Oregon Coast Haceta Lighthouse and Tillicum Beach Campground

 From the Seal Caves we drive up the Coast to the Haceta Head Lighthouse which we could see from the Caves

 It's a nice trail up

 A nice view back to the Cape Creek Bridge

 and the Pacific Ocean

 A glimpse of the Lighthouse ahead

The Keeper's House

 And the Lighthouse!  We missed the tours that ran until 3 pm.

 It's time to find a spot for the night   I located this US Forest Service campground for $20 / night with water and eletric

As we are setting up an eagle soars overhead

 We are directly across from the water.  The sites on the water side are dry camping only

The walkway to the beach is just down the road

 Tucson makes a new friend of course and gets to stretch his legs

 Lots of broken sand dollars along the beach, hoping I will be lucky and find a whole one

 The beach is littered with these soft bluish things.  Turns out they are Velella Velella - an invertebrate they use a tentacle like aparatus to eat zooplankton and small fish.  Velellas float along the surface of the water and use a sail-like anatomy to catch shifting winds, blowing them about the ocean.   Millions have washed ashore

 Unfortunately the only thing I find beach  combing is litter

We will go back South to catch Cape Perpetua at high tide before going up to Beverly Beach to hook up with our friends Beth and Art who are hosting there.