Thursday, December 04, 2008
Tragic Death on Oregon Coast. Fiance washed to sea at Proposal Rock near Neskowin, Oregon.
The Oregon Coast was the scene of a very tragic death this week when a bride to be from the Phillippines, only 3 days into a trip where she was to marry an Oregon man, was swept out to see literally minutes before the man was to propose to her at Proposal Rock near Neskowin along the Oregon Coast.
Her fiance, an Oregonian from the area, wanted to propose at Neskowin's "Proposal Rock", a popular place to pop the question along the Oregon Coast. The tide had receded enough for the couple to make their way out but a large wave about 3 feet knocked the small woman down and swept her out to sea. Rescuers were on the scene in minutes thanks to a call from a local on the beach but the woman has not yet been found and is presumed dead.
The Full Story
Oregon Coast City Guide
Her fiance, an Oregonian from the area, wanted to propose at Neskowin's "Proposal Rock", a popular place to pop the question along the Oregon Coast. The tide had receded enough for the couple to make their way out but a large wave about 3 feet knocked the small woman down and swept her out to sea. Rescuers were on the scene in minutes thanks to a call from a local on the beach but the woman has not yet been found and is presumed dead.
The Full Story
Oregon Coast City Guide
Labels: neskowin, oregon, proposal rock
Friday, October 10, 2008
Oregon Coast Highway
The Oregon Coast Highway 101, the longest of the US National Scenic Byways, was recently awarded one of the best road trips in the USA by a European travel magazine. It's no wonder because the Oregon Coast Highway offers a spectacular 363 mile journey through oceanscapes, landscapes, and US History. Beautiful lighthouses and bridges punctuate a coast characterized by sea stacks, pounding surf, and a lush carpet of spruce and fir forest. Dozens of small towns grace the highway that stretches all the way from Astoria in the north to Brookings on the south Coast, also known as the "Wild Rivers Coast".
More information:
Oregon Coast
Wild Rivers Coast
Oregon Coast Visitors Association
More information:
Oregon Coast
Wild Rivers Coast
Oregon Coast Visitors Association
Labels: oregon, wild rivers coast oregon coast highway
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Oregon Coast Lighthouses
The Lighthouses of the Oregon Coast offer an almost magical intersection of beauty, history, form and function. Lighthouses are perched atop many of the most precarious and dangerous Oregon Coast cliffsides of Oregon to warn mariners away from the undersea perils or rocks below.
I think this is the North Umpqua Light but it was not tagged. North Umpqua is also an Oregon State Park that offers camping in lush spruce forest below the lighthouse.
As we've noted before you can even stay in the keepers quarters of Heceta Head light. If you are lucky you may even catch a glimpse of the ghost reported to live there.
Oregon Coast Website - Official Mile by Mile Guide
I think this is the North Umpqua Light but it was not tagged. North Umpqua is also an Oregon State Park that offers camping in lush spruce forest below the lighthouse.
As we've noted before you can even stay in the keepers quarters of Heceta Head light. If you are lucky you may even catch a glimpse of the ghost reported to live there.
Oregon Coast Website - Official Mile by Mile Guide
Labels: north umpqua, oregon, oregon coast lighthouses
Thursday, September 04, 2008
The Oregon Coast
Welcome to the Oregon Coast Travel blog, where we'll be posting a lot more regularly in the coming months about travelling along the magnificent Oregon Coast from Brookings to Astoria.
A companion website to this blog and to the Oregon Coast region's travel guide is 101MileByMile where you will fine information about every mile of the Oregon Coast Highway 101, a splendid 363 mile ribbon of road that winds along the coast from Brookings-Harbor near the California Border to Astoria on the Columbia River which separates Oregon from Washington State. Highway 101 also serves most of California and all of Washington, ending at the Canadian border where it becomes a Canadian road.
A companion website to this blog and to the Oregon Coast region's travel guide is 101MileByMile where you will fine information about every mile of the Oregon Coast Highway 101, a splendid 363 mile ribbon of road that winds along the coast from Brookings-Harbor near the California Border to Astoria on the Columbia River which separates Oregon from Washington State. Highway 101 also serves most of California and all of Washington, ending at the Canadian border where it becomes a Canadian road.
Labels: oregon, Oregon Coast
