We took a great trip up the Oregon Coast This year.  On our trip we got to stay in one of our Worldmark Condos and we also saw some things we hadn't seen before.  This page is dedicated to those interested in the Coast Guard, but I will create a Oregon page for those interested though outside the Guard.

On the drive down from Depoe Bay to North Bend, I saw first had just a fraction of the role that Mother Nature plays in complicating even routine missions for the Coast Guardsman of District 13.

At Air Station North Bend, the ready aircraft sits patiently for the next brave souls to lift it to its next mission.

Not a bad view from standing between the 52 and 47.

Now I never saw one of these, frankly I forgot they existed. This is a 52.  It is one of few left in the Guard. As I walked through it I quickly realized that a lot of work has gone into maintaining the vessel and that the members of Station Yaquina deserve great respect for their success in maintaining it.

When the mission is complete, the real tough work has yet to begin. Keep in mind that someone still has too clean and get the boat ready for its next mission. This picture was taken the same day the station rescued a few fisherman on a disabled fishing boat.

A good look at the inside of the MLB.  Keep in mind that it's clean and well kept.   And they didn't even know anyone from PacArea was coming. BZ

This is Depoe Bay.  We were able to watch Air Station North Bend conduct a rescue mission just off the coast shown above.  For once it was nice sitting around watching other Coasties work, especially pilots! For Controllers keep in mind that Air Station North Bend fills the void between them and Astoria by keeping a ready aircraft in Newport.

Oregon Coast  
North Bend & Yaquina