Cape Perpetua | PDXKnitterati

When I said I was knitting away on my second Luminos Tee, I really was knitting, away. I took a trip to the Oregon Coast with my friend Vickie. She’s a forever friend; we went to University of Oregon, way back when. She’s the source of my blueberry cobbler recipe!

We went to Yachats, which is near Cape Perpetua. Yachats has a lot of rocky shoreline which is great for rock hopping and tidepooling.

Wall of marine life: mussels, barnacles, starfish, anemones, dogwinkles, crabs

orange and purple starfish — the starfish are back!

I’m glad to see the starfish are recovering; there were several years of starfish wasting disease where their numbers were down.

tiny pelagic gooseneck barnacles on seaweed

tiny sand dollars and a heart-shaped fragment

I love tidepooling.

We went to the visitors center at Cape Perpetua. I was last here in 2022.

This shelter was built by the CCC in the 1930s. Workers (young men who needed jobs during the Depression) earned $30/month. They kept $5, and $25 went home to the family.

It was a quick and efficient getaway! I’m planning one more before the summer is over; I like short trips. Do you have summer travel plans?

It’s was ridiculously hot here last week (90 to 100F), so a planned camping trip with the ladies was a welcome respite. We went to Cape Perpetua, near Yachats, on the central Oregon coast.

It was a cool and misty weekend, with highs in the mid-60s. The curtains of mist falling past the cape were ethereally lovely.

I brought my assigned pooling cowl, but didn’t do a lot of knitting. There was a whole world to explore.

This Sitka Spruce was here before Columbus arrived in the New World. Older than Henry VIII?!

The hollow underneath was formed as the tree grew out of a nurse log, which then rotted away, hundreds of years ago.

fauna growing from nurse log — What’s going to grow from this nurse log? Who will see it hundreds of years from now?

Stone shelter built by the CCC in the 1930s. Workers (young men) earned $30/month. They kept $5, and $25 went home to the family.

Cape Perpetua is on a pretty rocky part of the coast, but there are occasional sandy beaches. Tillicum Beach was wide and inviting.

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The rise and fall in Thor’s Well is mesmerizing.

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Spouting Horn blow hole

Farewell to our mascot, who stayed with us all weekend

Back in town, where it’s cooled off a bit. Time to work out my next design!

3 skeins of yarn: white speckle, gray, and yellow

I’ve gone through two design ideas so far. One would require an extra skein of speckled yarn, so no go on that one. It’s risky to order another and expect that the speckles will be the same (ask me how I know). Both this idea and the next idea involve working from the large end to the small end, in order to make the motif right side up. It’s a lot more planning and math, but it will be worth it. I hope. Onward!