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June 7, 2005

Oregon Coast Photos

As promised, select photos from our camping trip down the Oregon Coast.

We left Seattle Friday night, and drove straight to Nehalem Bay campgrounds, on the west coast just south of the Washington-Oregon border. From there we drove south, stopping in small towns and sandy beaches, until we realized we forgot T's cell phone at the campsite, and went back for it. But after that, it was all south to Beachside Park where we were lucky enough to see a sunset over the ocean (well, until the sun sank below Oregon's ever-present cloud cover).

Sunday we made a lot of stops along Oregon's less friendly shores. At Cape Foulweather (yes, that's what it's called), we saw the most beautiful tide pools teeming with sea anemones, sea stars and sea urchins. All the surrounding rocks were encrusted with mussels, which we tried very hard not to step on as we inspected the sea life. That night we stayed at Honeyman Park, which has about 2 miles of sand dunes between it and the ocean. I have never seen sand dunes this large, nor have I ever seen dunes surrounded by evergreens.

Monday we drove home with a stop in the fine city of Portland, and got home by bedtime, which was particularly sweet since it was the first bed we slept in all weekend.

Even though some of the campsites were crowded and full of screaming children and jocks blaring music out of their 4x4s, and even though our tent was within spitting distance of the car, we had a great camping trip.

21:26 | Misc Rambling

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