Bandon. The light house at Bandon is under construction as you can see by the photo. They have a three year plan to fix it back to original beauty. It is open and we were able to go inside but not climb to the top. It will take them about three years to repair the light house. With the advent of the GPS, light houses have gone by the way side. The US Coast Guard has let them go into disrepair. That is really too bad, fortunately the local citizens have taken over the project to oversee their preservation. That is so great! I for one love to visit them and see the way things were from days gone by.
The Beach at Bandon really had so much drift wood. I suppose the wood is left over from the logging past from around the area. It really makes for a beautiful beach.
The bottom photo is of the light house at Coos Bay. It is no longer used and the Coast Guard once again they just left it to nature. You can not get out to this light house as the bridge to the island is no longer safe, or so we were told. We did not even know that there was a light house at Coos Bay until we stopped at a beautiful beach and I looked up and there it was in view!!! At least I did get a photo. Maybe someday it too will be saved from disrepair.
Tomorrow we are heading off to Reno. We will only go about half way, I don't like to drive too far in one day if
we don't have to.... stay tuned for more later.
Our love to all,
Candy and Johnny
