July and August 2020 in Oregon

Eric visited family in Oregon in August of 2020.

The waves of the Oregon Coast.

My mother’s home in Tigard, Oregon has signs in the windows.
Mom and I made some peach jam and some blackberry-blueberry jam, and I stacked up some of the jars to stand on a balcony in the morning sun.
These are some beardtongue flowers we gave Mom for her birthday.
These are foxglove flowers we gave Mom for her birthday.
One of Mom’s roses.
Mom has lots of nice roses.
This is one of my step-mother Rachel’s roses. Oregon has a good climate for roses.
Flowers on my Mom’s balcony.
A delphinium plant we gave Mom for her birthday.
Mom’s lavender.
Flowers decorating public space in Beaverton, near the library.
Some of our customers had interesting masks at the Beaverton Market.
Chuck is heading toward the peach orchard to pick peaches.
Here are some peaches on the tree.
Chuck picks lots of peaches.
Rachel and I packed the peaches, like these Canadian Harmony peaches.
Here are some of the peaches for sale at the farmers market.
The two tall fir trees at Stephens Farm
Yellow flowers on the farm (weeds).
Queen Anne’s Lace flowers, which are abundant as a weed in the orchard.
Corn growing on Stephens Farm.
Bales of hay on Stephens Farm, and a family of small animals in the field (beavers?)
Eola Hills, a range of hills in the Willamette Valley in Yamhill County, Oregon.
An oak tree on Highway 221, the road from Dayton to Salem, and the road one takes to get to Grand Island and Stephens Farm.
Balls in a coin-operated game in the Divine Distillers building.
Some of the awards that Divine Distillers have one in international competitions.
The main floor for distilling in Divine Distillers.
The tasting room at Divine Distillers.
Some of the ingredients used to create new flavors in Jennell’s office at Divine Distillers.
Some of Jennell’s equipment for refining flavors in her laboratory at Divine Distillers.
The new delivery truck for Divine Distillers.
Inside the delivery truck.
The Willamette River near Newberg.
The hills on the west side of the Willamette Valley in Yamhill County.
Flowers growing at Farmer John’s Produce and Nursery stand along Highway 18 south of McMinnville.
A farm along Highway 18 east of Sheridan on the way to the coast.
The Tualatin River near Tigard, Oregon.
A quail on Stephens Farm; Chuck likes quail.
A White-Crowned Sparrow in Yachats, Oregon.
There were many white-crowned sparrows in the shrubs and grasses along the coast.
A crow in Yachats.
A Turkey Vulture in the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport.
This seagull was wading in water along the Yachats beach.
A large seagull standing on a shore rock, looking over the beach.
A tufted puffin in the Oregon Coast Aquarium.
A rhinoceros auklet in the Oregon Coast Aquarium.
A common murre in the Oregon Coast Aquarium.
A guillemot in the Oregon Coast Aquarium.
Pigeon Guillemot
Pigeon Guillemot
Pigeon Guillemot
Pigeon Guillemot
A seabird flies by the waves along the rocky coast at Yachats.
A sea otter in the Oregon Coast Aquarium is about to eat a squid.
A crayfish in the Yachats River.
A view from under the surface of the Yachats River.
Fish in the Dallas Aquarium.
An aquarium tank inside the Oregon Coast Aquarium. The pandemic prevented guests from going indoors, but the aquarium staff opened the doors so we could look inside from the doorway.
Oregon Coast Aquarium; giant green anemone.
Oregon Coast Aquarium.
The entrance to the Oregon Coast Aquarium.
Oregon Coast Aquarium.
Oregon Coast Aquarium.
A view under the water in a tide pool at Yachats.
A view of a giant green anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica) taken underwater.
Giant green anemone in a tide pool at Yachats.
Sea lion at Oregon Coast Aquarium.
Sea lion at Oregon Coast Aquarium.
Ochre Starfish (Pisaster ochraceus) at the Yachats coast.
Crab Carapace at Yachats.
Bella, Jennell and Jason’s cute dog, in the car.
Bella went for a walk with us along the 804 trail in Yachats.
Path to the North Point Scenic View in Depoe Bay.
Depoe Bay; a view from North Point Scenic area.
Siletz Bay Vista Point.
Rocks at the Depoe Bay Scenic View area.
Depoe Bay Vista Point rocks and waves.
Depoe Bay Vista Point rocks and waves.
The bridge between Newport and South Beach.
Water landscaping at the Oregon Coast Aquarium.
The view looking south along the coast from Otter Crest at Cape Foulweather.
Cape Foulweather observation building.
Looking north from Devil’s Punchbowl toward Otter Crest and Cape Foulweather.
A view of Otter Rock Marine Reserve.
Devil’s Punchbowl.
Devil’s Punchbowl Arch.
Surfers in Devil’s Punchbowl State Park.
Sebastian at Devil’s Punchbowl State Park.
The trail over the sand dune to South Beach (south of Newport, Oregon).
A panoramic view of South Beach State Park.
Some of the ceramics from Free Ceramics displayed in Earthworks Gallery, our favorite craft and art shop on the Oregon Coast. We purchased two bowls.
A mural celebrating Siletz culture, painted by Casey McEneny for Waltdport’s centennial, in Waldport, Oregon.
A single surfer at Yachats Beach.
Yachats Beach
A Japanese Toro lantern in Depoe Bay.
A Japanese stone Toro (lantern) next door to our beach home.
Blue hydrangea growing in front of the beach home Mom rented for her birthday.
The Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora hybrid flower covers much of the Oregon coast; it is a weed. Here is a patch of it along the 804 trail in Yachats.
Pink flowers in Yachats
Rose along the coast.
Sea Thrift (Armeria marítima)
Sea Thrift blossom
Flowers in the town of Yachats.
Flowers in Yachats.
Looking from a driftwood log out along the Yachats River
Driftwood along the 804 trail.
Our rented coast home in Yachats, as seen from the rocks by the sea.
The Tsunami evacuation map shows the house where we stayed.
The living room in our rental home.
Mom, Jennell, and Jason sitting down for a meal in our Yachats house.
Mom's birthday cake before she put frosting on it.
Mom on the beach on her 75th birthday.
Mom, Jennell, and Angie along the Yachats River.
Early Monday morning I went out the door to look northeast from the porch of our Yachats house.
Angie and Mom as we prepare to celebrate Mom’s birthday.
Angie and Mom.
Mom with the cake for her 75th birthday.
Dante gets a piece of Mom’s birthday cake.
Waves and rocks in Yachats.
Waves and rocks in Yachats.
Waves and rocks in Yachats.
Mom out on the rocks to admire the waves.
A small arch or tunnel in the rocks near our Yachats house.
Jennell, Angie, Mom, and Sebastian on the rocks.
A swallowtail butterfly was flying along the coast.
Looking north toward the town of Yachats from our rented house.
Looking inland toward the Highway-101 bridge over the Yachats River.
Eric standing in the Yachats River.
Angie in Yachats.
Looking over the Yachats River toward Yachats Beach.
Sebastian on Yachats Beach.
The Pacific Ocean at Yachats.
Jennell, Dante, and Jason are swimming in the Pacific Ocean. The ocean temperature was between 14 and 16 (mid-50s to about 60 degrees Fahrenheit). We didn’t swim for very long.
We swim in the ocean, even though it is extremely cold.
The beach by our Yachats home at low tide offers an opportunity for a quick swim.
My nephew Dante in the ocean.
Dante, Eric, and Jennell in the ocean.
Eric and Jennell in a wave. Eric is wearing a blue cap to protect his head from sunburn.
Eric standing on a rock at sunset.
Waves at sunset, admired by Eric.
Sunset at Yachats. Waves crash into the rocks and spray catches the golden light of the setting sun.
Sunset at Yachats
Sunset at Yachats
Sunset at Yachats
Sunset at Yachats
Sunset at Yachats
Sunset at Yachats
Sunset at Yachats
Sunset at Yachats
Sunset at Yachats
Looking south along the coast at sunset.
Sunset at Yachats
Waves crash into the rocks and spray high up into the air.
Jennell looking out to sea on the rocks at Yachats.
Jennell, Virginia, and Sebastian on the rocks at Yachats.
I love to watch the waves crash and spray into the air.
Ochre Sea Stars and barnacles at Yachats.
Giant Green Sea Anemones in Yachats.
Spray and splashing waves on the rocks at Yachats.
Spray and splashing waves on the rocks at Yachats.
Tidepools receive water from the waves of the rising tide.
Looking out to see to watch the waves from our rented home in Yachats.
Looking out to see to watch the waves from our rented home in Yachats.
Looking out to see to watch the waves from our rented home in Yachats.
Looking out to see to watch the waves from our rented home in Yachats.
Looking out to see to watch the waves from our rented home in Yachats.
Mom is out on the rocks below our house.
Mom watching the waves in the morning.
The 804 trail in Yachats.
Plants on the coast in Yachats.
Stones carefully stacked on the coast in Yachats.
Rose Hips in Yachats.
On the flight home I had this view of Mount Adams.
Looking up the Columbia Gorge from my airplane window.
Farmington Utah, near Salt Lake City, as seen from my flight to Dallas from Portland.
Arriving in Dallas we make our descent, and out my window I see another airplane landing with us.
Here I (Eric) am in the Dallas airport, waiting at my gate.
A view of Dallas as we take off on our way to Springfield, Illinois.
Sunset from the flight to Springfield.
Sunsets from the airplane window are sometimes quite inspiring.