looking at Gold Beach, across the Rogue River
Gold Beach, the town we are currently staying in for a couple of nights, is on the south bank of the mouth of the mighty Rogue River–a certified Wild and Scenic River. You may remember we hiked above the Rogue in Medford (Lower Table Rock).
the Pacific Coast Highway bridge over the Rogue River
Unlike Florida, where they spend considerable money to keep the inlets dredged for commercial and pleasure fishing boats, sand builds up across the mouths of several rivers we have seen. It’s not until the Fall rains or the Spring snowmelt flood the river that there is enough volume to overcome the sandbar and go out to sea.
the sandbar that separates river from ocean, for now
You have to love a town that provides shelter for its homeless cats and dogs.
