Florence, OR 5/31 - 6/1/00
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Today we drove about 130 miles to Florence, OR. We are staying at Woahink Lake RV Resort. It is located across the road from the lake and adjacent to Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. The park has an access ramp for ATVs to the dunes. (1 of 6) |
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This scans from the West to the East while we sat on top of a large sand dune. The ocean is about a mile to the West (of course). The sand dunes stretch approximately 42 miles along the coast and are up to two miles deep. (4 of 6) |
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This is the Heceta Lighthouse. It is located just up the path from where I took the preceding coast line picture. This is an operational lighthouse built in the 1890's. It has the original frisnel lens system but it now has an electric light rather than the original kerosene lighting system. We were given an excellent guided tour of the lighthouse where we were able to walk up to the top and view the mechanism and the lighting system. (6 of 6) |