Visiting in Florence

We’re here in Florence, Oregon, visiting with Jennefer’s mom Jean, at her house in the Siuslaw National Forest - a quiet, beautiful location. The swallows are very active right now, coming and going from the birdhouse that John built before he died. 

We enjoyed wandering through town, looking for pretty Rhododendrons a few weeks before the Rhodie festival, and found a few nice ones here and there. This one was just hanging out right outside the house.  

The Siuslaw River Bridge carries highway 101 acoss the river, in downtown Florence. It’s got nice lines, and I suppose every visitor that carries a camera can’t resist snapping photos of the bridge from various angles. 

We stopped by the local Florence airport (6S2), a sweet little airport with a 3,000 foot runway, a self-service fuel pump, a nice pilot’s lounge, and a decent sized group of hangars for locally based airplanes. I’ve “flown” into this airport several times in Flight Simulator over the past two years, and couldn’t resist stopping by, to see what it’s really like. Glad to find a nice restroom in the lounge, at just the right time for me.

Here’s a collage of a few river views we enjoyed - at the bridge, after it makes a hard right and follows the sand dunes, and at the mouth where it meets the Pacific Ocean.