Oregon & Florida – Beaches

If you have been following my blog, you know that my posts have been absent for the past couple weeks.  My 81 year old mother had hip surgery and I have been busy assisting her.  Fortunately, she is doing well and on the road to full recovery.  (However, it may be weeks before I am photographing our beautiful country again.)

Here are some beach photographs of Florida and Oregon.  Two very distant areas – and equally beautiful!

Oregon’s Pacific Ocean…

Florida’s Gulf coast…

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              Eileen Newman, Photographer and Documentary Filmmaker               eileen14800@gmail.com                      503-451-0385

All photographs and blog content – copyright 1998, 2011 – 2015  Eileen Newman

The 100th blog post! Yippee!

This is the 100th post in the blog.  Two and a half months have passed.  We have been around the continental USA.

Thank you for following the blog!  Seeing your comments and likes have meant a lot to me.

It has been my pleasure to share my adventures with you – in photographs.

In honor of the 100th post, we will revisit some of my favorite photos from the road…  I hope you enjoy….

Swanville, Maine….

North of Valrico, Florida….

Alexandria Bay, New York…

Nebraska…

Newport, Oregon….

Sonoma County, California….

Indiana…

New York, New York…

Toronto, Ontario, Canada….

Deer Isle, Maine…

Amherst, Massachusetts area….

Northfield, Minnesota…

Kent, Connecticut area….

Oregon coast…

Buffalo, New York…

Sarasota, Florida…

Bear Mountain, New York….

Reader, West Virginia….

Washington, D.C….

South Carolina….

Trinidad, California….

Port Townsend, Washington….

Sullivan Beach, South Carolina

Panama City Beach, Florida…

Selma, Alabama…

Louisiana…

New Mexico…

Los Angeles, California….

Cold Spring, New York….

Manzanita, Oregon….

Missoula, Montana…

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             Eileen Newman, Photographer and Documentary Filmmaker               eileen14800@gmail.com                      503-451-0385

All photographs and blog content – copyright 2011 – 2015  Eileen Newman

Oregon – some more pictures

Oregon is a beautiful state and my home state. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon)

Here are some additional pictures from all over the state…

Columbia River Gorge –

Oregon City (at the Farmer’s Market) –

Manzanita area (on a gloomy day) –

Florence –

Southern Oregon  –

sea lions

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Eileen Newman, Photographer and Documentary Filmmaker               eileen14800@gmail.com                      503-451-0385

All photographs and blog content – copyright 2011 – 2015  Eileen Newman

California – Carmel area (Monterey County)

My travels took  me to paradise – otherwise known as the Carmel, California area.  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmel-by-the-Sea,_California)

I explored Carmel Valley Village  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmel_Valley_Village,_California)

and  south of the Carmel area (towards Big Sur – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Sur).

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  Eileen Newman, Photographer and Documentary Filmmaker           eileen14800@gmail.com                      503-451-0385

Photographs and blog content – copyright 2011-2014  Eileen Newman

California – Trinidad

Stayed one night in Trindad on my drive along the coast of California.

Trindad is a a small town on the northern California coast (along Highway 101).  Approximately 400 people live there.   (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad,_California)

To my surprise, this small town has a great hamburger place, which uses local natural beef.   (I cannot remember the name of the restaurant, but it’s in the same parking lot with Murphy’s Market, which also has a great variety of natural foods.)

I saw a sign for Trinidad Scenic Drive, so I turned onto it.  The road went from one lane each direction to one lane only and from pavement to gravel.   I traveled at a very low speed.

But it was worth it!  The views along the drive were magnificent.

The weather was overcast and hazy …

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             Eileen Newman, Photographer and Documentary Filmmaker           eileen14800@gmail.com                      503-451-0385

Photographs and blog content – copyright 2011-2014  Eileen Newman

Oregon – southern Oregon coast

The ride down the Oregon coast through southern Oregon was magnificent.

The gorgeous beaches…

The sunset….

the waves….

a companion…

and a fisherman on a typical overcast day….

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Eileen Newman, Photographer and Documentary Filmmaker               eileen14800@gmail.com                      503-451-0385

All photographs and blog content – copyright 2011-2014  Eileen Newman

Oregon – near Otter Rock

As I drove along the coast of Oregon, I stopped along the Pacific ocean (near Otter Rock).  (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otter_Rock,_Oregon)

The views were magnificent.  The sun was beginning to set.

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Eileen Newman, Photographer and Documentary Filmmaker               eileen14800@gmail.com                      503-451-0385

All photographs and blog content – copyright 2011-2014  Eileen Newman

Oregon – Newport

On my way south, down the coast of Oregon,  I stopped in Newport.  It is a large city for the coast, having approximately 10,000.  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport,_Oregon)

I drove through the city and down to the docks area.  The smell of fish was in the air.  It was a gorgeous summer night.

I walked into a bar on the docks.  I told them that I was a professional balloon twister and wondered if they could gave me some work.  The owner gave me $20 and asked me to make as many balloons for his customers as $20 would take me.  So I had some fun twisting balloons and made a little gas money.  (It was a late night bar setting, so some of  the requests were obscene.)

I was planning to camp out that night and asked where it would be safe to car camp.  They told me to sleep in the big lot outside of their bar.

It was a good night’s sleep.

Before I left Newport, I snapped a few more pictures.

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Eileen Newman, Photographer and Documentary Filmmaker               eileen14800@gmail.com                      503-451-0385

All photographs and blog content – copyright 2011-2014  Eileen Newman

Oregon – Manzanita

In 2011, I spent the summer in Manzanita, Oregon.

Manzanita is a very small town on the northern Oregon coast.  There are only about 400 full time residents living there, but in the summer season the place explodes with summer visitors.  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manzanita,_Oregon)

I found the area while driving down the Oregon coast, looking for a place I would like to live.  I turned in on the road to Manzanita and feel in love.

The flowers were magnificent….

But best of all was the beach…

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Eileen Newman, Photographer and Documentary Filmmaker               eileen14800@gmail.com                      503-451-0385

All photographs and blog content – copyright 2011 & 2014 Eileen Newman