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After leaving Newport, we dawdled our way down the coast, staying near Yachats, Bandon, and Brookings. Cape Perpetua is here, and Heceta Head, and . . . .
ONA BEACH TO YACHATS
Lanquid Beaver Creek, near Ona Beach, south of Newport
Birding at Seal Rock State Park, north of Waldport
Elephant Rock, a dominant basalt monolith at Seal Rock
Alsea Bay Bridge Interpretive Center, next to its namesake bridge in Waldport, contains information and photos of the history of Oregon bridges
Conde B. McCullough, Mr. GoodBridges, designed many of Oregon's most graceful bridges
Paintings of old Alsea Bay Bridge (left) and new bridge behind the old (right) before the latter was torn down
Cape Perpetua north of Yachats	CCC-made stone lookout atop Cape Perpetua
Big spruce gives us the OK sign on Devils Churn trail	Crashing waves at Devils Churn (Cape Perpetua). And this is at low tide!
Devils Churn is a narrow chasm cut into the cliff where pounding waves are channeled into its cove and go whoosh!!
Murre-like mobile and whale sculpture at Cape Perpetua Visitor Center
HECETA HEAD HIKE
Geno did a terrific, short hike to Heceta Head Lighthouse, taking Hobbit/Heceta Head trail from Hwy 101	Looking at Heceta Head from Hwy 101 viewpoint across the cove
Along the trail	Cape Creek
Great peeks of Hobbit Beach and rugged coastal cliffs from the trail
Arriving at Heceta Head Lighthouse
Under the Cape Creek Bridge, another Conde B. McCullough beauty -- looks like a Roman viaduct
Views of the Lighthouse Keepers house at Heceta Head
Wonderful scenes on the Hobbit Trail . . .
. . . lined with lush ferns . . .
. . . and some fascinating mushrooms which sprouted after the first fall rains
The forest floor was carpeted with new mushrooms of many varieties
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