# @kirstenalana on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CeTjmhyF7fY
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2400932-kirstenalana-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/d4e87c9756.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-06-02T14:06:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kirsten Alana (@KirstenAlana) — https://gondola.cc/KirstenAlana

## Caption

🎶 “And there’s a place that I’ve dreamed of
Where I can free my mind
I hear the sounds of the season
And lose all, sense of time…” - Hollow Coves

That place, recently, was the South Coast of Oregon at Shore Acres State Park. It was the land of Coos & Siuslaw people and became the private property of lumberman and shipbuilder Louis J. Simpson who manicured nature enough to put a tennis court on the edge of the rocks not far from the crashing surf but who left ancient, soaring trees to watch over all who visited. It’s now a state park that has a wonderful, easy hiking path both in and amongst the trees and right along the ocean where I captured these views of the Pacific Ocean doing its thing. Endless waves rolling to shore, beating against the rocks, making their mark to carve a coastline that feels intensely wild at times and yet completely comforting as well. It’s a place where I was absolutely able to free my mind for a few hours to just enjoy nature and the comfort found therein.

It’s a feeling I’ve longed to recapture these last few weeks as things around my country and within my own life have felt anything but peaceful at times.

If you need a place to escape to as well, I hope you will put Shore Acres on your list and the region of traveloregon that is eugenecascadescoast. I’m sincerely grateful that they hosted me so I could experience their part of the West Coast to tell you about it. 💚💙 #eugenecascadecoast #traveloregon #poweredbyadventure

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TravelOregon | @TravelOregon | https://gondola.cc/TravelOregon | Media Personality |
| Kirsten Alana | @KirstenAlana | https://gondola.cc/KirstenAlana | Photographer |

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eugenecascadecoast, poweredbyadventure, traveloregon

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