A Tour of the North Bend/Coos Bay area.

[SixSpeedSS]

Great shots. I'm thinking of possibly moving to or near the area in a few years, to get myself closer to the dune recreation areas. Definitely moving to the PNW from AZ, just slowly nailing down exactly where to.

Thanks for uploading, this helps. Beautiful area!

[EpicBacon]

I'm 15 and I live in North Bend, I must say, you make the place seem a lot more sentimental than it really is. :)

[RogCBrand]

@EpicBacon LOL! That's true! Still, I've got to be friends with a lot of people around the country and the world, and we do have a lot of stuff in Oregon that other people would be jealous of!

Though I still like to travel and experience other places! Even a great place can get boring after a while- it's like if you could eat your favorite food all the time, eventually you'd get sick of it!

:P

[EpicBacon]

@RogCBrand Like what? Bwaha, I've had friends and family from Portland visit here and they asked me "How can you tolerate living here?!?!" Not trying to be so negative, but what do you think North Bend has that's the envy of all the other towns? :)

[RogCBrand]

@EpicBacon Oh, I totally understand you- I don't think you're being negative at all. I went to PSU in Portland, staying with my aunt & uncle who lived up there. One morning my aunt was knocked to the ground & had her purse stolen as she went out to her car. Another time a criminal jumped into their backyard being chased by the police. Another the next door neighbor had their door kicked it-a police officer came & I went to tell him what was going on & he pointed his gun at me!

[RogCBrand]

A lot of other bad stuff went on in that short time I lived there! Plus I got so depressed living in a smoggy, crowded place where it seemed like everyone was arrogant, rude & selfish! Of course, there are lots of people who wouldn't ever want to live outside a city, but I found it horrible!

Few people get to live surrounded by forest, ocean, rivers, where on a really nice day, you can have miles of beach to yourself. And not taking an hour to drive 10 miles! But there's good & bad everywhere.

[EpicBacon]

@RogCBrand Interesting. Yeah, North Bend doesn't have much crime, besides theft though.

[RogCBrand]

@EpicBacon Yeah, and in my parents' time, they didn't even bother to lock their doors! They didn't even worry about things like theft, much less more violent crimes!

[EpicBacon]

@RogCBrand Really? I did research on theft in our city once, I can't remember the exact number, but it was high.

[RogCBrand]

@EpicBacon That does seem to be a growing problem in the bay area. My dad thinks it's when drug smuggling started growing in the area- I think in the early 90s or so. I'd hate to be broken into- more important than having things stolen, it would leave me uncomfortable in my own home, where you're supposed to feel safe!

[Nationsnotregimes]

In 1989, a Casino was planned and built, only One Little church meekly said no.

For 8 years the only money was from retired folks and tourists.

As the Casino got going some people got the hell out.

Drugs and police state ensued and Marxist enemy aliens who were very few gained in numbers.

Coos Bay like so many other small Oregon towns were great as were their working good hearted folks.

So today we have lefttard NPR snivelers and Patriotard evanjellical bullies who don't stand 4 US IMO.

[utubeuser1971aok]

WOW! Thank you. This brought back so many memories of when I lived there as a little girl. I went to Madison elementry and we used to go swimming at Laverne park, and shop at Pony village....lol!! Love this!! There is a place there I can't remember the name of we went. There was a toy tugboat for kids to play on and some water for swimming. I can't remember what area that is in. What are nice neighborhoods now to live in??

[RogCBrand]

@utubeuser1971aok My mom grew up between Pony Village and the old A&W. My dad on my grandpa's dairy out on Larson Inlet.

Could the toy tugboat have been at Mingus Park?

[Lovemyshelby08]

@utubeuser1971aok Basendorf beach

[mikejoeliscio]

Thank you for the nice documentary of our area... Mike Liscio

[FordF1502001]

Thanks for the show this is my home town I recognized all the lan d marks I miss this area

[zaphodb777]

If my soul wasn't already owned by Casper, Wyoming... Coos bay would be my first alternate. It's beautiful, and wild there.

[utubeuser1971aok]

@zaphodb777

You like caspar? My dad said he wouldn't mind living in Jacksonhole, but he said it is too ritzy and expensive for him,but it sure is beautiful....:)

[andrewopus74]

Loved your video pics. I grew up in Coos Bay area-Charleston thru 1st grade and Blossom Gulch thru high school- and my parents and lots of relatives still live there. I live in the Portland area but visit a lot. I got teary-eyed watching your pics, makes me yearn for home.

[RogCBrand]

That's cool!  Thanks!

[Kimberjoie]

Hi Jerdeb and RogC -- I love that area and would love to go live there. Is there a reason you guys no longer live there? I was wondering if the rain would get old in the rainy season. I also hear it's the "meth" capital of the world. But everytime I go there I just think it's heaven! It's 106 here today and I'm watching the smoke plume of the LaCanada fire here in So. Cal. I'm having Bandon/Coos Bay dreams right now! Have a good day! Loved your video!

[RogCBrand]

It is a great place! I'm sure that being born there, I'll always have an urge to return! But not only has the state of Oregon been bouncing around 2nd and 3rd highest unemployment in the nation but the bay area is in even worse shape! And yeah, there's definitely a huge meth problem, though I figure a lot of problems like that tend to grow in places where there's high unemployment.

The stuff going on down around L.A. is scary! Those fires move fast & it just sounds worse each day!

[jerdeb4evr]

We visited every summer, the farm on Big Creek, gathering eggs, slopping the hogs milking the cows, all in that morning fog, My dad had the chassis of his old logging truck sitting in the Pasture for ever. Now not even a cancrete pad remains of that once beautiful two story ranch house. Big Creek and French Creek. Had to get that out. it is 114degrees on my patio @ 4pm, 8%humid. I long for that place in my mind, I've looked and can't find

[utubeuser1971aok]

@jerdeb4evr

You a fellow Redding Californian??? I miss Coos Bay so much!!

[jerdeb4evr]

I was born in North Bend in 1955, lived in Millington, Had cousins living out in Green Acres, Coquille, and Grand Parents up on Big Creek, outside of Bridge. Sunset beach, Bastendorf, Whiskey Run out off Seven Sisters Rd. My Uncle worked the Chip port across the bay from North Bend.. My Parents were Loggers in the 50's, Moved to Las Vegas, Nev, I am the fog shrouded hills every morning, the cold blustery coast, the tall trees and clear creeks, along walk on Bandon beach, curds from the dairy.

[RogCBrand]

Cool. My dad grew up on his father's dairy out on Larson Inlet, inland from the bridge. The southern Oregon coast is a thousand times better than the north- no crowds of tourists and all that goes with that!

[Campo117]

I lived in Coos Bay for almost 14 years, then last summer I moveed to Prinville. Thnks fer teh vid, I had forgotten how beautiful it is!

[RogCBrand]

Yeah, I love central and eastern Oregon when I go camping, but I'm always happy to get back to where there is lots of green!

:D

[RetartedPikachu]

i live in north bend i go riding in the hauser dunes alot

[RogCBrand]

Cool! My mom grew up a few blocks from the high school & my dad out on my grandpa's dairy on Larson Inlet.

Hope you're having a great summer so far!

[yupikman]

I live in nb oregon <3 so pretty

[RogCBrand]

Cool!

[lockenjr]

I have lived in coos bay my whole life and am proud of it. Thanks for the photos and go Pirates!!!

[RogCBrand]

Cool! Thank you!

[OnlyOneDavo]

Wow!  That's beautiful... I've never been to Oregon... it's now on my list of places to vacation! What great music to set these beautiful images to.

[RogCBrand]

Thanks!

[bbman10pwns]

yea oregon is awsome. I still live here. empire lakes is really fun.

[RogCBrand]

Cool! Yeah it is!

[IGotASnakeMang]

I miss Coos Bay sooo much!!! (73-87) Go Pirates!

[RogCBrand]

I see you're a long, long way from home!

[LeahP420]

ma home town! miss that place like

[RogCBrand]

Cool! Where did you move to?

[ronaldjj1975]

Those are some nice pictures of Coos Bay. I was in Coos Bay in mid July to visit some relatives and it was very impressive. But the most impressive for me was seeing the Pacific Ocean for the first time.

[RogCBrand]

Thanks! I haven't travelled a lot but I really enjoy seeing new places, but I'm always happy that I live here- even if it is cold and very wet most of the year!

:D

Hope you had a great time here!

[angelroompatti]

your photos are awesome. you took the absolute best of the area. we can forget how beautiful it really is!

[RogCBrand]

Thanks! I think people everywhere just get busy with everyday life and don't always appreciate where they live!

[Abbey7]

Once again I found that to be extremely interesting. I pledge to make some vids of my neck of the woods sometime soon - some vids of cows or something and of course I live directly next to the Mississippi- and I always appreciate your perspective! Very fine video Roger!

[RogCBrand]

Thanks!!!

That would be neat! I love seeing stuff from across the country and the world!

[YouVRay]

nice vid :D

cool place

what's the music in the background?

[RogCBrand]

Thanks! It's Brian Dunning and Jeff Johnson's "Isle of the Everliving"

They did Celtic Music, especially as sort of a musical story book about an ancient Celtic warrior.

[JesseAndMike]

Awesome photos Roger! :D Looks really nice there! :D

[RogCBrand]

:D Thanks guys!!!

Hope you're doing good!

[mnpap5]

Awesome Pictures Roger!!! It looks so hot and sunny there! What is that noose for where it says "Seamy Side"??? The music goes really well with the pics! Makes the place look peacefull! 5/5

[RogCBrand]

Thanks Paul!

The average sunny summer day gets to about 20 C. Throw in a usual summer afternoon breeze & fog & it can be a bit chilly though I like that!

:P

All my life I'd been by the museum never going into it until this!!!

The noose represents the "hanging tree" that was at the Empire Courthouse-Empire is on the west edge of Coos Bay/North Bend.

[RogCBrand]

Empire was where the first American settlement was here in the 1850s, at the narrowest part of the bay there, which the Natives called "The Hollering Place" because it was narrow enough to holler across for someone to pick them up & take them across by canoe.

Anyway, when criminals were found guilty of serious crimes they would be taken outside the courthouse to the hanging tree to have the sentence carried out.

[RogCBrand]

Coos Bay- the bay and town- are named after the Coos Indians of the area. Head is short for Headland- so the road leads out to the Headland of the bay, which is where I took pictures of the mouth of the bay. That area can be very, very rough during storms!

[JakeWild]

Great slide show! It looks like a beautiful place..

[RogCBrand]

Thanks Jake!!!

: )

[h1lleard]

cool the pictures inside and out look a bit like parts of hull (city 5 mins away from me).

No actually it looks alot nicer, well it is america haha

I wanna go now lol

Cool slideshow :)

[RogCBrand]

LOL! Thanks Luke!

It is neat how towns around the world can have certain things in common, especially ones that make their living on the sea.

One tie we have to England is that Sir Francis Drake took refuge from a storm in the bay back in 1579!

:P

[daumpire]

awesome! those pics are great!

[RogCBrand]

Thanks Curtis!

:D