Summer is Oregon's Flag Season.
After eight months of rainy weather, roads are pounded day and night by water, wind, debris, hail and snow. By summer, these roads need help.
Hence, delays and detours on major highways and on country roads.
Here we are on Hwy 101, going south from Port Orford, to Gold Beach, 24 miles away, and we met three interruptions, each time with a waiting of fifteen minutes or more.
People always wear windbreakers in this town.
Tomorrow, when we drive to Eugene for our medical procedure, we need to allot more than three hours to make the 150 miles trip. Country roads are usually two lanes, one in each direction. Even a small repair can take time. This year and last Federal recovery funds are financing bridge repairs as well. We will have to budget many delays.
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Very nice.
Stopping to relax to watch such locations are always excellent specially when traveling Highway.
Thanks for sharing.
Have a nice journey...
Wishing you the best in your medical travels...not the best reason to take a trip!
Your pictures of the coast are beautiful. We really are blessed in Oregon to have such beauty.
In our part of Canada, we have five seasons: Almost winter, Winter, Still winter, Getting nicer, and Road Construction. It seems you also have the last one in Oregon, too.
I hope your travels and medical concerns go well
Such spectacular scenery! It's nice not to have to be in a hurry so that road delays don't create stress. One must worry about those for whom this is not the case. Safe travels to Eugene!
It is lucky the view is so spectacular methinks.xx
What a gorgeous view! We have a lot road repair this time of year as well...a big change from San Diego, where the weather is conducive most of the time.
Wishing you well tomorrow!
at least you had great views...beautiful pics...they are working on al the roads around here too it seems...might as well make it a day trip to go into town...smiles.
Medical trips are never fun but at least you have beautiful scenery. Hope you don't have many flag wavers. I got caught by one yesterday that was a 20 minute delay in 103 temps. Only thing worse was being the poor flagman.
It's funny to me that it depends on our state of mind how we receive road blocks, metaphorical or literal. On any given day I might react differently based on where I'm going and where I'm coming from, again, metaphorically or literally. I think all in all I just need to learn to slow down and receive the vistas along the way.
xo on your health. Drive safe.
xo
erin
You always have to take road construction into consideration when traveling in the summer. The secret is to not be in a hurry. Great views like that sure help.....
I always assume road construction when allotting time for a long trip
However the TARP funds are providing financing for some much needed infrastructure repairs everywhere. We've had a 4 month delay crossing Bull Shoals Dam where some kind of work was being done on the generators the flood gates, everything.
I guess it provides 4 months of work for somebody, and it was probably work delayed for lack of funding.
Some TARP funds have been for projects which on the surface seem frivilous, but then lots of this type of funding is misused. Goes with the territory I guess.
I'm always stunned by the beauty of that area, and hope to see it one day. If you have to be in a delayed traffic zone, you couldn't ask for a better view.
Don't know what the medical procedure is, but I wish you the best!
I think I've said before, the views traveling along the coast of Oregon are the most beautiful in the country!
beautiful scenery.
My best wishes for your medical check-up; hugs.
It's all that money for road repairs Obama put out there! Frankly, I'm glad most states are doing the repairs in the summer... can you imagine sitting in a snow storm or on icy roads?
growing up in minnesota we had a saying: there are only two seasons here -- winter and road construction.
sending loving thoughts that the medical procedures go swimmingly xoxo
After months of rainy weather, you deserve sunshine!
I never get tired of the ocean...the bubbly waves, the smell, the fresh salt wind...the blue, the green.....
What gorgeous vistas along your highway...I'm not surprised with all that weather pounding along the west coast that the edges get worn away...
Have a good and safe trip to Eugene. I'm sure you'll enjoy the views...
If you're going to be delayed, you could do worse than that view ;)
All over the place around here we are doing road and bridge repair. We also have short fall, long winter, not much spring and road construction. Fortunately since most people are, at one time or another, on vacxation and elsewhere, it is not so bad.
Nice trip to Eugene and good luck with the teeth.
oh my, i know this full well! as a teen my family would go to gold beach and i love this area!!! your shots brought back of world of memories that i'll cherish forever...kentucky is a long ways from the beach ;)
We have orange barrel season here! But as the other posts state..what a great view to enjoy while sitting. I've never been to Oregon but sure do have a desire to visit now!
Pshaw...Michigan has been orange barrel capitol of the world for fifty years. Relax the drives are easier when calm and get well.
I was just traveling 101 a few days ago with my family. We were way down past Crescent city to see the 'Trees of Mystery.' It was beautiful but very cool especially at night. We have now returned to the hot and humid midwest. Best wishes for your healthy travels.
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