Heceta Head Lighthouse B&B

In early September we stayed for 2 nights at the Heceta Head Lighthouse B&B on the Oregon coast. Aside from its fame as a haunted house (didn't know about that when I booked), it is also famous for its 7 course locally-sourced breakfast. The B&B and the lighthouse were restored not too many years ago, unfortunately because of the large number of visitors, the lighthouse showed some chalky residue during the last inspection and the lighthouse upstairs was closed to the public. The B&B overlooks the beach with easy access to the lighthouse.

View from the LightKeeper's room of the B&B, which is the left window on the second story.

Breakfast started at 8:30 in the morning. As all the rooms were full, there were 6 rooms and 12 guests for breakfast. The chef was setting the table.

The chef ringing the bell for food!

A very moist family recipe orange cake was passed around the table, both days. It was excellent!

Watermelon with rose water and herbs for day 1, Fruit Combo with cream for day 2.

Salmon for bagels, with local preserves and cream cheese for day 1, whipped cream cheese with choice of crackers for day 2.

 Strawberry based palate cleanser and clotted cream, and mango based palate cleanser (don't remember what the other ingredients were, but the mango was particularly good)

Puff pastry omelette with local sausages, and vegetable frittata with clotted cream and sausages. There was a big pile of sausages for passing around, but everybody was getting full at this point. Incidentally the frittata had several bites eaten before I remembered to take the picture (Ooops!)

Coffee cake with berry filling, blintz with cheese filling and berry preserve,

Apple and local cheese, the cheese was siltcoos, an award winning artisan goat cheese from Oregon.

Watched the sunrise from Heceta beach.

The view of the lighthouse lenses at eye-level from the outside.

For more info on the lighthouse, see Friends of Heceta Head Lighthouse. In conclusion this was certainly a unique experience to learn about the history, operation, and life of the lighthouse and its inhabitants from bygone era, not to mention the antique-filled bed and breakfast inn with its resident ghost!