Alsea River and Bay

I took Hwy 34 to Waldport last weekend instead of Hwy 20. I’ve been stressed all week and was crabby getting ready, so treated myself to the slow road, which was worth all the twists and turns! Since the traffic was low, I could go my own pace and look around. The river was very peaceful in the evening light. We landed at King Silver RV and Marina, a slightly run-down place with a few perminent (alias trailer trash) residents, but the staff and neighbors were quite nice and helpful. My brother Don joined us for the rest of the weekend, just after I finished painting a landscape of the field of yellow daisies and the bright blue river. We enjoyed the beach at Seal Rock and whatever the beaches are called just south of that. We were able to keep climbing over rocks to get to the next beach. We found two dead seals; one very young and still white and the other much larger. The next day we went to the North side of the bay so I could paint the bridge and Maya and Don could walk around the village there. We ate fresh fish and chips at the Rogue Ale place on the Historic Bayfront, perused the galleries, and stopped in at Riplies Believe it or Not. The highlight was Ona Beach, which had lots of “creeks” for Maya to explore, a footbridge like Monet’s, and a misty fog that kept rolling in just under the blue sky. The beach was quite large and easy to get lost in with the mist.