Into Oregon

Along the Oregon Coast

On Sunday, August 12, we left the Redwoods behind and crossed the border into Oregon. 101 becomes the Pacific Coast Scenic Trail and it definitely fulfills that title. We could see the rugged coast line from many spots. We were traveling through pine forests which had probably been logged over at least twice. The towns were mainly supported by logging, fishing, and tourism. At one point we were supposed to see cranberry bogs - they seemed to be missing! We did stop in Bandon to buy cranberry candy at a store called Cranberry Sweets.

We spent the night in Coos Bay, dry camping at the Mill Casino. On Monday we found the Pancake Mill across from the Mill Casino. The line was long, and the food was good! We continued the drive along the coast going north. The main feature here is Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. We stopped to look at the dunes, but decided they were too hard to climb. Micky did enjoy running in the sand! When we got to Florence we decided it was time to think about heading south. We drove highway 126 to Eugene and found a camping spot in a beautiful County Park (Armitage CP). We have noticed that many county parks have wonderful camp grounds - clean, camping spots not too close together, reasonably priced, lots of flora and fauna.