Oregon has a carnivorous pitcher plant that grows in big clusters in the bogs. It has some big latin name but I like the nick name, the cobra lily. Its leaves really do resemble a cobra with its hood flared out.
We are staying along the Oregon dunes National Park. It looks a lot like the Lake Michigan dunes but runs for about 50 miles of coast. It is a little more approachable than the cliff lined shore we have been enjoying up to here. The locals are in the water in sheltered bays but it’s been too chilly for us so far. Water is still 55 and the air never made it above 65 today. Add a 15 or 20 mph wind and you find us in sweatshirts and long pants.