this one is one of my favorites not shot on my 4x5 camera. those ones were posted earlier, like a month ago and are much more sacred to me. but i still escape with in these when i look at them. there’s many more. so many more. but i’m goin gto cut with them right here.
Bay City, OR. - 4/2012
here’s some more abstractions from the monolith that was that pile of oysters. for me, they took on distant mountain ranges in lands i’d only read about. they were the Karakoram, the Himalaya. they were the fucking moon!
Bay City, OR. - 4/2012
the sign may have grabbed my attention, but so did seeing a pile of oyster shells this large. great christ! what was going on here was all i could think as i veered off the road and imagined a quick downshift to skid to a stop. i drive an automatic. no such excitement.
this is a lot of oyster shells to be sure. if you’ve been following along then you’ve seen this already in my “Oysterscapes”. but those are my abstractions of this scene and are fulfilled in the imagination of it. this is a slice of what it really looked like with some attempt at scale provided by the comely tourist we see here.
the close-up gives you an idea of how many oysters are seen in a small sample viewed up close.
Bay City, OR. - 4/2012
this is an invitation of sorts along the hwy 101 heading north from Tillamook. the restaurant is actually in an entirely separate building from the one you see in the pic, and even more closely resembles a factory than this pastoral, halcyon scene we see here. but it’s this exact halcyon scene that’ll cause you to stop if you love fresh seafood and in you’re in the right neck of the woods geographically.
i’m a sucker for crustaceans and bivalves, i’m a sucker for a good cold beer and i’m a sucker for a nice invitation form a well done mural.
Bay City, OR. - 4/2012
pausing for station identification …. we are still in Oregon.
people love to check the accuracy of their guns here. or they know how accurate their gun is and just like shooting signs.
OR. - 4/2012
before leaving the Cape Meares State Park, here’s a view down the coast. classic Oregon.
Cape Meares State Park, OR. - 4/2102
here it is! the Octopus Tree. there’s a sign that explains:
‘the forces that shaped this unique Sida Spruce (Picea sitchensis) have been debated for many years. whether natural events or possibly Native Americans were the cause remains a mystery. the tree measures more than 46ft in circumference and has no central trunk. instead limbs extend horizontally from the base as much as 16ft. before turning upward. it is 105ft tall and is estimated to eb 250-300yrs old.’
and i’ll tell you what, a tree like this needs a sign. worth every step of the walk to go see this tree. it makes you think a deal w/ the devil may have been hashed out nearby and this was an after effect of that dark moment.
Cape Meares State Park, OR. - 4/2012
more trees. on the walk from the lighthouse to the ‘Octopus Tree’. hmmmm … just what is an Octopus Tree? they sure know how to hook you up here.
Cape Meares State Park, OR. - 4/2012
the Cape Meares Lighthouse. that fresnel lens was made in France and is an impressive 1 ton. that’s some serious glass!
Cape Meares Lighthouse, OR. - 4/2012
who doesn’t love a nice waterfall on the coast. down in California, this is an unusual sight and nearly constitutes state park mandate. cross the state line and it’s nearly a common occurrence (i suppose it’s called ‘Cape Meares State Park’, which supports the cause that it is an unusual occurrence after all)
Cape Meares State Park, OR. - 4/2012
