Tag: Brookings

  • Coastal Trail reveals hidden beauty

    The Coastal Trail weaves like a thread along the rugged Pacific Coast, stringing together scenic viewpoints, state parks, hidden coves and dense forests. The trail also offers numerous opportunities to stretch one's legs, which is exactly what we did while sightseeing on our most recent camping trip on the South Coast of Oregon. Armed with…

  • Oregon mountain holds link to WWII bombing

    It was a September evening off the Brookings, Oregon coast. Nobuo Fujita strapped himself into the pilot's seat in his floatplane atop the submarine aircraft carrier. His spotter gave the thumbs up and their craft was catapulted from the sub into the air, eventually rising to several thousand feet as they headed toward the redwood…