The Town of Gold Beach

The town of Gold Beach is squashed between the Siskiyou National Forest on its East and the Pacific ocean on its West. To the North it is bordered by the Rogue River. The above picture is of the harbor on the Rogue near its entrance into the ocean. If you take HWY 101 South along the coast you will cross the bridge and find what is probably considered "downtown" right along that road. Most of the businesses are hotels as well as a few local restaurants and a subway and DQ. Tomorrow we are going out to dinner with the youngest FS employees in Gold Beach, Jessie from wildlife and Megan from engineering, to a place called Grant's. Apparently it used to be a pancake and breakfast joint until it closed recently and reopened as a pizza parlor. There is a nice bookstore/coffee shop which also has an art gallery attached. While I was in line I heard someone saying, "It's too bad this place is closing." I just hope it isn't until after I leave. There is a little cafe/organic food store (which seems like it was converted from a house quite recently) next door which I've been meaning to check out again soon.