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Down to the Sea

Many harbor towns have some sort of memorial to those lost to the sea. Charleston harbor’s statue was striking in how it captured the love of the sea in the old Salt’s face, as he mans the helm, while the storm waves are crashing over and taking him down.

I love the inscription on the bottom.
The face of someone who loves what he is doing until the very end.
Today, a tugboat safely guides the larger boats across the bar and into the harbor.
Habor security keeping an eye on us.
Charleston has one of the largest commercial fishing fleets in the state of Oregon.

Tidbit: We think of shipwrecks as being something from history, but in 2016, the Eagle III, a 40 foot crabber fishing boat, sank off the entrance to Coos Bay in 30 mph winds and 10 foot waves. Three sailors were lost that day.

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Awww Shucks!

Saw this midden pile of oyster shells while walking to Charleston Harbor near Coos Bay. A family business started in 1937.

Tidbit: Yummy, says Darrin, icky, says I.