A Tour of the North Bend/Coos Bay area.

Just some of the places around the North Bend/Coos Bay area where I live and kayaking on the South Slough.

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Travel & Events

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• North
• Bend
• Coos
• Bay
• Charleston
• Oregon
• Kayaking

[JakeWild]

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

[daumpire]

awesome! those pics are great!

[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!

[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!

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

[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.

[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!

[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 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]

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. :)