What do you do when you are fogged in on the Oregon coast?
Why you watch Netflix, of course.
Sunsets at the Bench
Watching the sun set over the Pacific Ocean has become our nightly ritual. We eat dinner, Darrin does the dishes, we walk to the lake or around the camp ground, eat our fill of fresh Blackberries by the fence, and head over to the bench where everyone gathers!
And voila! Mother Nature puts on an amazing show for us and the local wildlife.
RV-17 UPS-1
We’ve been spoiled!
Ron, the most excellent camp host of Boice-Cope County Park, where we are hanging-out next to the ocean, took pity on us last week and came by with an electric heater! We fired it up before bedtime, let the tent warm up, and ahhhhh! We could read, play cards, blog and generally hang-out comfortably in our tent even though it was in the 40’s and low 50’s!
So, enter Amazon and the UPS man. We ordered, put our campsite address in for shipping, and in drives that beautiful brown truck.
We are now the proud owners of an extension cord and an electric heater!
Life is good! (And toasty😁)
Ocean Acrobatics
This mornings walk on the beach included a seal rolling around in the waves and pelicans flying and diving. A show just for us. Absolutely beautiful to watch!
I Ain’t Nothing but a Rock Hound (apologies to Elvis)
Agates are old volcanic lava that makes cool rocks and they can be found on the Oregon coast. If you want to know more, read here: http://oregondiscovery.com/agate-hunting.
We decided to give beach agate hunting a go. We walked miles of beach at low tide(very important as the tide here is quite strong and the undertow dangerous) looking for the right areas, they say the winter season is better because the strong storm waves move the sand out of the way. We perservered and had success!
These are the rocks we found that the locals say are agates!
Aren’t they beautiful?
We walked miles and had hours of fun on the beach. And we can do it all over again tomorrow after the tide moves things around!
The Coolest Vehicle Ever
We have heard that, and similar sentiments over the last 5 months. But for the first time the wee Rover met its match!
Enter Katrina, Jason, and the Battle Wagon, a highly modified Subaru Outback. A fun young couple with the Coolest Vehicle Ever! Our Subaru Outback is most likely shaking in the garage back in Vermont: ‘What are they going to do to me when they get home!’
Soul Rock
Can you see it? This rock has soul!
Rocks on the Beach
Today at low tide we walked south on the beach to the rocks we could see in the distance. They turned out to be amazingly beautiful pieces of Mother Nature’s artwork carved by the ocean.
A Walk on the Beach
A few shots of the Pacific Ocean to brighten your day.
Have a fabulous day!
Bandon Cranberry Festival
The nice part of staying in little campgrounds like this county park is you get to meet amazing people. Karl and Judy pulled in the day after we did and invited us to go with them to the Bandon Cranberry Festival. There was a great Star Trek themed parade.
After the parade we toured the harbor and downtown shops (including a great candy store and cheese shop both with free samples!) and a local place for lunch…yum.
Sometimes its fun to be a tourist!