June 10 – We left Coos Bay and headed up the coast to see the Umpqua River Lighthouse. See photo. They had a nice museum and we took a tour; it was pretty neat. We got to go up inside the light assembly and learned about the history of the entire station; very interesting. After that we headed inland in search of better weather. They hoisted the gale warnings while we were there because the winds went above 35 mph. Oh, and did I mention it was raining too? Here’s where I am obliged to say, once again we’re glad we didn’t take the bikes.
We drove to a small town called Cottage Grove; has a quaint ring to it doesn’t it? There are a bunch of covered bridges in the area so we went out to see how many we could find. We found half a dozen and took photos of them all. I attached one for your visual enjoyment. We spent the night at my favorite place, Wal-Mart and went out to see some more covered bridges in the area the next day. After viewing 4 more we headed up interstate 5 towards Portland. We are now camped at a state park in the Columbia River Gorge just off the banks of the river. This river is huge. Since it’s been raining so much all the rivers are very full.
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