Day 5-Wednesday

Hey, guess what! It looks like the rain has stopped! It is still cloudy and there is a breeze blowing, but hopefully the day will get better as it goes on.

We decided to head south and see what lighthouses we could find. The first one we went to was south of Yachats, it was the Heceta Head lighthouse. Had to park in the parking lot and hike up to the lighthouse. The sign said it was 1/2 mile hike, I think it was closer to a mile! Very pretty view from there, that is where the pictures were taken. We did a tour of the lighthouse, it was very interesting. The lens has 6 bulls eyes with over 300 prisms that reflect the light almost straight outward. The lens and prisms are all original and came from England. The only changes was to install electricity instead of using oil for light. From the area you could hear the sea lions in the caves further up the road. There were also tons of birds on the rocks surrounding the hill.

After the tour, we decided we were starving and headed back south in search of lunch. Before we found somewhere to eat a place where Lynn Yeates has told us to go to see the sea lions, Strawberry Hills. We parked and walked down the beach and at first didn't see any. Then Bob noticed some movement on the rocks. Sure enough, dozens of seals sleeping on the rocks. We were able to get up pretty close to them after maneuvering over the rocks. Also got some good pictures of the star fish that were clinging to the sides of the rocks. We found a mexican restaurant in Yachats, looked pretty good so we decided to give it a try. They had sea food as well as mexican. We decided to give the grilled salmon a try as we had yet to find any. Boy or boy, was it ever good. It was some of the best we have ever had. That restaurant defiantly got the thumbs up.

After lunch, we stopped at the parking lot at mile marker 150, where Lynn has said was a good place to hunt for agets. Tooks some searaching but we finally began to find some. The wind had again kicked up and it was getting cold, so after a while we called it quits and went in search of another light house, went to the Yaquina Head Lighthouse. The light house was closed for tours, we got there a little late. It is really neat, got some good pictures. As we were leaving, Bob pulled over to take a picture and noticed a big rock off the side off the road, there were a lot of seals just relaxing on the rocks. We may try to get back there later Thursday both to search for more agets and tour the light house.

Back at the condo, it was pizza, pop and ice cream for dinner.

Went back down to the beach. I sat on the dunes and watched the waves crashing, while Bob was more adventures' and got drenched by the waves! The wind was picking up, so we headed back to the condo so Bob could get out of his wet clothes and have a nice hot shower.

Spent the rest of the evening watching t.v. then hit the sack.