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    Jubilee Park

    5.0 (2 reviews)

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    Butterfly Pavilion - You get to walk past a nice patch of bee balm that hummingbirds like.

    Butterfly Pavilion

    2.9(9 reviews)
    1.5 mi

    Unfortunately not worth the trip. It looks like it's under new management it's not what the…read morewebsite shows at all. The cost is higher and the person in charge didn't even know they had a website. And there were no butterflies.

    When you first park and walk up, there are numerous varieties of milkweed plants for sale, a couple…read morebee balm plants, and a couple others. Not enough that I would call it a nursery. But it's good to offer plants that feed the monarchs. You walk past a pretty little pathway of flowers in bloom, you may see hummingbirds on the bee balm or a bee here and there. You then get to the butterfly pavilion. It's a wire greenhouse and there are many monarch butterflies aflutter. You walk through one door. After it's totally closed, you walk through another. With so many flowers in bloom and butterflies all about, my first reaction was magical, just to see such beauty right there. One can stay in there as they like. But then you look around. There were butterflies seemingly throwing themselves at the top of the wire cage because they wanted out. They want to fly free. Some were just landing on the wire. You may get to see all stages from chrysalis to larvae to caterpillar to butterfly. You may even see them mating! But then you realize you paid $6 for each adult to see the monarch live out its life in captivity as they do not release them. Apparently, legally, since they are born in captivity, they can't be released. While it's somewhat educational, I want to love the experience but struggle with captive breeding to educate on the lifecycle of these glorious creatures. I carefully left the butterfly prison...errr pavilion and went to check out the ladybug house. You have to bend down and unzip a mesh tent door and you may see a few of them on the tent ceiling. Neither of us saw any water or food for them at all. It felt more like someone bought a pack of ladybugs from the Fred Meyer garden center and let them loose in ladybug prison. All in all, $6 is steep for what you get. Most people spend 2-3 minutes in the pavilion and continue on. As you are driving out to exit, on the right side, there's some kind of rv/tent village divided by a little fence but it seems like it might actually be part of the ranch. Additional Things to Know: 1. You can pay with cash or by credit card. 2. It's 90+ degrees out, don't bring your pets as they need to stay in the car and that is dangerous. 3. There is no room for an RV or a big truck with a camper. 4. The monarchs live out their life a bit stressed in captivity and you're paying $6 for adults and $3 for kids for an attention span of 5 mins of observation time. 6. There were no refreshments to purchase nor were there restrooms that I could find. 7. It's volunteer run. 8. It's simply not worth it and if it were contributing to increasing the monarch population rather than imprisoning for human enjoyment or minimal education, I would suggest going here. But as it is, I wouldn't recommend it. Butterfly education has been done beautifully by various nature conservation efforts or National Geographic type documentaries and this would be one time where I'd say a film or series of photos of butterflies in the wild may be better than this "real" experience.

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    Butterfly Pavilion - Monarchs love milkweed and they do sell milkweed plants of multiple varieties.

    Monarchs love milkweed and they do sell milkweed plants of multiple varieties.

    Butterfly Pavilion
    Butterfly Pavilion

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    Whaleshead Beach - Bbq

    Whaleshead Beach

    4.6(14 reviews)
    36.4 mi

    We rented room U 21 Seawolf, for three nights, 8/27 8/30 what a dump, trash everywhere bbq rusted…read morebeyond repair spa not working. Nothing at all to cook with unless you want cancer. Just a dump. What rip off buyer beware!

    I took a hard left after seeing the sign to this secluded beach along Oregon's beautiful coast…read moreline, my QX80 handled the steep grades of loose gravel just fine after finding the far left side of the road offered a much smoother ride as I whipped it around the switch backs to the tiny parking lot, almost proud of my off-road excursion only to find a few nimble cars and motorcycles had taken the same route without issue - I guess the sign suggesting four wheeled drive vehicles beyond a certain point is somewhat overstated - but I did enjoy the ride down even though my embellishment was only in my head. Once you park it's a fairly short hike down a well marked path, you may be tempted to take in all the scenery from the small park at the top but believe me the awesomeness will meet you at the waters edge. There's a small creek dividing the open area at the bottom of the trail it's a cake walk to cross it and if you've come this far you have to find a way to cross it, its about thirty feet wide but on this day it was merely a few inches deep, of course if there's a flash flood warning when you visit then your story may differ from mine. The sand is mostly silty in and around the creek but loosens up as your approach the water. As you stand amongst the giant rocks the waves atomizes the cool ocean water as it crashes into the rocks gently misting you with its salty spray, today the weather was quite warm so it was a welcoming anointment. The drift wood and rugged terrain is prehistoric and it's easy to imagine the Jurassic world when you stand so close to creation. The relentlessness of the ocean is almost deafening as the waves march ashore but yet it's a tranquil paradise filled with life forms that dance in the foam and tidal pools. If you can't find your sanity here all may be lost...

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    Whaleshead Beach - Whaleshead beach JMBlackmon Photography on Facebook

    Whaleshead beach JMBlackmon Photography on Facebook

    Whaleshead Beach - Whaleshead Beach. Sunset September 2012. Breeauna's Photography

    Whaleshead Beach. Sunset September 2012. Breeauna's Photography

    Whaleshead Beach - Whaleshead Beach. Sunset September 2012. Breeauna's Photography

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    Whaleshead Beach. Sunset September 2012. Breeauna's Photography

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