My usual position has always been that this isn’t how I like to travel or even how one should travel. But a recent short stay at Bay Point Landing near Coos Bay on Oregon’s South Coast has me wondering if there can be exceptions to that rule.

I want to return for a longer stay, to soak in a design that seeks to minimize the environmental impact on land that was once home to Siuslaw and Siletz people [source]. 

is a result of the work of OFFICEUNTITLED and principal architect Christian Robert. I chuckle as I write this, a short drive from their Culver City office. That LA people could design so successfully in Oregon. That an LA photographer could find the escape she was longing for in Oregon. That the world is smaller than it sometimes seems. That we are more connected than we know. But that’s another story for another day…

Timber Haus is their largest style and features skylights with the most spacious kitchen and dining area. It sleeps four with a loft space that has two beds above the main bedroom. 

At night, you should enjoy whisky s’mores from the canteen with friends at your cabin’s fire pit.

🔥 🥃 🍫 We did it so I can tell you that they were the best s’mores I have ever had! 😋 

You can even have Bay Point create a private dinner to celebrate a special event. A professional chef’s kitchen is married to a spacious dining room, and elevated porch, that looks over the inlet.

We experienced the space with Chef Eoghain O’Neill & his wife Kariktan of nearby Restaurant O. His time with celebrity chefs like Anthony Bourdain and Gordon Ramsay is apparent but he is as down to earth and funny as he is talented. 

The meal was more than worth the miles we traveled to be there and the miniature morels on the beef were a revelation. His Oregon drink pairings, from CBD beverages to start, followed by cider and wine, were also exceptional.