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.

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

Purple flowers add some color to the sea of green that is the Mt. Hood National Forest off the West Cascades Scenic Byway north of Detroit, Oregon.