U.S. 101 or the Coast Highway travels N-S the entire West Coast of the United States. In Oregon, the highway is rugged, a slow two-laner, the Pacific on the West, the Coast Range on the right. At times, and for many miles there are no lights, no towns, no habitation. Forests of Redwood,Douglas and this one, Myrtlewood, will stretch as far as the eyes can see. If you get off the highway, you'll run into old hatcheries like this one.
This stream is by Humbug Mountain, just south of Port Orford, easily forded in many places, and sometimes rerouted by beavers as it happened in the foto above.
All over the coast, Myrtlewood shops display many products made with the Myrtlewood, a cousin of bay laurel. Myrtlewood is a majestic tree, evergreen in these parts, with a distinctive perfume.
I love the name of the mountain. It is...well...so me. I may never get a chance to visit Oregon, so I am very grateful that you have shared so much of it.
ReplyDeleteGood guess, you have been around long enough to know me... thanks!
ReplyDeleteI've driven down route 101 from San Fransisco to LA many years ago, lovely to see other parts of it, it is a fantastic journey.
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I have three blogs and firebyrd is still the one I write most days the others not.
ReplyDeleteHi Rosaria..
ReplyDeletenot knowing at all the area you are speaking about I'm a little confused about the hatcheries....
are they just along side the road?
what kind of fish would have been there?
I want to know more :)
Remember that a lot of us haven't been to the US and live in very different environments.
The photos are beautiful :)
best wishes
Ribbon
Amazing how different our corners of the world can be. I've never heard of myrtlewood before - so now, I've learned something today.
ReplyDeleteAh, that explains the Humbug!
ReplyDeleteOkay, I'm homesick again.
ReplyDeleteFantastic photos, esp. that first one. Angled, topsy turvy. You live in a strange paradise!
ReplyDeleteI had forgotten that stretch of 101. Thanks for the reminder and the pics.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the photos. We haven't been to the coast once this whole year due to my health problems.
ReplyDeleteLovely and evocative!It makes me want to walk along in the forests, breathing that gorgeous sounding scent of Myrtlewood!
ReplyDeletethanks for the peak into your world.
ReplyDeleteI truly enjoyed that particular section of the 101. Memories still linger of it after all this time.
ReplyDeleteVery green-eye-making. Want to be there!
ReplyDeleteI love the tour to a part of our majestic country that I will probably never see! That makes blogging wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThe Pacific Northwest is one of my favorite places. Thanks for this glimpse of one of the many treasures to be found just off the beaten path.
ReplyDeleteOh yes! So lovely! I do appreciate you taking us on tour :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for visiting my blog!
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Carrie
Wow, Humbug, an actual place...an entire mountain, at that...I love it! I've always heard of the beauty of Oregon...thanks for bringing it to life
ReplyDeleteSandi
i have bah humbugged a few times so maybe a visit is worth it. lol. a bautiful glimpse.
ReplyDeleteSee? You are balancing my preoccupation with the death of old ways...locally made products, local fisheries...I hear you, Rosaria, it's just the echo of the rest of the world that trips me up sometimes.
ReplyDeleteMy mother worked at a fishery on Manitoulin Island before I was born. I imagine her there dark and thin, in a building smelling of fish, with the rest of her life before her. Happy times...before the unhappy interjected.
(Sorry, I'm morose this morning, with a dash of half asleep.)
xo
erin
Wow, we just drove down 101 from Washington to San Francisco, California! We had lunch in Port Orford or at least drove through!
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