Friday May 18 2018
Trip Distance 96 nm
The route we set down is in blue our actual track in fuscia. When we have good weather we will stay more inland to make our route shorter to save time and see the coast which is nice to see the sites as we pass. As you can see we cut inside our route since it was such a nice sea day.
Left for Bandon, OR Friday May 18th. Bandon is a small town just inside the entrance to the Coquille River. The town is so small the coast guard station is seasonal and did not open until after Memorial Day weekend so we were on our own to cross the bar (we do always refer to the most recent Coast Pilot NOAA publication). We did call a sports fisherman in town to ask if there was any special local knowledge we should know. Other than staying south side of entrance he said nothing special.
Stayed at Bandon two nights. The first night we had dinner at Tony’s crab shack. Had dungenous crab which was good but kind of pricey for a tiny crab. The next day we walked to the hardware store for some compression fitting to fix air horn. Then we went to Bandon Beach and Bandon rocks for a fun walk. Face rock sort of looks like a head facing up from the water and there is an legend about a princess that was lured into the ocean by an evil spirit and she disappeared to surface as “face rock”. Great walk on the beach with dogs having fun. Bought some fresh caught Halibut from the fish market and had that for dinner. Plan to head for Florence OR the following day.
