Archive for July 5th, 2009

crosswalk

Originally uploaded by kaiyen

I bring a camera along with me on my “commute.” I use quotes because I walk to work and, while I try to vary things up a bit, I pretty much walk across one major street, then among residential streets the rest of the way. So I try hard looking for interesting lighting, lines, shadows, patterns, and textures. I find myself aiming my lens at the ground a lot, to be honest (not that I don’t get some photos from that).

I apparently am enthralled by crosswalks, as I have an inordinate number of photos of the three that I run into during my walk. This particular image is actually on color slide film, scanned, then converted to black and white. I think that helps bring out the lines even more in the images. Who knows…

This is a bit longer of a review so I’ve done a “click for more” separation because we stayed two days in Bandon and I have a lot to say about what we did around there during those days.

Also, I’m separating the days out pretty strictly for these accounts.  For instance, this covers the trip from Brookings to Bandon (day 2), and our next day, still in Bandon (day 3).  I won’t cover the trip from Bandon to Yachats, as that’s part of day 4.  It’s hard to separate the days out as we might have done something on day 3 specifically because of the drive between Bandon and Yachats (that we would not have done had we been driving from Brookings to Yachats, for instance), but I have to cut them up somehow…

Basic facts:

• Stopped off throughout the Samuel Boardman State Corridor, Cape Blanco, and a couple of other places along the way
• Stayed at the Sunset Hotel in Bandon, in the Vern Brown Addition
• Food – see the rest of the post

Stuff I learned on my own:

The Sunset Motel really is worth the effort.  And it’s all about the Vern Brown Addition, from which one can literally shoot the sunset from one’s balcony.  The rooms are a bit dated (really just the TV’s, actually) but the views are stunning.  Bandon is tiny as a town, and I’m not sure it’s a “Must Stop” as one guide mentioned.  But the beach itself is really impressive, with some great stacks and smooth waves.  It’s also a quick ride to several different places, so it’s a tremendous base of operations for the whole region.  Yachats as the next location is a good idea since it’s sufficiently far enough away that one can explore the entire Bandon to Coos Bay area.

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