Cape Blanco State Park

Cape Blanco is about 10 miles north of a little town called Port Orford. There's not much in Port Orford, but boy, do they have the scenery. I think the state or Oregon owns just about 80% of the coast as there is state park after state park jammed right next to each other along the Oregon coast. It's unbelievable how many state parks there are! And if it isn't a state park, it's a scenic view, or a By the way, don't say "ORE -eh-GONE"..It's "OR -eh-GUN". We decided to break up our Oregon trip into about three segments, about thirds. We picked Cape Blanco State Park because it was on the ocean and it was only 20.00 a night for water and electric....Gosh, was it pretty! Lots of room on each site....

typical site at the park--easy to get into

The sites were secluded, and as we were coming in, two little deer walked across the site across from the one we chose....a sign we should stay here, lol!  And, there's a lighthouse here! They offer tours....Cape Blanco Lighthouse is the state's oldest continuously operated lighthouse since 1870. The beacon signals for 21 miles out to sea.

Go for a little walk or bike ride around the park and here's what you'll see besides the lighthouse......

How about this view near the lighthouse?

And if you slow down to sniff the flowers, watch the clouds roll by or just take in the gorgeous scenery...you might see lots of these little birds plucking the seeds off the wildflowers....

I can't think of the name of these perennials for the life of me, but you see these growing wild everywhere as well, even in the harsh salt air, windy sea climate of the Oregon coast.

And these wild iris (?), too.....

We took a quick trip into the little town of Port Orford for some ice cream late in the day. We didn't find any ice cream, but we did find some more spectacular scenery at the park at the visitor's center.....

Tomorrow, we're going up the coast a ways to check out some of the other state parks....we'll see you there tomorrow.....