Mireya's Oregon Coast Adventure
Hi!
We just spent a month driving up the entire Oregon coast and
you're in for a treat! It is absolutely spectacular!
We highly recommend the Oregon State Park campgrounds. They
are right on Hwy 101, beautiful, spacious, wooded, sites with
wonderful facilities and gorgeous locations, and incredibly
inexpensive: between $16 & $22 for water, electric, picnic tables,
fire rings, fire wood for sale, and very nice dump stations. The Hot
showers are nice & clean and free.
None of the privately owned campgrounds are anywhere as
beautiful and spacious as the state parks. We love them!
The best thing to do is to go online and check out their website, as
some take reservations.
http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/PARKS/index.shtml
Some are right on the coast, with magnificent views and are very
popular. Since you're going in Sept after the kids are back in
school, things will slow down, but right now we found several that
were totally full. One word of caution: if the sign at the entrance
says "Campground Full", don't believe it. Go ahead anyway and
ask, as they may have some openings.
Also, the most helpful thing we picked up at the Oregon Welcome
Center was a booklet on the state parks that lists all the state parks,
which ones have overnight camping, all the lighthouses, and park
details with maps. We followed the maps all the way up the coast
and it was very beneficial. If you have a cell phone, they even give
phone numbers for the parks to call ahead. This booklet may be
more helpful than the website. We really like it. Perhaps you can
have one mailed to you in time before your departure.
Be sure to take some sweatshirts, windbreakers, and jackets, as the
coast is very windy and can be quite chilly and foggy at times. The
mornings and evenings are usually cool, with mornings being
overcast and foggy and then clearing in the afternoons. Besides
your camera, you might enjoy bringing binoculars. We spotted
several whales off the coast (off season). You can also see seals in
various places.
If you like fresh seafood, crab, clam chowder, lighthouses, and
magnificent scenery, you're going to the right place!
Oh, and by the way, you may want to take more than a week if you
can! There's so much to see and do and it's just so beautiful! Have a
wonderful time and we hope you enjoy it as much as we have!
Safe travels and best wishes!
MIREYA & RICK VANCE <><
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