The Coast Is Clear

When Pooky and I go on a roadtrip, we have a few scenic features we go out of
our way for: covered bridges, kooky roadside attractions, lighthouses, and other
things. We picked up a brochure of the Oregon coast lighthouses and we were
determined to see all 9, only until we realized that a few would be too much of
a pain to observe.
The Tillamook Lighthouse that precariously rests upon Tillamook rock that is way
out on the water, is now a privately owned columbarium. I'm glad the brochure
defined what a columbarium is, because I was thinking it was how your colon
looks after you swallow barium for an upper GI series. It actually is a place
where people's ashes are stored (presumably after cremation).

I'll put up a picture of the Tillamook Lighthouse later, but for now you can
enjoy this one that is still on land. I think this might be the Heceta
Lighthouse, but don't hold me to it! I think we saw 7 out of the 9 lighthouses.
We did see some covered bridges on our travels, and I'll get around to posting
them, too.
The coast was clear for our entire stroll up it. The mornings started off misty
and foggy which is typical, but by midday through the evening it was absolutely
marvelous!
The ocean does not provide that silence of the forest or the mountains because
of the continuous wave action and breezes and fierce winds, and the seaside
stench is almost unbearable at times (we did encounter some rather pungent fishy
smells that make a cat's tuna breath smell like roses). Yet, the sea beckons in
her strange, powerful way.