I had hoped to get as far south as the Battery Point light in Crescent City on Monday, but I decided instead to head back up the coast to see if I could locate the Cleft of the Rock private lighthouse. This brought me past Heceta Head and I again stopped for more photos from the turnout.
I ran in and out of fog and did get as far as Cape Perpetua where Cleft of the Rock is located, but could not find the right turnout from which it is supposedly visible.
I did stop at a number of gift shops and left behind samples and information about the Lighthouse Stickers project so that slowed my progress along the coast.
By about 2 pm, I was at Umpqua River Lighthouse where I took the tour and finally met Pat, from whom I had been purchasing Harbour Lights for many years.
The beauty of the big first order Fresnel lens is beyond belief!
The inside walls of the tower were sand-blasted a number of years ago because the paint was holding moisture in the walls which was deteriorating the morter, causing it to turn to sand. The stairs hang from the landings and do not touch the inside walls at all.
