We’re finding it’s hard to find wi-fi service to post to the blog from the campsite areas we’ve been. Today I’m sitting in a Burger King in Coos Bay, Oregon writing this and uploading some photos.
On Monday, we left Eugene and headed west to Florence, Oregon. Just south of there was an old favorite from years past – Honeyman State Park. Since by then it was already 2:00, we decided to stay. We set up in the RV area so we’d have power and then took a nice long walk around the campground and one of the dunes trails to get a look at the sand dunes. Since it was getting dark and we were without the proper shoes, we opted not to walk far out onto the dunes. The thing that totally amazed us here was the number of ATV riders. Campers come from miles around to camp in this area to ride their ATVs on the dunes. Licence plates told us they came mostly from Oregon, California, Washington and Idaho, but I can imagine that during the summer they would come from anywhere in the western US. Looks like a fun, but very expensive family sport.
On Tuesday morning we broke camp and headed south again on Highway 101. We stopped at a few scenic spots for photos and in chatting with a couple visiting from Idaho, learned about a nice area near Coos Bay called Charleston. We checked the map and found there was a couple Campgrounds there, so we headed out and found both the Sunset State Park and Bastendorff County Park. We opted for the county park since they had cell phone coverage and the other didn’t. It was also almost empty, so after the noise of the ATV riders yesterday, this was a very pleasant and quiet surprise. A plus is that we’re parked within view of the ocean, so you’ll see some early morning photos in the gallery below.
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