Here we are at the entrance of The Sea Lion Caves.  Formation of the cavern started around 25 million years ago.  It's the largest sea cave in the America's.  It's only about 8 miles from us.  

 There were over 100 sea lions the day we were here.  It was extremely loud as it seemed that every sea lion had something to say.  The cavern is 12 stories big and stretches the length of a football field.

After a 120ft elevator ride down to the cavern I climbed some stairs to this opening in the Northern part of the cavern.  This is a look Northwards.  Heceta Head lighthouse can be seen in the distance

Cathy is standing by a lifesize sculpture of the Steller Sea Lions we saw in the cave.  If you are in this area come and visit here.  It was better that I thought it was going to be.

 We bought these super spy binoculars to look far out in the ocean.  But then had to get a tripod adapter as your hands wiggle too much.  It is said that you can see whales spouting.  Still looking.

 Very powerful waves coming ashore today.  Very fun to watch.

As Charlie Brown would say.... Good Grief!     See the little guy on the sign?  Lookit, Lookit, Lookit... he's trying to outrun a Tsunami.  Did you know the government has a tsunami warning web site?  Check out:  http://ptwc.weather.gov/?region=1

 Fishing for Salmon off the rocks at the mouth of the Yachats River as it empties into the Pacific Ocean.  The fishing was good.  The catching not so.

 We go through this tunnel on the way South on Hwy 101 on our way to Florence, Oregon.

 These arched bridges are common where we are.  This one is about a half-mile from Sea Perch RV Resort.

Another nice one!  

 Absolutely spectacular sundowns on the Oregon coast.  Every Night!  This was taken out of the window on our coach.

 JELLYFISH!  This one measures around 4 inches across.  They seem to wash up on shore every day.

 I drove down a side road off of Hwy 101 North of Coos Bay on a Harley ride to take this picture.  It's a draw bridge and are fun to drive across.  I've noticed there are several draw bridges up and down the Oregon coast.

 We drove about 20 miles South on Hwy 101 to Florence to eat at ICM Restaurant that features "All you can eat Crab".   Check out:   http://www.icmrestaurant.com/     We enjoyed a sunny day on their outside deck and pigged out on clams, muscles, a giant crab cocktail and this crab filled bread thingy.  They get $65 each for all you can eat crab.

 Views from the ICM restaurant's rear deck.

Another view from the deck but this Seagull has only one leg, was very healthy and could care less that I was within 5 feet of him.

The Amazing Oregon Coast

 This is where we will be living for a few months now.  This view is right off of the back of the pad where the coach is parked.  The nice grassy area also has a horseshoe pit, big fire ring and a plastic hydrant (for dogs).

 Not too far south from us is this magnificent view of the coastline.

 We pulled off of hwy 101 and took this little road down to the beach.  We thought our doxie Chloe was getting car sick (not!).  But instead we got treated to this awesome view.  Wow.

We daily take a walk on the beach.  Today we ran across a couple of sections of beach with these roundy formations.  There is nothing inside but sand as well.

 The size of this fungus is approx the diameter of a baseball.  It's the first time I saw this type and they were just emerging from the soil.

 Sandy Ridge trail is a nationally known mountain bike trail.  The weekend of August 9th was the site of a race with as much as 250 to 300 riders.  It attracted professional riders.  You can see some of the vendor tents here.  Some of the bikes here are worth $5000 to $6000.

 Here's the finish line.  Although out of the frame the time keepers were just behind the tree on the left hand side.

Although we are leaving Wildwood Recreation for the Oregon coast we must not forget that it IS a Black Bear and Mountain Lion Habitat!  Cool!

 We saw this pretty cool fungus on a recent walk.  It's about the size of half an angelfood cake and it's hard to the touch.

 A couple of evenings ago this mother and what we think are twins came out of the forrest to snack.  I took this picture through the window of our coach.  Unfortunately the camera thought it needed a flash but the window of the RV effected the clarity.

 These ducks were off of the boardwalk that winds itself through the wetlands here at Wildwood.  The Wildwood Wetland Trail and Boardwalk is a 1 mile loop.

 This big tree growing around a giant rock is found at the trail head of the Bolder Ridge Trail in Wildwood.

What we've noticed in this part of Oregon is all the nursery's.  I think we found the Dr. Seuss trees!