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Alaska Bound: Oregon & Washington
We spent a weekend making the big move from Half Moon Bay to Eugene, OR. Eugene was a utilitarian stop, planned so that we could get some preventative maintenance on the trailer. We stayed at Armitage Regional Park for the week. Eugene, home of the University of Oregon, is a very treed town with lots of blooms in mid-April and the weather was just perfect. We tried Voodoo Doughnuts, walked around the Saturday market, and had lunch at Noisette. Our next weeklong destination was the Columbia River Gorge. On our way, we stopped at Silver Falls State Park so that we could hike the Trail of Ten Falls. In a…
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Cape Perpetua To Cannon Beach, OR
We left Bandon and continued ~125 miles north along the coast to another great campground at South Beach State Park in Newport. About 2/3 into our trip, as we were driving through the Siuslaw National Forest, we came around a turn, saw the Heceta Head Lighthouse, and decided that we would come back to explore this area the next day. The Cape Perpetua Scenic Area is just north of Heceta Head. Some popular Oregon coast landmarks are here – Spouting Horn (left) and Thor’s Well (right), so we spent a couple of hours walking around various viewpoints. South Beach State Park got some extra points in our nonexistent campground rating…
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The Southern Oregon Coast
When we headed west at the end of December, we knew that by May we would either need to start driving back east or plan to fly home for some family time. Eventually, the lure of continuing up the coast won out over the terrifying thought of flying with our cat so we booked a flight out of Seattle. So, state park hopping up the Oregon coast we went. And, WOW! When I said the area around Redwood National and State Parks/Crescent City, CA has to be one of the most beautiful areas of the country, our sentiment continues up into southern Oregon. Oregon’s 1967 “Beach Bill” secured public access…
