Thirty Years Later: Daytrip to the coast, part 5

Lincoln City was incorporated in the 1960, from handful of smaller towns along the 7 mile stretch of coastline. Today's city still has districts from the old towns, and the Taft District is on the southern most end of the city at Siletz Bay.

As we arrived at Lincoln City, I asked D to pull into the Taft District and like magic we found the perfect parking spot in the busy area.

After a quick change into boots and coats, we set out to the beach to see what there was to see.
Holy cow, did we see some amazing things!

First, we meandered onto the fishing dock, which hundreds or thousands of fishermen have used over many many years. The wood is worn smooth and there are grooves and notches along the length of the railing.

I love taking pictures of textures and shapes.

After looking at the mouth of the Siletz River from the dock, we wandered over to a path leading down to the beach.

We looked at the wind waves made in the sand...

D skipped rocks. He's really good at it.

Since this area is the mouth of the Siletz River, some of the beach is freshwater from the river, and other parts of the beach are seawater from the ocean. It's an interesting mix, We marveled at how calm the water's edge was on the river end...

...and how different it was closer to the ocean.

I was wearing my fancy new rubber boots, and feeling quite smug that I'd be able to play in the surf and keep my feet and pants dry.

I didn't calculate how deep the water would get, though. Whoops!
This is just the beginning, but it sloshed over the tops of my boots and yes, I got my pants and socks wet.

Oh well. It was worth it.

At this point, D pointed at the seagulls across the water on the sand spit. The entire flock suddenly flew up into the air like a black cloud.

It turns out, they were fishing for dinner. What we thought were brown rocks at the edge of the sand over there turned out to be hungry sea lions. This is when the day got really exciting. Come back tomorrow and I'll show you what we got to see!

by P