It rained. That pretty much sums it up. It rained most of the night and all morning. It never rained hard, but there was a curtain of fine mist coming down the entire time.
We slept in, ate brunch, cleaned the motorhome, and basically did nothing.
Late this afternoon, we ventured out to the Myrtlewood store and bought a couple of souvenirs. Then we drove north of Coos Bay to photograph the McCullough Bridge that spans Coos Bay. Conde McCullough was an engineer who designed most of the major bridges up and down the Oregon Coast. They all have a similar design. The bridges at Coos Bay, Waldport, and Newport are all huge bridges designed by McCullough.
After photographing the bridge, we continued up the road to check out the Oregon Dunes. This is a very strange area to me. From Highway 101 to the coast, there are about 8 miles of huge dunes. They must be a couple hundred feet high. As we drove west, we saw a ridge of dunes followed by a trough that is generally filled with a lake and surrounded by pine trees. Then, it's up another sand dune ridge. This continues all the way to the coast.
On the way back to camp, we stopped at Fisherman's Grotto for dinner. No one is going to compliment the service or ambiance there, but the food was good. They had awards hanging on the wall for having the best fish and chips in the area. Based on the breading for the shrimp appetizer we had, I can easily see why they won the awards. We both had grilled halibut tonight. We may need to return for lunch tomorrow on the way out of town so we can check out the fish and chips.
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