GREAT DUNE OF KIWANDA – MAGIC ON THE OREGON COAST

Erosion continually reshapes the landscape at Cape Kiwanda.

The Oregon Coast spans some fantastically beautiful scenery.  Driving along US 101 in the summer can be a bit frustrating at times stuck behind the travel trailers and rvs making their way north or south along the highway, but there is a reason so many are there.  People ask me what the favorite spot I have along the long coastline.  That is a lot like the question what your favorite travel place in the world is.  There are simply too many. One recent spot I discovered was the mystical charms to be discovered atop the Great Dune of Cape Kiwanda.

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CIRCLES IN THE SAND EMERGING FROM TIDES IN THE GARDEN OF THE GODS – BANDON, OREGON

Final preparations for the first appearance of the Circles in the Sand at Face Rock Beach in Bandon. Haystack Rock is in the far distance looking not unlike an Easter Island statue with face peering upward.

The lyrics for the opening of Belinda Carlisle’s “Circle in the Sand” hit song from the late 1980’s are apropos for a public art event that takes part regularly between the summer tides on the beaches in Bandon, Oregon – “Circles in the Sand”.

“Sundown all around
Walking through the summer’s end
Waves crash, baby, don’t look back
I won’t walk away again”

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