THE OREGON CENTRAL COAST FLOWER I didn't have to wait

I didn't have to wait long before those colors of oranges and reds came alive with cumulus clouds picking up those colors along with a low lying mist hovering over the prairie landscape

A pair of male mallard ducks slowly move across a misty Wildflower Lake during the early morning hours as the colors of the sunrise are filtered through the mist onto this scene at Wildflower park

sometimes you have to break out of your daily routine to find and enjoy what has been given to us

There are some nice vantage points to view the river and set up the tripod

THE OREGON CENTRAL COAST FLOWER I didn't have to waitThe Oregon Central Coast is viewed in this image as the pacific ocean crashes wave after wave onto the basalt rock of the Central Coast with sandstone cliffs and sitka spruce overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The Oregon Coast is divided into three regions depending on their geology. The North, Central and South Coast. The North Coast begins near the Columbia River and extends south to Cascade Head and has longer stretches of beaches. The Central Coast