Sufficiently Enraptured

Sufficiently Enraptured

Sufficiently enraptured sums up what your feel daydreaming along the Beach Loop Drive in Bandon-by-the-sea, Oregon.
Wayside and Bandon State Park, all have beach access and spectacular views of sea stacks, as the huge rock formations in the ocean are called.
Crisp blue water and clear blue skies you can’t tell where the sea ends and the sky begins.
The old saying you can see for miles is very true here.
All along the coast the sea stacks, or rocks, have names and legends to go with them.
Your Bandon experience includes one of the most loved legends.
I am calling your attention to Face Rock, along this beach loop drive.
Look carefully and you can make out a profile of the uplifted face of the beautiful Indian Princess Ewanua .
The ledged if from the Nah-So- Mah tribes.
Ewanua was visiting tribes on the coast with her Father, so the story goes.
There was an evil spirit of the ocean called Seatka that local tribes feared.
Ewanua was not afraid of any such spirit, so caring her dog Komax and her cat and kittens, all in a basket; she wandered to the ocean beach.
She played and ran on the beach with her favorite animals by her side. She laughed and danced with them.
Unaware of any danger she soon swam far out into the water, leaving her dog to watch the cat and kittens on the sand.
Suddenly she was grabbed by the fearsome creature, Seatka.
Komax, knowing his masters was in danger and fearing the cats would follow him and drowned, he put them in the basket and swam out to Ewanua.
This fearless little dog bit the creature as hard as he could. Screaming with rage the monster kicked off the dog, grabbed the basket of cats and threw them into the sea..
The monster tried to get the princess to look him in the eye so he could control her. She refused to do so.
Now the beautiful Indian Princess Ewanua lies in the ocean looking skyward, refusing to look at the monster Seatka, who sits nearby.
Her beloved dog, cat and kittens, lie to the west, waiting in vain for their mistress to arise.
Looking at the Beautiful face rock it is possible to believe the ledged. It is something you will want to see for your self.
Beach visitors can enjoy exploring the tide pools among the sea stacks, picking up beach rock, shells and driftwood.
What a relaxing, peaceful time we had. A place where time almost stands still, they call it being on Bandon time.