Yaquina Head Lighthouse
I took eleven post office photos today, and eliminated two more because there were two post offices that have been shuttered since I made the jumbo spreadsheet back in 2019. They were the one called South Beach that is just south of Newport and the one further down US101 for Seal Rock that have been decommissioned. Thus the total number of post offices for the state now stands at 388 instead of 390. This is not to say that once I have finished the rest of them, there might be 2 new ones added that I don’t know about. Once I get the two tomorrow on the way home, I will be down to just 63 left.
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- Hebo – My first stop of the day along US-101 and the skies were a pretty blue. Later post offices were photographed under cloudy or foggy or misty conditions. (3/1/26)
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- Cloverdale – While most post offices are rather drab in color, the blue here in Cloverdale rivaled the green of the GTI for saturation. (3/1/26)
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- Pacific City – This town was a few miles closer to the Pacific Ocean than US-101, so it had a nice quiet feel to it. (3/1/26)
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- Otis – Is that front plate on straight? (3/1/26)
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- Neotsu – The community of Neostu is on the 45th parallel north, which is halfway from the North Pole to the equator. (3/1/26)
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- Lincoln City – The name “Lincoln City” was chosen from contest entries submitted by local schoolchildren. The contest was held when it was determined that using one of the five communities’ names that made up the city would be too controversial. (3/1/26)
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- Gleneden Beach – See those two blue doors above the roof of the GTI? That is the entrance to the post office and there is a sign saying so but it is in the shadow. (3/1/26)
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- Depoe Bay – Somehow I expected Depoe Bay to have a grander post office building. (3/1/26)
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- Yachats – Even though it was Sunday, this post office’s parking lot was very full. Apparently the restaurant to the right was a popular after-church dining spot. (3/1/26)
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- Waldport – Even though this was right on my route home for Monday morning, I stopped and grabbed it while I was passing through on the way to Yachats. (3/1/26)
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- Newport – This was the town I was overnighting in, but before I snapped this photo I continued down the coast another 25 miles to get a couple more post office photos first. (3/1/26)
