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04/25/2026

💨 “By-the-wind sailors” usually refers to a fascinating ocean creature called Velella velella. They’re not actually single animals, but floating colonies of tiny organisms working together. What makes them stand out is the small, translucent “sail” that sticks up above the water. The wind catches this sail and pushes them across the ocean surface—hence the name.

🌊 They often wash up on beaches in huge numbers, especially along the U.S. West Coast.
💨 They are entirely dependent on wind and currents, with sails angled to steer at about 45 degrees to the wind.
🪼 They’re related to jellyfish and can sting, but their sting is usually harmless to humans.
💨 Blooms (mass appearances) can happen when wind and currents push them toward shore.

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04/22/2026

This lighthouse, officially the Coquille River Lighthouse, stands today as a reminder of a past era when safe shipping depended on a lightkeeper and his light. From within the stuccoed brick walls of the adjoining 47 foot tower was a fixed, fourth-order light which beaconed 28 seconds, eclipsed two seconds. The light guided boats safely across the shallow beach at the mouth of the Coquille River until 1939 when it was abandoned and replaced by an automatic light on the south jetty.

In 1963, The Oregon State Parks Division
leased the lighthouse and surrounding acreage from the Army Corps Of Engineers for park purposes. Together, these two agencies restored the weatherworn and deteriorated lighthouse in 1978.

Of the eight lighthouses remaining on the Oregon Coast, The Coquille River Lighthouse was the last constructed. It is listed on the National Register Of Historic Places.

📍Coquille River Lighthouse - 1896
56487 Bullards Beach Road
Bandon, Oregon 97411

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04/21/2026

Bandon, Oregon

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04/13/2026

So we’re sitting at our campsite by the river 🏞️, minding our business, when we notice something moving on the other side… 🔎 We pulled out the spotting scope to get a better view… only to see that it was a FULL. GROWN. BEAR. 🐻 And y’all… the way it just stood there staring at us like we were the weird ones??? Anyway, we packed up our snacks like our lives depended on it (because… yeah) and then pretended like we could still have a relaxing camping trip. 🏕️ Would you have stayed or left immediately?? 💬

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04/04/2026

❓Help us out… it seems like we spend a lot of time planning… whether it’s planning our next destination, planning activities, planning the cheapest stop for gas, etc…. There’s always something to plan! And by planning I mean last minute planning… like when we’re on our way to a new state we start planning where we’ll land for the night. 😂 Tell us what we should do in your home state to help us out!

💬 What are the must see places and must do activities in your area?

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04/02/2026

🔥 💨 Damaged by fire or wind, a new trunk sprouted from dormant buds (burls) high in Big Tree's crown. This reiterated trunk alone is larger than many individual trees on the forest floor.

🌿 Epiphytes are plants that grow on other plants. Soil and water collects in large cavities and broad branches of mature redwoods. Where Big Tree's top snapped off years ago, huckleberries and ferns now grow 200 feet above the forest floor.

🪾 The black char on the outer bark of Big Tree is an indicator that fire is a visitor to the redwood forest. Thick, insulating bark helps redwoods survive multiple fires throughout their lifetime.

🌳 Big Tree
📏 Height: 286 Feet
📏 Diameter: 23.7 Feet
📏 Circumference: 74.5 Feet
🦕 Estimated Age: 1500 Years

♿️ Visit the iconic Big Tree via an easy, paved, 100-yard access trail. With stable, firm surfaces and minimal slope, this trail can accommodate wheelchairs, strollers, and people with limited mobility.

🥾 Continue onto Circle Trail for a level, 0.3-mile, family-friendly trail beginning at Big Tree and wandering through an ancient redwood forest. Tightly clustered redwoods, or "cathedral trees,” are common here and
may have reproduced by sprouting from older trees damaged by fire.

📍Big Tree
Newton B. Drury Scenic Pkwy
Orick, California 95555

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