Bandon, Oregon is a quaint little oceanside town. It has a very nice beach along the southwest side of it, with a marina. We got there about lunch time so asked at the library for a recommended place to eat. At their suggestion we stopped at Bennett's Lounge at a motel along the ocean. It was a nice enjoyable location and with a good window seat, we ate lunch, took pictures of the view and made some phone calls. Cell reception has been so sporadic for us that we have to take advantage of it when we can.
These were pictures taken through the window at our table.
Upon finishing our lunch and phone calls, we began walking along the ridge above the beach. It was quite windy, but we enjoyed it anyway.
Leavimg the beach area, we promised ourselves to return on a sunny day to actually walk on the beach. It would be interesting to take pictures from the beach, looking inland.
We went on to drive about town and along the marina on the Coquille River. We will show you some of our sights there.
An Austrailian camper, but we did not see the owners.
Coquille River Lighthouse on the jetty.
Time to leave Bandon and journey back down Highway 101 toward home and our lighthouse. On the way we stopped in at Art 101 and visited with the artist who started this business of turning the refuse from the ocean, as found on the beach, into sculptures. She has a real passion for the sea animals who suffer from human ignorance when discarding trash into the water. We really got an education, but failed to take her picture along with her displays. How stupid of us, as we were the only visitors in her store at the time. She has only been in business for a year and already has requests to ship her sculptures around the world for display. She is in awe as to how this has taken off, beyond her wildest dreams!!
What caught our eye when first driving past in the motorhome,even more than the sign, was the jellyfish in the yard. It is made of hundreds of plastic bottles recovered from the sea.
The bird on display is made of many, many different items. It is hard to believe that these end up in the ocean. Take a close look!!
The bird's beak is made up from shoe soles!!
I haven't decided what this is supposed to be. I will let you make your own guess.
And then inside there is a small consignment shop in half of the building and then more displays of art of hers as well as other artists. There is a fish tank as well as a table of sand with items partially eaten by sea creatures that she uses to educate people as they come through.
What started out to be a little outing turned out to be quite interesting!!
Check back with us to see what else we find.
