Article: GOOD TIDINGS OF SPRING.(Travel)(Weather, whales, Easter align to pull vacationers to the coast)

Byline: Greg Bolt The Register-Guard

FLORENCE - It may not have seemed like it over the weekend, but nature is doing the coast a pretty big favor this year.

It's left most ski slopes bare, brought the whales back at just the right time and even arranged a calendar fluke that planted Easter right at the end of this week's spring break. All together, that could add up to a very happy holiday week for the tourism-dependent towns up and down Highway 101.

One sign that this is going to be a big week is vacation rentals. Kelly Riggs, co-owner of Elson Shields Property Management in Florence, said reservations are going through the roof.

"I ...

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