Our clean clothes situation was dire, so I got up early and was at the local laundry by 7:30am. The weather has turned overcast with intermittent rain. I don’t mind the clouds but do not like the rain. The locals don’t call this rain – just heavy mist. They have their rain in winter. While the clothes were in the dryer I went back to the camper to collect Rob. He wanted to check out the local jam store. After finishing up the laundry we drove around town exploring the old town and the beachfront. Bandon is a lot smaller than Crescent City, but it does not look nearly as run down. We drove south to find the jam store and Rob was overjoyed to find some Marion berry sauce there. We also tasted an orange and cranberry cookie – the combination was wonderful. By the time we got home Ant was cooking breakfast. We packed up and were on the road just before 1pm.
The Oregon coast is so accessible to the public. There are State Parks every few miles. If one had to stop at all the parks, we would be on the road forever. The scenery alternates between steep rocky cliffs and sandy beaches. We saw a long beach today that reminded me of Wilderness. We decided to skip the visit to the sea lion caves – commercial and expensive. The boys had already stumbled upon their own sea lion back in Crescent City. It was really close to them when they saw it and did not swim away for quite a while.
We made it to Newport by 4pm. I was astounded by the size of the campground – at least 300 sites. We all went exploring on our bicycles. The beach is just under a mile from the campground. We can hear the fog horn every 15sec. Rob and I found a puzzle at the visitors centre and just had to place a few pieces before we could move on. We attended a talk on the pier construction and subsequent beach building, in the evening. The view of the bridge from the beach trails is quite beautiful.
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