We had a great drive skirting the ocean on Hwy 101 to Coos Bay.
With various picture stops and two construction stops, it took us 6 hours to go 160 miles! I never knew that driving along the coast would entail so many curves at high altitude. Ray did a fantastic job of driving safely.
This was one of our stops.
We camped at Midway RV Park in Coos Bay and ventured forth from there.
We drove north to see an elk herd, but they were so far away I couldn’t get a good picture. It was a different story when we drove south to Cape Arago to see the coastline. We saw spectacular rocky beaches
and beaches strewn with huge driftwood logs.
With various picture stops and two construction stops, it took us 6 hours to go 160 miles! I never knew that driving along the coast would entail so many curves at high altitude. Ray did a fantastic job of driving safely.
This was one of our stops.We camped at Midway RV Park in Coos Bay and ventured forth from there.
We drove north to see an elk herd, but they were so far away I couldn’t get a good picture. It was a different story when we drove south to Cape Arago to see the coastline. We saw spectacular rocky beaches
and beaches strewn with huge driftwood logs.
(Note woman standing at bottom center.)When we stopped at one particular beach, we heard a chorus of barking. Just offshore on several rocky islands were hundreds of sea lions and seals!
On the way back we made two stops: Charleston, a fishing village, and Shore Acres State Park, the former home of Louis J. Simpson. At the first we watched fishermen clean their catches, at the second we viewed formal gardens and an orchid show.
Freshly cleaned salmon
Our final excursion was to two boardwalks. From one we could see lumber being loaded on trucks and a freighter from Hong Kong. From the other, the view was more traditional.
The Oregon coast has a lot to offer.
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