It started out being a nice enough day this morning. Not exactly sunny out, but at least it wasn't raining. That has all changed since about noon, with it now raining pretty hard outside and no sign of it stopping any time soon. Oh well!
   I ended up going to the local contra dance last night as planned. It was held in an old Grange building out near the town of Coquille and would of been impossible to find without my GPS unit. The band was actually 10 members strong, and they put out some pretty good music to dance too. The caller was a local one, and he did a good job of calling good dances for a rather difficult group.
   The problem with the group was that about 2/3rds of the people there last night were brand new to dancing, and while contra is really pretty easy to learn and do, it helps if you have people next to you, and within your group, that know what they are doing and can help you along. Even if that means just pointing you in the right direction for the next maneuver.
   Talking to some of the regulars it appears that the night was a bit of an anomaly, as there are usually more experienced dancers at the dance. It seems likely though that many of them were attending a three day, weekend dance over east of Eugene. (Danceable Feast). It was still fun to do a little dancing again and like nearly always, there were a couple people there that I recognized from other dances I've been to. One I met only a couple of weeks ago at the Portland dance, but the other one is a friend of a friend from Colorado, and I had met her and her husband at one of the dances there.
   I stayed for about 3/4's of the evening, but finally just had to give it up for fear of getting hurt. There were a couple of newbies that were young and still exuberant and they were kind of scary. :)
    By that I mean they hopped or twisted in ways you really weren't expecting. I call people like that 'Tiggers' after the Winnie the Pooh character. They just kind of bounce their way up and down the line. They often wear down by the 2nd half of the dance and as a result are safer, and better dancers. But not last night for some reason.
    Anyway; the dancing was just enough last night to make me crave more, so I've decided that unless the weather is really crappy that I'll drive over to Corvallis tomorrow and go to the special dance they have going on there. It will be George Marshall and Wild Asparagus calling and playing so if nothing else, the talent will be really good. It will also be earlier in the evening since it is a week night so I may be able to actually drive back after the dance even. Will just have to see when that time comes however, as grabbing a cheap hotel for the night isn't a bad option either.
  That's about it for right now. There are some new photo's from a couple of days ago posted below. I'm glad I had at least a couple of good days to be out and about. Right now its back to the trailer again and another night of reading for me.

Cape Arago Lighthouse near Coos Bay Oregon - Nov 7, 2014

The Cape Arago Lighthouse stands about 100 feet above the ocean. First illuminated in 1934 it is located on an island just offshore from Gregory Point at the mouth of Coos Bay. Previous lighthouses had been built much earlier, but they all fell down due to weather and erosion.

The island is owned by several local Native American Tribes so the site is off limits to visitors. This view from a turnout near the campground I am staying at isn't too bad though.

On this side of the lighthouse is Sunset Bay. It may be sunny outside, but the waves were really kicking up against the rocks.

A few of the sea stacks and rocks at the mouth of Sunset Bay.

 

 

I switched over to a bigger telephoto for the next couple of pictures. It helps, but I really need to get one more that is a little bigger. Maybe a 300 mm or there about.

 

 

Last photo.

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