After Port Orford, we headed straight down to Gold Beach in time to book a room at Jot’s Resort. Every time we go to Gold Beach, we always stay at Jot’s Resort. The whole property overlooks the Rogue River on its way out to sea. I always associate Gold Beach and Rogue River for its mail jet boat adventures. Anything whitewater adventure is such a magnet to my interest.
There’s another reason why we went to Gold Beach. It’s this area. This area by the North Jetty of the Rogue River is an wind-swept, open-space of harsh living. This area is home to feral or abandoned cats. But the town of Gold Beach had done a surprisingly caring environment for these cats. We discovered this area by accident years ago. From afar, we could see little structures near the edge of a rocky slope by the river. We had to get closer. But to get closer, one has to drive some distance from the resort past the coast guard station and make a left from the paved road to a pothole-riddled wide-span of a gravel road. It’s not even a road. just take a look.
After a day spent in Gold Beach, we headed back north past Reedsport. Last stop before heading east towards Eugene was Old Florence town. Timing was just right to savor the good weather, the end of summer; plus the town’s outdoor market was going on. I bought two little baskets of the most delicious and sweetest cherry tomatoes to snack on later. Hubby and I split up, with me window-shopping and he, typically Irish-blooded, went to a bar. Then we met up to find a place to eat dinner. I’d say, this is usually the scenario when we go on vacations. We have learned not to irritate each other by stopping the bar-goer and the window-shopper (oh I do shop/buy, unbeknownst to hubby) from pursuing their respective interest.
Here are some Old Florence photos:
See Monday section from this blog regarding this restaurant.
Oh NO you are NOT going to tell about that restaurant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great photos! That looks like a great region of the coast. We haven’t been that far south yet, but it looks like something we’ll have to plan on doing soon. Lovely!