook.  Look what the winds do to the shrubs.  We could hear the cries of the elephant seals, but could not see them.

From there we drove on to Cape Arago:

The all important and necessary panoramic:

There was a stone wall here, and the smallest of plants were growing in the cracks.  They were small.  Really small. I am going to guess this one was about 2 inches wide at the most.  Don't cha just love macro photography??

Again, macro photography, I had the wall to balance on and steady Sony Too with.  I love these two photos so much:

Despite the fog/sea mist we enjoyed our stops at these three parks.  And we were able to revisit a few days later, with no fog/sea mist.

We spent most of the rest of this day hiking at the South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve area.

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