This morning, M and I got up early and drove down to the beach for more motorcycle riding.  Unfortunately, it was high tide, so the sand was too soft for him to ride on:

We drove over to a nearby OHV staging area and M had a great time driving around the parking lot:

As long as I had the PPG motor out, I installed a fuel line quick release I’ve had waiting for just such an occasion.  Now the fuel tank can be stored in the toolbox in the truck bed, instead of in the RV compartment where the PPG lives:

We said goodbye to the wonderful BLM spot in Coos Bay we’ve called home for several days now and drove south to the Coquille River Lighthouse.  It is no longer active, nor does it have its lens anymore, but it’s still a neat structure:

We poked around the tide pools next to the lighthouse:

View from the jetty back towards the lighthouse:

We drove around to Coquille Point, on the south side of the river mouth.   Sea Stacks seem to be common in this part of the Oregon shore:

Marine life abounds in the tide pools:

This fellow was running along the beach:

Looking north, the lighthouse is visible on the right side of the photo:

It’s a beautiful Oregon beach:

Continuing South, we stopped at Cape Blanco Lighthouse, which is still in operation.  Tours are not available this time of year, and the grounds are closed, so photos had to be taken from a distance:

It’s a wonderfully rugged spit of land:

Great views were had to the south as well:

A storm looks poised to roll in:

Continuing south, we photographed the fading sunset over Ophir Beach:

We said goodbye to Oregon and arrived in Smith River, California a bit after dark, where we will be staying at the Lucky Seven Casino, located in the Smith River Rancheria of the Tolowa Nation.  Long time readers may recall that we were here in October of 2013, when we built a ship and built a driftwood watch tower on the beach.

See the trip map for today’s drive and our current location.