We're tucked away in Annie's driveway in Petaluma CA now. I wanted to give a nod though to the Oregon Coast State Parks that sheltered us for 10 nights before we ventured into California. There are 16 state parks along the coast, or close to that number. This time of the year, each one is $20 or $22 per night. The campgrounds offer hot showers and flush toilets that are cleaned daily by park hosts. Oregon has bragging rights to its Park Host program. Each park where we camped had a minimum of two hosts up to six or seven, depending on the size of the park. Also, yurts are a really big deal in Oregon State Parks. These smallish circular tent buildings rent for 30 - 40 dollars a night, and are popular with travelers. Each park had a cluster of yurts, a yurt town of sorts. Maybe you can tell, we were just plain impressed with Oregon state parks. The pictures I'm sharing don't show the parks, but they do show some of the scenery we enjoyed while staying at the parks.
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| Astoria, OR. Columbia River meets the Pacific |
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| Fort Stevens State Park beach, Astoria |
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| Sunset, Nehalem Bay |
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| Moonrise, Nehalem Bay |
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| Yaquina lighthouse |
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Harbor seals, Yaquina National Natural Area
Newport, OR |
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| Anemone, Yaquina tide pools |
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Peppi at Simpson Reef, near Sunset Bay
State Park, Coos Bay, OR
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| Stellar and California sea lions at Simpson Reef |
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Sea lions "hauled out
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Bullard's Beach Campground, Bandon OR
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