Rain, Rain, Rain and a little Ice

North Oregon Coast and crossing into Washington State

Our trip continued up the Oregon Coast and our next port of call was Seaside Thousand Trails Resort. Just three days there and it rained for two days. Luckily our site had a gravel base but we still had to wade a bit from the trailer to the truck and back.

The resort was OK with a lovely indoor pool and hot tub, but no internet even though we had been told that there was. We did a couple of drives to local beaches to give Timmy his beach fix. Just a quiet stay for us.

Lewis and Clarke statue on the beachfront

Lovely sunset

The beach at Seaside on our one sunny day

Timmy in his element.

Skunk Cabbage, I was told.

Swamped woodlands at Seaside TT Park

Beautiful indoor pool at the resort

Our next stop was Travell Inn Campground,  a Coast to Coast park in Elma, Washington State. The drive was still rainy and as we got to the resort the rain changed to ice. It was fine for an over night stop, but not somewhere I would like to stay for any length of time.

The bridge over the Columbia River into Washington State

A rainy, icy drive

Ice on the back of the truck when we arrived

Our wet site. 

The sun came out for a short while and we had a lovely double rainbow.

Rainbow

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Newport, Oregon and meeting up with friends.

Whaler's Rest Thousand Trails

April 8th - 11th

A short drive up the road to Newport, Oregon and Whaler's Rest RV Resort. We love Thousand Trails!! We could not travel as much as we do without the membership. Some parks are fantastic and some are less than fantastic but for US$550 a year we cannot complain when we get 30 free nights a year and rest are $3 a night. Whaler's Rest is one of the better resorts, and it is just a walk across the road to get the beach. 

The drive was lot more interesting because the rain held off for a few hours.  We have to come back to Oregon. It is so beautiful along the coast. We also find Oregon a lot more relaxed than California. The beaches are wonderful and dog friendly!! Timmy likes that.

We found a good spot where we could get satellite and also we were able to pick up the wifi from the Adult Centre.

A trip to the beach and Seal Rock was on the agenda. 

While we were at Whaler's Rest we met up with friends, Jennifer and Kate. We met them last winter in Florida and vowed that if we were ever in Oregon we would look them up. We had a walk around the town for a while and took a look at some big seals in the harbor. Then we had a late lunch. It always so nice to re-connect with people we meet on the road.

Dee, Kate, Jennifer and Michael

Sea Lions jockeying for position on a floating dock.

Noisy and stinky!

Here are a few more photos that we took while we were at Whaler's Rest.

On our way to Newport, the sun was shining, so we stopped at Heceta Lighthouse again.

Looking toward Manzanita.

Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach

Jockey's Cap Rock

We took so many photos but it is impossible to show them all. Oregon has an astoundingly beautiful coast line. Can't wait to go back.

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Mountains, Beaches, Rocks, Rain and a Big Wind

Florence, OR

April 3-8 2017

We left Redding early and decided to drive right through to our next stop at South Jetty Thousand Trails Park. 

On the way we came across a wetland and an elk herd on the side of the road. We stopped to take a few photos.

We arrived at the resort looked around for a spot where we would be able to pick up the satellite signal and found one near the front gate. No free internet signal though. A lot of the sites were very muddy because of all the rain the west coast has received. Our site had a gravel base so we were high and dry. 

The elk herd

Elk

Getting into our site at South Jetty Thousand Trails Park

Our view from the dinette

Pool was open but not heated. Brrr.

Family Centre with good free wifi

Family Centre

We took Timmy down to the beach in-between showers. He just loves running on the sand.

 Our second day here we took a drive up the coast to the Heceta Head Lighthouse. We also saw the Cape Creek Bridge.

Iconic Oregon view

The bridge carrying 101 past Heceta Lighthouse

Sea Lions on the rocks below the view site

This coast is so spectacular. Pity it was raining most of the time.

The lighthouse and the keepers house in the distance

The bridge over the Siuslaw River in Florence

 On our last night at South Jetty we had a severe wind storm and at about 4.30 am we heard an almighty crash. Did not know until the morning what had happened. This motorhome was right over the road from us.

The wind was still at gale force the next day so we were allowed to stay at South Jetty for an extra day. Very thankful to the staff.

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