Bend, OR

Waldport seems to be a town frozen in time as much hasn’t seemed to change since I went to school there over 20 years ago. This is still a tiny little town that sits between Florence and Newport. Waldport sits at the mouth of the Alsea River, once famous for it’s steelhead and salmon fishing and still famous for its’ beauty. This little area seems to keep time well with the earlier periods of the late 1900’s and on the surface, technology doesn’t seem to have caught up with the rest of the world. This is part of the reason why I still like the area between Waldport & Tidewater. Up river, you come to the little town of Tidewater, where I actually lived. The twelve miles between the two are some of the most gorgeous areas of the coastal region as so much has been left untouched. The forests are still dense, there are still hidden streams and it sets me apart from the rest of the world. Wandering fields for miles along the Alsea River where it is not uncommon to see the wildlife on a regular basis.

To this day I still lose myself in the “lost in time” moments of my wanderings. I even still trap, hunt & fish this area. I explore the streams of my childhood and new ones in my adulthood. My spirit becomes peaceful and my mind clears away. Back in Waldport I love to sit on the bay and watch the sea otters and lions at play or resting in groups upon the sandy shore of the Alsea bay and should I be lucky enough to be there on 4^th of July, the bay is the perfect spot to watch the fireworks as you are literally under them as they colorize the night sky.

While small and hold little in the way of conventional coastal recreation, it makes up for in natural beauty.