One picture doesn’t do the Oregon Night Light Necklace justice
But here it is according to a State Park sign.
Click the pics for full size. It’s a cool light house map on a big screen.
Now imagine yourself on a wooden sailboat exploring another poorly mapped coast line.
Another chance to crash on the rocks.
Every boat on the water shares one goal: DON’T SINK!
The Oregon night light house necklace reaches out to them all.
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Look to the far left and far right.
The new on the far, far, left sits above the surf line.
The old light house sits on the right.
It’s literally a house with a light on top. Light. House.
Yaquina Bay Light House, turned off in 1874, but still a great example of standing up to the elements.
What is that watch tower to the right?
Yaquina Head Light House isn’t a house.
More like a missile, a Light Tower, a mission built life saver standing out in the middle of nowhere.
And still standing.
Both sites are an easy find in Newport, Oregon.
You’ll see more than enough signs to draw you in, and you should stop.
Step out of your ride and look around.
There’s the light house out on the rocky edge, behind it a taller mound.
You’ve got to ask, “Why not build on the highest ground?”
How high?
The lines crossing the face of the hill are cut-back trails to the top.
This is where you meet Outdoor Oregon face to face and ask, “Should I climb that?”
The answer is always, “Yes.”
It’s Oregon, what else are you here for?
Climb that hill in the drizzle you get in heavy fog, or a low cloud.
Even if it’s raining, it’s Oregon rain and you want some.
Walk this tor on the crumbling edge of the North American continent and consider this:
The Oregon Night Light Necklace warns ships at sea, yet those early ships led the way in the dark.
Without risk, no reward. I’ve been on boats and it always feels iffy at best.
Good light often corrects doubts and uncertainty of darkness, the usual sort of ‘What are we doing?’ and the popular ‘Why are we here?’
If you don’t have a good answer, turn the light up.
About David Gillaspie
Ahhh, beautiful. Good memories
New eyes on the only ancient stuff around.
No Athens, no Rome, but Oregon’s got things.
No recorded history like China, which makes sense with those ice age floods sweeping everything away.
People came here looking for things. They still do.
Sometimes they find it.