{"id":65981,"date":"2016-12-09T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/?p=65981"},"modified":"2019-06-20T12:15:15","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T19:15:15","slug":"an-oregon-coast-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/index.php\/an-oregon-coast-afternoon\/","title":{"rendered":"An Oregon Coast Afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69271\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-1-of-28.jpg\" alt=\"oregon-coast-afternoon-1-of-28\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-1-of-28.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-1-of-28-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-1-of-28-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It took some real effort on my part to not try to cram this wooden scarecrow from Something Awesome in Bandon into the car, which I think is precisely the reason I bought a compact hatchback rather than a truck, to curb these sorts of impulses, lest my yard turn into an unintentional roadside attraction. However, the very real possibility of all of my weird hobbies and collections turning into an unintentional roadside attraction is precisely why I bought a home in a neighborhood without a homeowner&#8217;s association, because intentional or not, I&#8217;ll be damned if I&#8217;m going to let my neighbors dictate to me what size my yard alien can be.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-69301\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-4-of-28.jpg\" alt=\"oregon-coast-afternoon-4-of-28\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-4-of-28.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-4-of-28-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-4-of-28-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-69311\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-5-of-28.jpg\" alt=\"oregon-coast-afternoon-5-of-28\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-5-of-28.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-5-of-28-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-5-of-28-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-69341\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-8-of-28.jpg\" alt=\"oregon-coast-afternoon-8-of-28\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-8-of-28.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-8-of-28-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-8-of-28-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-69361\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-10-of-28.jpg\" alt=\"oregon-coast-afternoon-10-of-28\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-10-of-28.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-10-of-28-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-10-of-28-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><em>Tahkenitch lake<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-69371\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-11-of-28.jpg\" alt=\"oregon-coast-afternoon-11-of-28\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-11-of-28.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-11-of-28-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-11-of-28-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I had to pull over for the Sea Lion Caves. America&#8217;s largest sea cave? Yes, please! I parked in their large lot on the east side of 101 and dashed across the road only to be told inside that their elevator was broken and they weren&#8217;t allowing anyone into the sea cave, not on the walkways, not to their viewpoint, nowhere, because someone might look over\/fall into the elevator shaft. &#8220;It&#8217;s a liability issue,&#8221; they said. &#8220;The lawyers won&#8217;t let us.&#8221; Evidently the lawyers have no problem with them encouraging people to run across a highway, though. So I took the liberty of fixing their sign.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69641\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/liabilitycaves.jpg\" alt=\"liabilitycaves\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/liabilitycaves.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/liabilitycaves-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/liabilitycaves-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><em>I also considered adding &#8220;The lawyers encourage visiting our gift shop instead&#8221; at the bottom but I don&#8217;t actually know the lawyers&#8217; stance on that.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-69381\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-12-of-28.jpg\" alt=\"oregon-coast-afternoon-12-of-28\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-12-of-28.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-12-of-28-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-12-of-28-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-69411\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-15-of-28.jpg\" alt=\"oregon-coast-afternoon-15-of-28\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-15-of-28.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-15-of-28-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-15-of-28-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-69421\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-16-of-28.jpg\" alt=\"oregon-coast-afternoon-16-of-28\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-16-of-28.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-16-of-28-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-16-of-28-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My next stop was Devil&#8217;s Churn, a narrow inlet where the waves crash into a milky froth to make Beelzebub Butter. Or so I assume. When the tide is in, the waves can crash up to hundreds of feet into the air, and there are signs everywhere warning visitors never to turn their back on the ocean. The rocks down near the water were very slick with satanic ooze, and my boots skidded right off which is how I ended up in ankle deep demon muck with my boot covered in rock snot*.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-69431\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-17-of-28.jpg\" alt=\"oregon-coast-afternoon-17-of-28\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-17-of-28.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-17-of-28-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-17-of-28-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><em>Baal&#8217;s Half &amp; Half<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-69441\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-18-of-28.jpg\" alt=\"oregon-coast-afternoon-18-of-28\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-18-of-28.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-18-of-28-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-18-of-28-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-69461\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-20-of-28.jpg\" alt=\"oregon-coast-afternoon-20-of-28\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-20-of-28.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-20-of-28-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-20-of-28-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-69481\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-22-of-28.jpg\" alt=\"oregon-coast-afternoon-22-of-28\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-22-of-28.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-22-of-28-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-22-of-28-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><em>Father of Lies foam<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-69491\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-23-of-28.jpg\" alt=\"oregon-coast-afternoon-23-of-28\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-23-of-28.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-23-of-28-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-23-of-28-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-69521\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-26-of-28.jpg\" alt=\"oregon-coast-afternoon-26-of-28\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-26-of-28.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-26-of-28-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-26-of-28-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-69531\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-27-of-28.jpg\" alt=\"oregon-coast-afternoon-27-of-28\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-27-of-28.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-27-of-28-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/oregon-coast-afternoon-27-of-28-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"devils churn\" width=\"740\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pkn2S4uVjoI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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Monday, a cheesy expos\u00e9!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*technical terms, every one<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 3724px; left: 495px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 8412px; left: 495px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 5916px; left: 495px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It took some real effort on my part to not try to cram this wooden scarecrow from Something Awesome in Bandon into the car, which I think is precisely the reason I bought a compact hatchback rather than a truck, to curb these sorts of impulses, lest my yard turn into an unintentional roadside attraction&#8230;. <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/index.php\/an-oregon-coast-afternoon\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&#8594;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112,114,253,533,151,102,223,493],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-attractions","category-everything-is-terrible","category-oregon","category-pacific","category-the-great-outdoors","category-travel","category-usa","category-west"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>An Oregon Coast Afternoon &#8226; Mellzah<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/index.php\/an-oregon-coast-afternoon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"An Oregon Coast Afternoon &#8226; Mellzah\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It took some real effort on my part to not try to cram this wooden scarecrow from Something Awesome in Bandon into the car, which I think is precisely the reason I bought a compact hatchback rather than a truck, to curb these sorts of impulses, lest my yard turn into an unintentional roadside attraction.... 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