Wednesday 26th September

This is our first view of the Pacific Coast in Oregon, Siletz Bay at high tide.

We stopped further on at Boiler Bay, a popular viewing point.

We spent a couple of hours here at Depoe Bay, hoping to see a whale but not really expecting to.

Just as we were walking away we saw this whale blowing only a couple of hundred yards out from where we were standing. We found out later that it was a Gray whale, about 40 feet long. We were able to watch it for a long time before it disappeared into deeper water.

Further on we walked along the beach with the sea mist coming in and suddenly this island appeared directly in front of us looming over us in the mist - it was quite surreal.

We stopped just north of Lincoln City to enjoy the view when the bank of fog that we could see out at sea began rolling in.

This section of coast is well known for good conditions for kite surfing and we were able to watch five or six of them zipping along the waves.