A Trip to the north: Meyers, Arch, and Gold Beaches

We decided this morning that it was bright and sunny and would be a good day to take a jet boat up the Rogue River.  We checked for the address and when reading the information found out that the trips started at 8:00 a.m. and it was about 10:30 a.m. and Gold Beach was about an hour away from where we were camped.  So we decided to go to Gold Beach anyway and book a trip for later in the week.  Pralines decided she wanted to go too.

The first view point we stopped at was Meyers Creek Beach.

Everywhere we looked was a beautiful view.

Our next viewpoint was at Arch Beach.

At last we arrived at Gold Beach Visitor's Center.

We picked up several brochures and got suggestions of places for lunch.  We decided we would go to the Curry Historical Museum in the Alice Wakeman Building. It was an interesting museum about that told the history of the local area.  Alice Wakeman was a teacher, and poet well-known in the area. That is probably why it interested me. It had artifacts of her life. Household items, doctor's instruments, school artifacts, Indian baskets and apparel.

This was a sampler of Alice's lace making.  Every young girl would make a similar sampler to show their skills.  After completing a sampler the next lace work a young girl would do would be numbered.

There were several award winning quilts. I always take pictures of quilts for my friend Shellie to see.  She is the queen of quilts as far as I'm concerned.

We next went to Jerry's Jet Boats and signed up for a 64 mile ride on Saturday.  We then went next door for lunch at the Port Hole.  It was very good.

This is the Isaac Lee Patterson Bridge across the Rogue River on Highway 101 at Gold Beach.  It was dedicated on May 28,1932.

Under the bridge we saw these cattle enjoying a little water.  Nature exists so close to civilization.  

As we entered our campsite, we saw a deer.  He was looking at us as we were looking at him.

Note:  We had to cancel our jet ride and it will be at least a week before any more blogs will appear, as I am flying to Tucson tomorrow to be with my mom.  My sister is flying in from Ohio and if Mom can, she will fly to  Ohio to stay with my sister.  I would appreciate your thoughts and prayers.