The sun is out and it’s quite pleasant. Weather reports say it’s going to get pretty hot over the next few days. It’s a good time to be near the ocean.
Hitching-up at Bay Center campground
Dick started the day with a wrong turn onto US-101 from the campground access road. Ah, well! It’s a nice day. What’s the big deal about driving an extra 40 miles?
US-101 stayed true to its course today. We followed the coast passing Seaview and Ilwaco. We stopped at Cape Disappointment State Park with thoughts of camping there … and we were disappointed. The camp was full. Too bad, it was a very nice campground right on the ocean.
Waikiki Beach at Cape Disappointment campground
Beach visitors build interesting structures from driftwood
We crossed the Columbia River to Astoria, Oregon.
2 mile bridge across the Columbia River to Astoria, OR
We continued on through Gearhart, Seaside, Cannon Beach, Manzanita and Rockaway Beach. Whoa! Did I say Gearhart? We just happened to have a Gearhart on board this trip … Carol Ann Gearhart Winans.
A Gearhart entering Gearhart
Gearhart was very small, but it had some businesses
Oregon & US-101 presented outstanding views
We stumbled onto a county campground in Barview, between Rockaway Beach and Tillamook. It was great – full service, wide sites and close to the beach. The wind blew pretty hard until after dark.
The trip to the beach for sunset pictures was really COLD
The US Corp of Engineers was building a jetty
Stiff winds blew across the surf
A peaceful sunset view ... but, the wind continues to whip us
Please Note
Many have noticed that blog pictures don't expand when they're double-clicked. We finally determined that the blog software deletes the required code whenever pictures are moved by cut-and-paste. We know how to avoid the problem in this and future posts. We also know how to fix old posts, but it's quite time consuming.
Map Tracks
Start: Bay Center, Washington
East on Bay Center Rd to US-101
South on US-101 to Barview Jetty County Campground at Barview, Oregon
End: 136 miles @ Barview, Oregon
I have a picture of me standing in the Oregon Beach winds. I am leaning at least 20 degrees off perpendicular. You can imagine that flying kites in that kind of weather was QUITE spectacular!
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