We headed more South, along the Dunes,and stopped in Reedsport, where Bert spied some masts, and i saw a bakery, well worth visiting,as they had some interesting gluten free goodies, carrot and vegie chips, and some incredible good looking 100% butter cake for Bert, but i made sure i sampled it first!!! {make sure it was safe for him}!!!!! At North Bend, the highway 1 turns into hwy. 101. But, we ended up taking a wrong turn, and ended up at Cape Arago,where we stayed for the night. What a majestic place this is, the swell of the ocean was enormous,huge waves crashing into the rocky shore,just beautiful!!! We were lucky the campsite had power, most of the parks with camping in Oregon have power, which was so very important for us, as the weather stayed very cold. We stopped in Bandon for lunch, and roamed around at the beach where i found all kinds of interesting info about every day things we find at the beach ,like the commen sea gull, so many folks just have no idea about these birds,as you know, i have now two pet gulls, well …pets, but both of them come on board, look into the porthole where the galley is, and take food from my hand. One of them is named Jaytoo, he lives here in Brentwood bay, the other is Jonathan, who lives in Port Sidney,and i have known him for 10 years now.
Did you know that gulls get to be 35 years old and older?? They get their adult feathers after three years, we dont know Jonathan’s age , but i figure he is at least 20, maybe older, he has an old face, tired looking eyes, and his landings from the boat to the dock are not so smooth anymore, but he is still king of the marina and no other bird better try to grab his goodies!!!
Here is some info we found on the signs at the Bandon beach.

I think,most people have seen the murmuration in the sky,that the starlings perform,this incredible display of acrobatics, its amazing to watch, how every bird in a flock of at least 200,turn at the exact moment, each and every time.
The best one we saw, was in Victoria,downtown, above the old brick buildings, with the sky turning orange and red around them. People do not look up very often, but in a few minutes, we had collected a group of folks, who had never seen this, it was so fun to share!!!
Anyways, what we saw , on the coast in Oregon, was a murmuration on the sand!!! Hundreds of little birds would move with the waves coming in and out, at the exact time, creating shapes on the sand, we were looking at them from above, so it was quite a show!
I took photos but should have taken a video.

November 22, stopped in Tillamook, not for the famous cheese, but for two pairs of socks!! In Oregon, you can get a wonderful latte, at the side of the road, in one of those little drive-in coffee spots, it was one of the best vanilla lattes i have ever tasted!! We stopped that night at Washburne State park, and picked out a nice spot with full hookup,$26.00 US, so we could use the elec. heater, it was a very cold and wet night.Slowly but surely, i started having trouble sleeping in the top bunk, woke up early morning, VERY cold, sore belly, so eventually Bert bought me an electric heating pad for my feet,which i would turn on one half hour before climbing up there, now that is nice!!!! We needed to look for a camp spot with hookup,while it was so cold at night. This road is just amazing, winding itself around cliffs,ocean way down below, then it would dip way down, only to climb back up, the Westy managed it all though, every once in a while, we would accumulate a row of cars behind us, but every mile or so, there are turn off spots, for the slow cars to pull over and every time, people would wave, honk, and say thank you, it sure was appreciated !!! There are quite a few viewing spots to pull into, and near Heceta lighthouse, we did just that,to admire the immense view, and ….to hear hundreds of sea lions!
We kind of stood there, dumbfounded ,where were they??? Couldnt see a single lion, untill i happened to look down , over the cliff, and there they were, hundreds of them, all huddled together on the rocks!!! Other people stopped too, to kind of take in the view, not realizing where these guys were.