Crissey Field State Park
This was the view from the place we stayed in Brookings of the northern spit of Crissey Field State Park.
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The fisherman and the sea
Today’s photo is from our trip to Brookings last month…
Moss and clover in Stout Grove
Part of the beauty of Stout Grove is that if you tire (not likely) of looking at the enormous redwoods, you can always take in the lower scenery featuring ferns, clover, and moss aplenty.
Low tide at dawn in Brookings
I’m a morning person. So even though no one else was close to being up on our only morning in Brookings last week, I went out for a walk on the beach. According to the tide tables, this was to be the lowest tide of the month. Compared to the day before at high tide (in which we couldn’t even make it to the beach due to the high water level), this was a completely different scene. There was more beach than I could imagine. The last 100 feet or so of beach consisted of sand that didn’t appear to ever get dry. Even though the Pacific Ocean was still a ways out there, my shoes (and not just the bottoms) got wet in this super low-tide stuff. The sand was so wet, still, that it reflected the sky and made for a nice picture. I’m not sure if I like the dog running into the corner of the picture or not.
Rob Wynia of Floater on the “Iron By Water” tour
One last pic from Robert Wynia’s show last week… You can see that he pulled out a harmonica for this song.
And the rest of the videos I took from Floater’s bassist’s great show…
This last song really surprised me. I didn’t realize Rob was doing covers of “The Final Cut” or I wouldn’t have missed the first part of it. I’m a huge Roger Waters fan and “The Final Cut” is more Roger Waters than Pink Floyd.
Peter Cornett of Floater
Pete, Floater’s drummer, opened up for Rob. Imagine if you will back to the late 1970s when the members of Kiss all made their solo albums. I’m not a Kiss fan so I don’t know anything about those records but I’m guessing all of the band members did not move to the guitar on them. I’m guessing Gene still played the bass, Peter played drums, etc. Maybe I’m wrong. The members of Floater, on the other hand, all play guitar on their solo albums. Pete opened for Rob playing nothing but guitar. Rob, who is Floater’s bassist, played only guitar as well. Maybe this only strikes me as interesting.
Anyway, Pete’s CD goes by the name Riverboat I believe. I couldn’t find it on amazon.
I’ll leave you with another song from Rob’s set (with Pete on drums). This is a song called “Come to Me” off Rob’s new CD. He tells a little story about it before playing.
Robert Wynia at Johnny B’s in Medford
Last night a friend and I headed to Medford to watch Rob Wynia on his solo, acoustic tour in support of his new CD, Iron by Water. The Floater front man did not disappoint. Actually, 2/3 of Floater played on this evening. Peter Cornett was on drums.
Here is a video I took of one of the Floater songs they performed, “Cannonball” off of Wake. Enjoy!
Happy week after St. Patrick’s Day!
Better late than never I suppose. I forgot about St. Patrick’s Day last week so I’m giving you a dose of it today instead. Stout Grove is loaded with clover. We spent a good deal of time looking for a four-leaf clover with no success.
Back to Brookings
The tsunami from Japan’s Tohoku Earthquake traveled thousands of miles and ended up affecting the Oregon Coast as well. I’m not sure if all of this driftwood was moved by the recent tsunami or not, but it did seem like more, and more recently arranged, than what one normally sees on the Oregon Coast.
Brookings was evacuated for the tsunami so the lady who rented us the place (right on the ocean but about 70 feet above it at high tide) couldn’t tell us exactly what it was like. She said they came back immediately after the forced evacuation time ended to watch the ocean come in and then out in massive movements like they hadn’t seen before. We were able to witness similar phenomena, on a much smaller scale, when the tides changed. The tsunami, even 5,000 miles from its origin, must have been spectacular.
Stout Grove
One of the main reasons we went to the Oregon Coast this past weekend was to show our Japanese friend, Takumi, some California Redwood trees. There is no better place for doing so than Stout Grove in Jedediah Smith State Park. Even though it was raining, Takumi quickly feel in love with the redwoods.