Crabbing floats are piled in front of the traps at the marina on Yaquina Bay in Newport, Oregon.

Harbor seals lounge on rocks in the Pacific Ocean at Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area at Newport, Oregon.

Colorful boat at Charleston Marina, Coos Bay, Oregon.

Crab traps, floats, and working boats in the Newport Harbor on Yaquina Bay, Oregon.

Talbot Campsite at Schooner Creek on Siletz Bay in Lincoln County. In 1849 Lt. Theodore Talbot was sent by the U.S. government to explore the Yaquina Bay area. He noted in his journal that he found only about 85 native tribal people living in the area, the population probably decimated by disease introduced by trappers and explorers and by forest fires. During his exploration, Talbot camped on this site. The Indians who lived on the Yaquina River and fished in the bay were the Yacona.

Coiled lines of rope at Newport Harbor, Yaquina Bay, Oregon.

Field between Eagle Creek and Barton, Oregon.

Boiler Bay, in Linoln County, Oregon. A rugged, basalt-rimmed bay, Boiler Bay is a great place to watch wild surf action on the rocky spurs as well as a good opportunity to see gray whales year round. Boiler Bay is named for the remains of a ship's boiler. In 1910, an explosion sank the J. Marhoffer, and you can see the ship's boiler at low-tide.

A miraculous and rugged, basalt-rimmed bay, Boiler Bay is a great place to watch wild surf action on the rocky spurs. This viewpoint is a good spot to see gray whales year round as well as ocean-going birds (like shearwaters, jaegers, albatrosses, grebes, pelicans, loons, oystercatchers and murrelets). Boiler Bay is named for the remains of a ship's boiler visible at low tide. In 1910, an explosion sank the J. Marhoffer, and you can see the ship's boiler at low-tide

Working boats at Newport Harbor, Yaquina Bay, Oregon.

Crab boat with accoutrement at the Newport Harbor, Yaquina Bay, Oregon.

Crab traps stuffed with floats and lines, Newport Harboar, Yaquina Bay, Oregon.

A heat-caused inversion casts a hazy spell upon the Yaquina Head Lighthouse, as viewed from Moolak Beach.

Working boats at Charleston Marina, Cape Arago, Oregon.

Newport harbor scene, Yaquina Bay, Oregon.

Working boats at Charleston Marina, Coos Bay, Oregon.

Detail on a working boat, Charleston Marina, Coos Bay, Oregon.

Detail on a working boat, Charleston Marina, Coos Bay, Oregon.

Field of flowers and grain (red millet?) and old barn between Eagle Creek and Barton, Oregon.

Lazy Harbor Seals, Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area, Newport, Oregon.

Haze from a heat inversion together with smoke from forest fires in Oregon and British Columbia obscures Lookout Point Dam across Lookout Reservoir, Middle Fork of the Willamette River, Oregon.

Newport harbor scene, coiled rope and floats ready for crabbing season, Yaquina Bay, Oregon.

Crab traps at Newport Marina, Yaquina Bay, Oregon.