Raining all last night and most of the day.
Cold and windy. Heavily overcast gray day;
until the late afternoon.
Explored the Bandon and Bullards Beach State Park areas of Oregon today.
From my Yurt campsite, you can drive a mile or so out to the parking area at the north jetty. The Coquille River enters the Pacific Ocean at this jetty. There are many stone and earthen dykes far along both sides of the Coquille River to control flooding. There are extensive tidal marshes extending farther inland.
Here are three photos in the areas north of the jetty. Lots of driftwood on the beach shores from high King Tides. To the north, miles and miles of rolling big sand dunes covered with grasses, shrubs, and trees fed by high precipitation. To the east, the Bandon Bridge, tidal marshes, and the coastal range.
Bandon March National Wildlife Refuge. A wide and long tidal marsh land-water environment. Tidal Marshland I enjoyed a dine view of the tidal marsh lands near Rocky Point County Park, a few miles north of Bandon. This year, from Bandon all the way notheast via road 42S to Coquille City, 30 miles, major flooding of the entire area was widespread and impressive in the fog.
Bullards Beach State Park, Bandon Photos
The Jetty as Metaphor
The Sandwich
Anjali Mudra and Bowing
Gassho, Tai Chi Chuan Salute
Waves of Reflections at the North Jetty
By Michael P. Garofalo
January 2023
