Loving Reminders

We stopped and ate at this diner which reminded me of my Dad. See all the front ends of old cars? Notice even the pink cadillac on the side of the diner. If you sat in the booth in the diner, from the outside it looked like you were driving it.



This was at Tillamook Air Museum. This C-47 plane reminded us of Jed's Dad who was a pilot in World War 2. This is the plane he flew to deliver supplies and soldiers.

Lincoln City, Oregon

We walked along the beach here just waiting to watch the sunset. As you can see, it was worth the wait.







We met up with some friends, Debbie and Mark Watson, and walked along the beach with them. Jed thought it would be funny to scare us with a long piece of seaweed that we found. Debbie and I were looking at it closely when Jed picked it up and jabbed it toward us. We jumped about a foot in the air. He and Mark thought it was very funny. HaHa.

Heceta Head Lighthouse-1894

We stopped to look at the lighthouse and heard seals barking. We looked down the cliff side and saw 50-60 seals basking in the sun! Some are laying on the rocks and some are playing in the pool.

Umpqua River Lighthouse-1857

This is one of the lighthouses we toured at Winchester Bay.



This was taken at the museum at the Coast Guard Station.




Coast Guard Motto. The upstairs floor of the museum was dedicated to the Coast Guard.

These rescue boats were used more than 50 years before putting them out of commission. We heard tales that they held 50 people on one rescue. I don't know where they put them.

Coast Guard Sites

We visited as many Coast Guard stations that we could as a tribute to Travis.



You might be a rough neck.... when you name a boat, "ROUGHNECK."




Anchors away!




Brookings, Oregon. A couple of cutters.

One of the Coast Guards restoration projects. Looks pretty sharp.

The Oregon Coastline

This is part of the Oregon Coastline just off the side of the 101 highway. We didn't make very many miles this day because we kept stopping to look at the view. Breath-taking huh?

The Redwood Forrest, California

We were amazed at how big these giant trees are. Yes, that is our car that fits right through one.



Three hundred feet and still growing.



Jed stood next to this tree to give you an idea of just how massive these trees are.