Farewell Depoe Bay

Another wonderful week comes to a close.

We have enjoyed storms, waves, whales, seals, pelicans, good food and friends.  What more could you ask for?  Today we watched whales and pelicans and they dived for food.

To top off the week, we had a beautiful sunset.  I'm glad we are coming back in January.

More of natures wonders

After four days of gorgeous high surf and storms, the sea is calm.

We visited Yaquina Head lighthouse.  I love the curving staircase.  We were lucky to see a whale while we were there as it passed by.

We came back and saw two whales from the comfort of our front room.  They stayed for hours and we enjoyed them the whole time..

Surfs up in Depoe Bay

We arrived Friday to storm forecasts for the weekend.  That is OK since we are on the edge of a rocky cliff above ocean and have a 180 degree view.  Above is the view to the south.  We can watch the rocks and house above from our unit.  The spray from the waves was much higher than the house.  I love having a fire, reading a book, listening and watching the waves.  Good wine, friends and food are part of the package too.  Our unit is just off the picture to the right in the photo below.

The waves kept on building all weekend to a high of +35 feet on Monday.  Although there were storm cells passing through, we had numerous times each day where we could get out and walk.  And although it was mostly cloudy, there wasn't  a lot of rain, so we could enjoy watching the waves.

This is our good friend Terri with Don who joined us until Tuesday.

This wave got even bigger and came up to get me wet.  No, I wasn't in an "unsafe" position, I was behind the fence.  The waves were that big.

The downside of the spectacular waves  and storm is we haven't seen any whales. Normally we can see grey whales migrating south at this time of year.   But we did see numerous pairs of seals today.  Maybe toward the end of the week it will be calm enough to see whales until then we will enjoy the waves.