Dec 29 2005
Wet Wild Wendy Weather
Summary impression of the Oregon coast from a British perspective, think of…
- BIG Cornwall with stone cottages replaced by wooden homes.
- Virtually no cell-phone coverage. NO TEXTING
- Big trees. Approximately 3x as tall as anything in the UK as standard issue.
- BIG waves. No surfers due to killer-Trees! Literally big-tree sized logs rolling in the surf.
- Logging. Lots of articulated lorries hauling deliberately felled killer trees inland. This IS Lumberjack country. Sing with me “I’m a lumberjack and I’m OK….”
- The normal US stuff - wide roads with poor foundations and surfaces - uneven, prone to flooding, lots of cracks, holes, repairs and those big cars they call SUVs
- The same strange bars and cafe’s with inexplicable 1970’s decor, including fake flowers, run by locals with strange hair-styles. It felt like walking into a US centric episode of ‘The League of Gentlemen’
The two photographs below were taken within 2 minutes of each other from the same position. I just turned my body and aligned the camera…
The December Oregon sky is as dramatic as the geography.
To align with one British cultural sterotype here’s a wee bit about the weather:
- Nightly heavy rain. Rain-drops, wearing classic Doc Martens, pogo-ing on the cabin roof. I had to sing REALLY loud to make myself heard.
- River floods seeped onto SR101.
- Mystically foggy mornings. Arthurian Avalon style. The fog rolled from the hills out across to the sea likea dragons breath surrounding Tintagel.
- Vibrantly sunny afternoons with clear skys.
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Wet Wild Wendy Weather
