Hey everyone - Will, Sara and Kristi are here at Mora Campground. We checked out beautiful Rialto Beach yesterday. Sara took a 4-mile sunset hike along the beach to Hole in the Wall. Today (7/22), we're working at the public library in Forks (about 15 minutes away from Mora CG). Overcast morning but it will burn off to be a lovely afternoon.
Here's a dump of Jane's photos... (I'll organize them later)...
We're heading out from Cannon Beach/Wrights for Camping around midday (after a hike) and will be heading an hour (or so) to Willapa Bay Heritage Farm just north of Astoria into Washington...
Photos coming soon...
7/19/24
Jane and Kristi went on a bike ride on the Discovery trail (near Ilwaco) to see a lighthouse. Lovely forest and coast ride on a paved bike path - HILLY though!
Sara and Ryan stayed in Long Beach to check out the local museum, farmers market and beach.
7/20/24
Will joined up with us last night...and Jane headed back this morning to SLC.
Sara and Ryan are headed to Cannon Beach today.
Will and Kristi are working this morning and then doing a bike ride on the Long Beach side of he Discovery Trail/bike path. Then a little beach time - Kit's favorite!
Sara, Kristi and Jane are spending a lovely, clear and calm morning here at Yachats/Beachside campground. Relaxing and working a bit at a local oceanside restaurant. Heading north around noon today toward Canon Beach and the nearby Wright for camping place.
Stay tuned!
We spent the morning at Lone Ranch Beach north of Brookings. A couple hours shy of low tide at the tide pools...very cool. Kit had super long zoomies - he loves this beach!
We stopped at Bandon - what a cool place. Super windy today though! So not much beach time. We got to Yachats (pronounced "yahats") for some delicious clam chowder. So good!
Now we're set up at Beachside Beach... Kristi is watching the Colombia-Argentina Copa America game at the same bar/restaurant ... "working" (not working).
Photos coming soon...!
We had a lovely morning working at Valleyview winery. And then we took off towards Cavee Junction found a swimming spot on the Illinois river and had lunch sitting in the river sitting in the river. So lovely.
Then we continued another hour down Highway 199 and the Smith River to the redwoods National and state parks (Jedediah Smith). We could tell at least a 15 or 20° difference when reaching the redwoods because of the coast temperature is so lovely. From 90° one side of the redwoods to 62° on the coast in a matter of minutes. Once in Redwoods - we walked a short while on Walker Road which allows dogs (and Kit is a 'bark ranger', so...)...
Then onward to the Oregon coast! We stopped in Brookings for some groceries and various and sundry items… Then continued up another 15 minutes to Arch Rock along the Samuel Boardman corridor, which is a beautiful highway right along the coast with epic views of rocks and cliffs along the beautiful coast. Tons of trees for spruce. Rocks jetting straight out of the water waves. Totally epic scene. We made pasta primavera with sausage items in our fridge and garlic bread and salad and spritzer with aperol. Yay…
Today we are setting off along the Oregon coast and driving 3 1/2 hours to Beachside state recreation area to meet up with Sara who’s driving down from Bellingham Washington this morning. Before we head out, we’re going to hang out at Lone Ranch Beach Beach north of Brookings and check out the tide pools...
Some of Sara's photos I need to organize in the other days' posts... The mug shot is priceless!
