#reedsport

[new--tomorrows]

Bulls dueling at Dean Creek, outside of Reedsport, Oregon. 11 September 2022.

[thedigs]

In Reedsport and took a Drive with Stephanie and Greg down to Coos Bay

Seals on all the rocks. Lots of them

[etakeh]

Whoo boy are there a lot of marketing buzzwords in there.

Starting off with a "marketing funnel" mention.

And it's all down the funnel from there.

I think I mentioned that I'm in the middle of a course on Online Marketing right?

And the main thing I've come away with is:

The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing marketers that they are philanthropists, putting their content in our faces for our own good.

The second greatest was making it impossible to opt out.

We were always a product, I think we all know that in our heart of hearts, but at least here we could be pretend we were *different*.

Without that, there is literally no reason to stay.

And doing this right when the other platforms are in a tizzy? Hard to believe that's accidental.

Which leads me to believe they are using this version of the marketing funnel:

When they could be using this version - where at least they have an end goal of Loyalty and Advocacy.

They sure as fuck aren't going to get that with this new marketing plan.

(Google's course shows the funnel as Awareness > Consideration > Conversion > Loyalty. Even fucking GOOGLE understands that end goal is important)

Tumblr’s Core Product Strategy

Here at Tumblr, we’ve been working hard on reorganizing how we work in a bid to gain more users. A larger user base means a more sustainable company, and means we get to stick around and do this thing with you all a bit longer. What follows is the strategy we're using to accomplish the goal of user growth. The @labs group has published a bit already, but this is bigger. We’re publishing it publicly for the first time, in an effort to work more transparently with all of you in the Tumblr community. This strategy provides guidance amid limited resources, allowing our teams to focus on specific key areas to ensure Tumblr’s future.

The Diagnosis

In order for Tumblr to grow, we need to fix the core experience that makes Tumblr a useful place for users. The underlying problem is that Tumblr is not easy to use. Historically, we have expected users to curate their feeds and lean into curating their experience. But this expectation introduces friction to the user experience and only serves a small portion of our audience. 

Tumblr’s competitive advantage lies in its unique content and vibrant communities. As the forerunner of internet culture, Tumblr encompasses a wide range of interests, such as entertainment, art, gaming, fandom, fashion, and music. People come to Tumblr to immerse themselves in this culture, making it essential for us to ensure a seamless connection between people and content. 

To guarantee Tumblr’s continued success, we’ve got to prioritize fostering that seamless connection between people and content. This involves attracting and retaining new users and creators, nurturing their growth, and encouraging frequent engagement with the platform.

Our Guiding Principles

To enhance Tumblr’s usability, we must address these core guiding principles.

Expand the ways new users can discover and sign up for Tumblr.

Provide high-quality content with every app launch.

Facilitate easier user participation in conversations.

Retain and grow our creator base.

Create patterns that encourage users to keep returning to Tumblr.

Improve the platform’s performance, stability, and quality.

Below is a deep dive into each of these principles.

Principle 1: Expand the ways new users can discover and sign up for Tumblr.

Tumblr has a “top of the funnel” issue in converting non-users into engaged logged-in users. We also have not invested in industry standard SEO practices to ensure a robust top of the funnel. The referral traffic that we do get from external sources is dispersed across different pages with inconsistent user experiences, which results in a missed opportunity to convert these users into regular Tumblr users. For example, users from search engines often land on pages within the blog network and blog view—where there isn’t much of a reason to sign up. 

We need to experiment with logged-out tumblr.com to ensure we are capturing the highest potential conversion rate for visitors into sign-ups and log-ins. We might want to explore showing the potential future user the full breadth of content that Tumblr has to offer on our logged-out pages. We want people to be able to easily understand the potential behind Tumblr without having to navigate multiple tabs and pages to figure it out. Our current logged-out explore page does very little to help users understand “what is Tumblr.” which is a missed opportunity to get people excited about joining the site.

Actions & Next Steps

Improving Tumblr’s search engine optimization (SEO) practices to be in line with industry standards.

Experiment with logged out tumblr.com to achieve the highest conversion rate for sign-ups and log-ins, explore ways for visitors to “get” Tumblr and entice them to sign up.

Principle 2: Provide high-quality content with every app launch.

We need to ensure the highest quality user experience by presenting fresh and relevant content tailored to the user’s diverse interests during each session. If the user has a bad content experience, the fault lies with the product.

The default position should always be that the user does not know how to navigate the application. Additionally, we need to ensure that when people search for content related to their interests, it is easily accessible without any confusing limitations or unexpected roadblocks in their journey.

Being a 15-year-old brand is tough because the brand carries the baggage of a person’s preconceived impressions of Tumblr. On average, a user only sees 25 posts per session, so the first 25 posts have to convey the value of Tumblr: it is a vibrant community with lots of untapped potential. We never want to leave the user believing that Tumblr is a place that is stale and not relevant. 

Actions & Next Steps

Deliver great content each time the app is opened.

Make it easier for users to understand where the vibrant communities on Tumblr are. 

Improve our algorithmic ranking capabilities across all feeds. 

Principle 3: Facilitate easier user participation in conversations.

Part of Tumblr’s charm lies in its capacity to showcase the evolution of conversations and the clever remarks found within reblog chains and replies. Engaging in these discussions should be enjoyable and effortless.

Unfortunately, the current way that conversations work on Tumblr across replies and reblogs is confusing for new users. The limitations around engaging with individual reblogs, replies only applying to the original post, and the inability to easily follow threaded conversations make it difficult for users to join the conversation.

Actions & Next Steps

Address the confusion within replies and reblogs.

Improve the conversational posting features around replies and reblogs. 

Allow engagements on individual replies and reblogs.

Make it easier for users to follow the various conversation paths within a reblog thread. 

Remove clutter in the conversation by collapsing reblog threads. 

Explore the feasibility of removing duplicate reblogs within a user’s Following feed. 

Principle 4: Retain and grow our creator base.

Creators are essential to the Tumblr community. However, we haven’t always had a consistent and coordinated effort around retaining, nurturing, and growing our creator base.  

Being a new creator on Tumblr can be intimidating, with a high likelihood of leaving or disappointment upon sharing creations without receiving engagement or feedback. We need to ensure that we have the expected creator tools and foster the rewarding feedback loops that keep creators around and enable them to thrive.

The lack of feedback stems from the outdated decision to only show content from followed blogs on the main dashboard feed (“Following”), perpetuating a cycle where popular blogs continue to gain more visibility at the expense of helping new creators. To address this, we need to prioritize supporting and nurturing the growth of new creators on the platform.

It is also imperative that creators, like everyone on Tumblr, feel safe and in control of their experience. Whether it be an ask from the community or engagement on a post, being successful on Tumblr should never feel like a punishing experience.

Actions & Next Steps

Get creators’ new content in front of people who are interested in it. 

Improve the feedback loop for creators, incentivizing them to continue posting.

Build mechanisms to protect creators from being spammed by notifications when they go viral.

Expand ways to co-create content, such as by adding the capability to embed Tumblr links in posts.

Principle 5: Create patterns that encourage users to keep returning to Tumblr.

Push notifications and emails are essential tools to increase user engagement, improve user retention, and facilitate content discovery. Our strategy of reaching out to you, the user, should be well-coordinated across product, commercial, and marketing teams.

Our messaging strategy needs to be personalized and adapt to a user’s shifting interests. Our messages should keep users in the know on the latest activity in their community, as well as keeping Tumblr top of mind as the place to go for witty takes and remixes of the latest shows and real-life events.  

Most importantly, our messages should be thoughtful and should never come across as spammy.  

Actions & Next Steps

Conduct an audit of our messaging strategy.

Address the issue of notifications getting too noisy; throttle, collapse or mute notifications where necessary.  

Identify opportunities for personalization within our email messages. 

Test what the right daily push notification limit is. 

Send emails when a user has push notifications switched off.

Principle 6: Performance, stability and quality.

The stability and performance of our mobile apps have declined. There is a large backlog of production issues, with more bugs created than resolved over the last 300 days. If this continues, roughly one new unresolved production issue will be created every two days. Apps and backend systems that work well and don't crash are the foundation of a great Tumblr experience. Improving performance, stability, and quality will help us achieve sustainable operations for Tumblr.

Improve performance and stability: deliver crash-free, responsive, and fast-loading apps on Android, iOS, and web.

Improve quality: deliver the highest quality Tumblr experience to our users. 

Move faster: provide APIs and services to unblock core product initiatives and launch new features coming out of Labs.

Conclusion

Our mission has always been to empower the world’s creators. We are wholly committed to ensuring Tumblr evolves in a way that supports our current users while improving areas that attract new creators, artists, and users. You deserve a digital home that works for you. You deserve the best tools and features to connect with your communities on a platform that prioritizes the easy discoverability of high-quality content. This is an invigorating time for Tumblr, and we couldn’t be more excited about our current strategy.

[robbyrobinson]

{Creepypasta} Remember Euclydia

Growing up, Gravity Falls was truly something special. Released back in 2012 and concluding after two seasons on February 15, 2016, the Disney Channel series revolved around Dipper and Mabel Pines, a set of fraternal twins, who were sent to spend their summer vacation in the fictional town of Gravity Falls, Oregon, with their great uncle, or rather “Grunkle” Stanley Pines. Together, they work at Grunkle Stan’s tourist trap “The Mystery Shack” alongside Soos and Wendy Corduroy. It is there that Dipper would discover a journal cataloging all the mysterious anomalies that plague the town.

Of course, the show was best remembered because of its use of cryptograms such as the Caesar cipher among other varieties of encrypted puzzles. In fact, shortly after the series finale was aired, a real-life Cipher hunt was orchestrated by series creator Alex Hirsch himself which spanned countries beginning in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and, appropriately ending in Reedsport, Oregon. And it is there, somewhere in the woods that the victors who decoded the mystery were met with a statue of an... old friend.

Fans of the show are more than familiar with the sinister Dream Demon Bill Cipher, but for those who slept on the show, Bill Cipher was the main antagonist of the series, a triangular fiend from the Second Dimension who was originally meant to be a one-off character before he was promoted. To keep the spoilers to a minimum, Bill wanted to merge his decaying dimension, the Nightmare Realm, with the Earth succeeding at his goal in “Dipper and Mabel vs. The Future” when he deceived a despondent Mabel. He rained weirdness on the entirety of Gravity Falls in an apocalyptic event dubbed Weirdmageddon driving people to the brink of insanity with his Bubbles of Pure Madness and transforming others into stone statues and creating a Throne of Frozen Human Agony from them.

However, despite his near victory, Bill is predictably defeated, leaving his physical form behind to get an equation which prevented him from spreading his weirdness to the rest of the world. While the show ended on a great note with the day saved, it left a plethora of questions, the most damning one being on the demonic triangle himself. Was Bill truly dead, or could there be a chance he could return to wreak havoc on the Pines family?

This question lingered for years and was only further muddled with the subsequent releases of books to expand the universe of Gravity Falls. The most alarming one was written from the perspective of the Dream Demon himself, which begged the question: if Bill was dead, how could he be writing the book? Was he in some weird afterlife, preferably Hell for all the atrocities he committed throughout the trillions of years he was alive? Or was he hiding in the deepest regions of Grunkle Stan’s mind? The Book of Bill promised to reveal Bill’s origins and ultimately clear up where he had been for all those years since the show finished production.

Naturally, the book is classic Bill with its morbid, dark humor, and, to its credit, it did reveal Bill’s backstory... or at least bits of it that put together. Even in the original cartoon it was common knowledge that Bill was a native of the Second Dimension where, as he put it, was a realm containing nothing but flat dreams, flat minds, and a flat world. It was then that Bill “liberated” his dimension, and he did such an exceedingly excellent job at it that... the dimension no longer exists. Everyone was dead, even his parents.

While the book could be summed up as being just nonsense that Bill wrote to ensnare a hapless victim to possess and start Weirdmageddon anew, what made this an even more interesting turning point is the creation of a tie-in website “thisisnotawebsitedotcom.com.” The site could be best described as being additional pages of The Book of Bill that were left on the drawing board detailing more lore to the series and giving some funny responses. Just try typing in “Ted Cruz” and you would be introduced to a popup that informs you that you violated standards and practices and therefore you must have your mouth washed out. Or if you typed in “Skibidi” you are met with the lovely message that your life privileges are revoked. Then there were the... not-so-funny responses like what happens if you type in “Stanley” one-too-many times.

After hearing about the website, I decided to visit the website. I was met with several interesting visuals like a human skull with a gold tooth; an eye in a jar; a copy of The Book of Bill with a dagger stabbed into it. Best of all, the low beat of the show’s theme song complimented the mysterious aura that took me back to when I first watched the cartoon. I soaked in the atmosphere for a few more seconds before I remembered the reason I logged onto the website.

I started off with the codes I already was familiar with ranging from the names of the main characters and was met with amusing results. I then thought of ones off the top of my head to see if they also worked. If you were to type Season 1 into the computer, you’d get “Anti-Gravity Falls” for one, or Season 1 if you plugged in Season 2. As I further experimented with the outcomes, my mind directed me towards Cipher again. However, I had already used “Bill,” “triangle,” and “Bill Cipher” so I needed to think of something else... maybe on some of his classifications. Given the terminology that he was a Dream Demon, the most sense was to type “dream.”

So... I did. I wrote out “dream” and pressed enter. Red flashed from the computer denoting that the word was not one of the codes. I was disappointed, but I remembered how there were tricks to some of the words, so I pressed the enter key again. But like before, no slice. However, I was not one to just give up after the first two goes. I pressed enter again and again in rapid succession only for the same blaring to ring out.

It was the very definition of insanity I admit, but if it provided me with answers to Bill’s nature, I would have felt obligated. Eventually, the pyramid placeholder on the computer glitched as a new message popped up:

PA'Z UVA TF MHBSA PA'Z UVA TF MHBSA PA'Z UVA TF MHBSA TF LFL... P JHU ZAPSS ZLL AOL IBYUPUN IVKPLZ... PA OBYAZ PA OBYAZ... WSLHZL ZVTLVUL AHRL HDHF AOL WHPU!!!

I could practically hear Bill railing against me the further I typed the word into the password interface. The screen glitched and flashed in vibrant colors undoubtedly representing a color code. Clearly whatever was going on indicated that whatever was happening was working to my favor. It must have taken me thirty times, but the website appeared to relent. Another message fizzled up asking me if I really wanted to know the deep dark secret this time offering me a yes or no option. I chose the former, and after it stalled for a few seconds, it sent me a link to a video with the simple title of “Remember Euclydia.”

From my research on the wiki for Gravity Falls, I came to the realization that Euclydia was the name of Bill’s realm and that I would be sitting front and center and witness the destruction of the world. True to what he had alluded to, Eucyldia existed on a flat plane, as if it were just a piece of paper. In this dimension, there were no stars or cosmic bodies to speak of, with all the inhabitants of that realm bumping into each other at random and talk of any other dimensions was strictly forbidden. Everyone had two-dimensional forms befitting their environment, but I could also tell that the realm did have a sense of leadership.

Two triangles, one red, the other blue, directed the citizens with authoritative stride. Among the gathered assemblies were rhombuses and ellipses. Squares and diamonds. All the shapes you were taught in preschool were in attendance as they waited for some grand experience. What I found the most peculiar about the two triangles, however, were their two sets of eyes. If they were supposed to be Bill’s parents, then that only further indicated that Bill was born with a mutation. Just as I came to that conclusion, more cryptograms, this time representing the Caesar cipher, filled the screen.

Decoding it, the symbols formed a sentence: “In aspiration of making his people see all, the killer’s mental state took a great fall.”

My eyes were directed to a yellow triangle with a single peeper rise above the others. It floated over to the farthest end of its reality when I heard the rumblings of a song. I carefully pressed the plushy cushions of my headphones to better hear what tune it was playing. It possessed a soft, motherly tone making me speculate it was Bill’s mother Scalene. I would be lying if I did not say that the lullaby lulled me into a false sense of security.

“Rock-A-Bye Billy

Please don’t you cry

It’s not your fault you have that strange eye

Stay safe with Mommy you’ll never fall

And we’ll always love you sharp angles and all.”

The song’s instrumentals continued to play in the background as more Cipher cryptograms glimmered. I was admittedly not too adept at decoding the cryptograms from the show, so I wrote them down and opened another tab to a website that could decode what the hidden message said. I jotted down the letters that accompanied each symbol and returned to the video. From what I could gather, it went like this.

FOR TRILLIONS OF YEARS, I WAS AFFLICTED. THEY CALLED ME CRAZY FOR SAYING THAT I SAW BILLIONS OF TRILLIONS OF UNIVERSES ALL EONS AHEAD FROM THIS FLAT HELL OF AN EXISTENCE. EVEN MY OWN MISERABLE PARENTS TRIED STUNTING MY TALENTS WITH THAT HICK OF AN EYE DOCTOR. MY EYE THROBS EVERY TIME I LOOK INTO OTHER WORLDS. I CAN’T SUPPRESS MY GIFT ANY LONGER.

I watched the yellow triangle representing Bill further push through the shapes as they went sideways and down, but never up. It pushed against the limitations of its world and stretched its hands until the palms clanged on a hollow surface. A ripple of waves wobbled on the invisible forcefield like gelatin. However, the triangle was far from done.

The vocals of the audio returned a second time, but I sensed there was something amiss about. The shape intensified its blow at the same time the song grew more pronounced. Again and again, the barrier jiggled as it became stable. The video zoomed in on the triangle’s singular eye with the slit of its pupil expanding. Galaxies sparkled being so close, yet still so far.

I WILL SHOW EVERYONE THE STARS.

A deafening smash rang through my headphones the moment Bill broke through his reality. The fabrics of reality shattered like shards of glass exposing the once concealed dimension to third dimensional space. Scalene's lullaby reached its crescendo before falling silent.

LOOK, EVERYONE! I WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG! MOM, DAD, I -

The text stopped midsentence when the video began to buffer despite playing normally. I decided to refresh the video, and it functioned properly until, yet again, it buffered on the scene. Curious, I did the same trick a few more times getting the same result, but after the sixth time, the video resumed playing a corrupted version of Scalene's lullaby. “Rock-A-Bye Billy

Please don’t you cry...

It’s not your fault you have that strange eye

Stay safe with Mommy, you’ll never fall

And we’ll always love you, sharp angles and AAALLLLLLLLLLLLL-”

The scene slammed to show Bill’s pupil shrink as... something... descended through the crack in his reality but since the camera focused in on his face, all I heard was the sound of roaring and gnashing mandibles of a large creature. My only theory was that it was some anomaly that breached the Nightmare Realm and was now wreaking chaos on Euclydia. The once peaceful lullaby that Bill’s mother sang to him was replaced with a melody of horrified screams and the natives getting gorily ripped to shreds by the monster.

NO... NO... NO THIS WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN! OH GODS... HOW COULD THIS GO SO WRONG!!!?

Blood was everywhere as the monster ruthlessly attacked each inhabitant with no one being spared from its rage. Because of the primitive design flaw of Euclydia, it made it all the easier for their slaughter to happen en masse. Blue flames rained down from the monstrosity’s maw and engulfed buildings incinerating them to their last atom. Any that fought against the intruder did so, saving the other two-dimensional beings a few seconds at best, but their weapons were of no use. Rather, it made the monster more infuriated at their insolence.

Bill hovered over the ruined husk of his world his confidence being replaced with an expression of dread. His eye throbbed again this time out of bewilderment as he floated there petrified. Crimson blood splattered across his face knocking him slightly out of his catatonic state. His stomach churned with his eye burning hot with the urge to vomit (the show had confirmed that his eye doubled as his mouth). He clutched his chest with his fist as his voice staggered in disbelief. He struggled to speak, but the scent of seared flesh filled his nostrils. He could only wheeze a dry “It... it wasn’t me.”

He continued to speak into the void when the video transitioned slain Euclideans dragged their broken bodies along and linked their limbs together in huge swarms. They directed their collective gaze towards Bill... I could practically feel the venom in their words.

Why did you do it? Why did you do it?

Bill gripped the sides of his head in desperation of drowning the accusations out and continued doing so even when his fingernails clawed into him. The video began playing at a fast pace with Bill shaking fervently. The harsh critique drilled tiny holes in his body with his blood and tears coming together in a mixture. Cipher slowly lowered his hands.

Tears streaked down his eye as Bill laughed hysterically, his mental state snapping and burning away alongside the rest of his world and continued growing more erratic and pained the more Bill allowed himself to slip away. The blue flames licked his body symbolizing the punishment that he would receive for all his crimes. His mother’s lullaby reached its final note before the video abruptly ended.

The next day, I booted up my computer and decided to visit thisisnotawebsitedotcom.com to see if I could get that outcome again. I typed in “dream” as I did yesterday only to be met by the blare of the monitor as the code was rejected. No matter how many times I tried that password, I was never able to activate the link for the video. The rest of the website worked as normal.

[whatisteeth]

Just started playing lifegen. Here is Reedsport. Born to a outsider now the only medicine cat. Due to a large outbreak of green cough.

[annoyangle]

Have you ever lost your bowtie and hat or are they literally attached to you?

MY HAT AND MY BOWTIE ARE PART OF MY ANATOMY! THE HAT IS MY ANTENNA FOR BROADCASTING AND RECEIVING MYSTICAL SIGNALS AND 5G TEXT MESSAGES, AND SOMETIMES I LET THE BOW TIE ANSWER MY CALLS - BUT THEY'RE ALSO LIKE THE CELL JUNIORS TO MY PERFECT CELL! OR BARNACLES ON A WHALE! YOU BETTER HOPE YOU NEVER RUN INTO THEM WHEN THEY MAKE THEIR OCCASIONAL ESCAPE ATTEMPTS STROLL AROUND TOWN WITHOUT ME! THE BOW TIE ESPECIALLY. HO HO BOY DO YOU NOT WANT TO ENCOUNTER MY BOW TIE WHEN I'M NOT ATTACHED TO IT! YLT QFB? JLOB IFHB YLT AFB! THEY SURE AREN'T DAMNED SOULS THAT I FORCED INTO ETERNAL SERVITUDE EITHER! WHERE DID YOU GET THAT IDEA? THERE'S NO TRUTH TO THAT RUMOR AT ALL!

DURING THAT LITTLE """"'ADVENTURE"""" IN REEDSPORT I DID IN FACT LOSE CONTROL OF MY HAT FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND MY CORPSE/TRANSMITTER GOT A BIT SCRAMBLED UNTIL IT WAS KENNELED AND REUNITED WITH ME AT CONFUSION HILL! THE MISADVENTURES THAT THING GOT UP TO COULD AT LEAST FILL AN ENTERTAINING PAGE OR TWO OF MY SCRIPTURES! A LOT OF SMALL ANIMALS WENT MISSING IN THE AREA! BUT IT KNOWS ITS PROPER PLACE NOW, THAT'S FOR SURE.

[rubbarband]

"One of the things that's kinda annoying about living in Portland, Oregon is people asking me 'You ever been to Reedsport, Oregon and seen the bill cipher stat- no I haven't seen the gravity falls statue- one I don't fuck with ghost, I haven't seen the show but I count whatever that triable is as a spirit."

"And two I'm fighting villains in Portland, you think I got time to make a 3 hour drive to got look at a dorito?"

[eandamj]

TU TU TUN LODGE NEAR GOLD BEACH, OREGON 3 - 4 June 2024

We drove south from Florence along the coastal route. The whole route was through densely wooded landscape. We passed through Reedsport and Coos Bay crossing rivers on large bridges. We stopped at Bandon for a break and took a walk around the Old Town’s harbour area. The rain was reduced to light showers and so we had a good view of the town’s lighthouse:

After Bandon, we stopped at a couple of viewpoints on the coast. At Port Orford the offshore rocks looked magnificent in the misty conditions:

The coastline around Gold Beach looked dramatic:

We turned off the coast road near Gold Beach to find our accommodation: Tu Tu Tun Lodge. Once in our rooms, the view of the Rogue River and scenery was beautiful:

The hanging baskets at the lodge looked wonderful in the glorious sunshine:

On 4th June we took a jet boat tour on the Rogue River from the lodge. The scenery was tremendous:

The mountains looked glorious in the sunshine:

The forest looked perfect:

We were taken up the river to Agness where we got off the boat for a lunch alongside the river. We were able to see some wildlife on our journey: Turkey vultures; ospreys, an eagle, a deer, a mink carrying fish in its mouth running along the riverbank. We also saw a brood of local crested ducks:

This is the view from our lunch stop of the river with a couple of jet boats including the blue one we had arrived on:

We learnt that the river runs from much further inland from Grant’s Pass where we will be travelling to. The river is a great attraction to those who like fly fishing and we passed several small boats with people fishing. The area of the river where fishing is allowed is restricted and the river is a focus for conservation. Travelling on a jet boat did mean that we had great fun when the pilot did some spin turns at high speed.

We returned to our lodge during the afternoon and spent the rest of the day relaxing.

[jordankwalker]

Hello Jordan, I see you are doing a workshop/class this May in John Day area. I can't make that date, but wonder if you will be doing any other classes or workshops this year near Eugene, on the Coast or Central Oregon. If so, can you send me a list of dates? I'm very interested! Jane Towne

Hi, Jane! sorry, I don't use Tumblr much, so I think I missed this last year - the best way to get notified about my upcoming classes is to sign up for my newsletter; https://www.jordankwalkerart.com/subscribe - I have some classes coming up through the Oregon Art Supply in Eugene (May 2024), the Oregon Coast School of Art in Reedsport (August 2024), and PLAYA (September 2024). Thank you, I hope to see you in class!

[anitaspaeth]

Butler Creek Farm, 2023. A heritage farm in Reedsport, OR, previously only accessible via boat, is now a site of inter-generational ranching practices with emphasis on familial connection and learning. My experience with the ranch was one of feeling welcomed, and also quiet observation of Kim and Tom who have been affectionally stewarding the operation and land for many years.

[dicasdacapi]

Palm

22 de outubro de 2018.

Esse dia foi só para dirigir o dia todo. Acordamos tarde pois descansamos bastante e fomos comer no Mc Donalds do 310 N 14th St, Reedsport, OR 97467, Estados Unidos.

Algumas horas depois, paramos na praia Cape Sebastian State Scenic Corridor para poder esticar as pernas um pouco kkk e tiramos umas fotinhos top.

Como já estava ficando tudo escuro, decidimos parar para dormir em um hotel que encontramos no meio do caminho, Palm Motel e vi no Google que ele está temporariamente fechado , então nem vou passar o endereço …

Chegamos tão tarde que nem o café deles estava aberto, sorte que encontramos um lugar lá e compramos umas besteiras para comer e dormir!

[deafaibrahim]

FIFA has announced that Africa history make Morocco's will host World Cup.

FIFA has announced that Africa history make Morocco’s will host World Cup.

OFFICIAL: FIFA has announced that Africa’s history makers Morocco’s will host the 2022 Club World Cup competition. 🏆The tournament will take place from the 1st to the 11th of February. 🇲🇦 #ReedSports #Reedchat Report #FIFAClubWorldCup

[oregoncoast-camping-blog]

South Oregon Coast Camping

They are an everyday reminder of the issues that make Oregon nice. We recognize that Oregon's resilience and wonder are strengthened by its various communities. Our dedication is to serve everybody by striving to supply safe and equitable entry to state parks and company applications. Beverly Beach State Park is close to Lincoln City and looks like a wonderful Oregon coast campground. We did not get a chance to remain there as a result of they didn't have any spots obtainable once we had been there https://oregonsnorthcoast.com/oregon-coast-camping/

Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area could be quite busy with OHVs, but Eel Creek Campground is nicely placed in the midst of one of the area's non-motorized zones. The discount in noise and site visitors makes for a nice camping experience and safer strolling out into the dunes themselves. The mind-blowing John Dellenback Trail could be accessed right from the campground as nicely. Picking up forgotten supplies is simple, with Reedsport only 10 miles to the north.

There are two loops – Loop A and Loop B. They are very similar and proper subsequent to one another. The largest RV length you presumably can match in this campground is 56 feet, however there is solely one possibility at that length. You may have a few more options around the 50-foot size or barely much less. There are some evaluations of theft at one level in this campground, so it's advised to lock up valuables and turbines. During our final trip to Coos Bay, we spent a lot of time at this part of the coast. Half Moon Bay Campground is a favourite for these ATV riders trying to discover the Oregon Sand Dunes.

The proximity to the ocean is difficult to beat and the calming sound of the ocean lulling campers to sleep is all however assured at this epic Oregon Coast campground. We’re on our second one after the primary one wore out after 4+ years of fixed use. Shortly after meeting my husband we embarked on a whirlwind tour of Oregon state — visiting every Oregon coast camping corner and popping off at each small coastal city we passed. Typically September via mid October has the best weather of the entire 12 months on the Oregon Coast.

Barview Jetty County Park

This unique historical past, alongside an expansive sandy seashore, makes Fort Stevens one of the popular places to go tenting in Oregon. Great campgrounds line the Oregon coast up and down, punctuated by scenic ocean attractions and jaw-dropping viewpoints. Campgrounds on the coast cater to RV drivers, tent campers, and hikers or bicyclists arriving through muscle-powered transportation.

Popular activities on the close by seaside include surfing, beachcombing, and watching for whale spouts within the water. Operated by the National Forest Service within the Siuslaw National Forest of Central Oregon, Rock Creek Campground offers a well-shaded place to stay near the ocean. One of the biggest appeals of this family-friendly and family-operated campground is its proximity and entry to Cannon Beach. In lower than a half-mile jaunt from the campground, guests take pleasure in one of the top beaches on the Oregon Coast, including the long-lasting views of the towering Haystack Rock.

They are identified to be a enjoyable location in case you are having a household reunion or wedding. This is as a outcome of they've a big kitchen out there that may match up to 80 individuals. They even have RV hot tub sites with a deck and patio furnishings. Turtle Rock RV Resort has a few of your finest RV spaces on the Southern Oregon Coast. They are just one hour away from the Redwoods and Bandon, the place you will find many enjoyable actions like dune buggies, horse rides, and plenty of great beaches. You can even lease a nice personal yurt that will fit up to 6 individuals.

If you want to simply go for the day, there is a assembly space you possibly can reserve only for the day if you want a great place to have a get-together with your friends and family.

Honey Bear by the Sea is probably certainly one of the largest seaside camping websites on the Pacific Coast.

Visitors even have access to facilities like bogs with showers, a dump station, a boat ramp, and extra.

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You’ll love your Oregon coast camping experience for its scenic drives and well-equipped campgrounds along the way. Watch the panorama transform from broad open beaches to windy roads via old development forests and emerge in quaint seaside cities the place contemporary bowls of clam chowder await. Via OregonStateParksSituated subsequent to the Yaquina Bay Bridge, South Beach State Park begins in south Newport and stretches a quantity of miles down the Oregon coast. Lucky of us who sign up early and pay a couple of dollars additional can join a guided paddle trip up the nearby Beaver Creek estuary. The paved jetty trail offers a perfect place to jog or ride a bicycle.

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RV tenting is probably considered one of the best methods to immerse your self within the pure environment. And there are few components of the nation extra breathtakingly stunning than the Oregon Coast. RV camping on the Oregon coast offers spectacular ocean views, peaceable forest hideaways, and so much more ready to be explored alongside greater than 350 miles of coastline. While most of the websites are Oregon coast camping smaller right here, they're cozy and personal and many have views of Dune Lake. No room for big teams right here, it's a much quieter campground than others along the coast. Easy access to Sutton Beach makes it possible to explore the dunes from a close-by trailhead.

There are 12 full hookup sites and 8 water and electrical websites at Umpqua. The dunes provide lots of recreational alternatives including off-road driving and even sandboarding. While you may be there, remember to try the Umpqua River Lighthouse, which is still in use. In addition to the beach, the campground has a children’s playground and Visitor Information Center with souvenirs and firewood.

There’s excellent news and unhealthy news for last-minute campers on the market. Southern California is so full of diverse landscapes that there’s something to please even the pickiest camper in your crew. Sleeping luggage are nice for tents, nevertheless it's tough to beat wool camp blankets whenever you're chilling across the campsite.

Less than a mile south of Cape Arago Lighthouse, and 2.5 miles outside the city of Charleston on Coos Bay you can see stunning sandy beaches protected by towering sea cliffs. Just a brief stroll from the seaside, the park provides a crescent-shaped seashore, tide swimming pools, mountaineering trails, and a year-round campground. Set on a peninsula on the mouth of the Columbia River on Oregon's far northwestern tip, Fort Stevens is a favourite of those who take pleasure in RV camping on the Oregon Coast. Army fort decommissioned following World War II. Fort ruins are still current, and guests can take a tour of them, along with viewing the park's historic shipwreck. Visitors also have entry to amenities like loos with showers, a dump station, a ship ramp, and more. There’s a big campground at Beverly Beach State Park with websites which are simply steps from the ocean seaside.

In Cannon Beach, the RV Resort accommodates campers, pop-up trailers, and RVs. There is a creek running via the campground, and elk have been recognized to wander by way of. Click on the map above to search out all the Oregon Coast campgrounds on this article.

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