Spring Break - Oregon 2010 Continued...

It turned out to be a beautiful day after a bit of rain between Sunday afternoon and Wednesday morning...We were just north of the Yaquina Head light house which is just north of Newport, OR

Here is one of Earl's crabs on the beach in the sea foam - there were two, they just barely got swept away to sea by a wave that came up the beach a lot further than the rest...they were both found, a few minor scratches that were easily touched up, and had only a bit of sand in them...Silly moment!

The two crab in the sand - they look like they are thinking about going out to sea...

Waves crashing...

We are now in Lincoln City, OR and our plans are to head north to Cannon Beach, Pacific City, Tillamook, and Seaside tomorrow...busy day!

Spring Break - Oregon 2010

We started our journey with a little six hour drive down to Portland and on the way, it was beautiful so we were able to catch this picture of Mt. Hood while driving

We then visited friends Tom and Julene, they showed us all around the Aurora, OR area (south of Portland area - this included a super neat aviation/space museum). We really enjoyed our stay with Tom and Julene and are meeting back up with them in Tillamook (yes, the cheese town). Earl learned all about "jeweling" so we'll have to post a picture of that as soon as he gets all of his stuff set up for that process.

We then made our way to Newport, OR - this reminded us that we really do miss the coast! Above are a few of the sea lions that make their way from California to hang out on the docks...they look like they have been eating really well! The one on the far right was such a talker he would just start honking away - I think he was a show off.

This is the shop-front in Newport, OR that Earl was able to sell 10 metal crabs. They have all sorts of metal, wood, glass, and other types of art - very cool store/gallery that we both really liked - and the owners were super excited about Earl's metal crabs!

Earl's Metal Crabs

Here are some photos of Earl's latest metal Dungeness Crab

Each crab is made of recycled sheet metal and then cut with a plasma cutter by hand

Earl then works each crab shell and body by hand to create a one of a kind Dungeness Crab

Earl also either paints, heats or grinds the metal to give the crab its final look

We are going to the Oregon Coast in hopes that Earl might be able to sell some of his metal Dungeness Crab to a gift shop or gallery, or two!

Hope everyone enjoys Earl's art - if you are interested let us know, he is selling his crab (Just thought I would through that in).