Oregon Coast Mon/Tues

 We started Monday with a visit to a Myrtlewood factory and then packed up the camper and headed south. We stopped at the Tillamook factory, where we had some delicious fried cheese curds and ice cream for Jackson, and then continued on. 

We visited Cape Lookout State park, which was great for finding Sand dollars and we nearly had the beach to ourselves so the dogs could run a bit off leash! Jackson likes any beach with rocks to climb on.

We pulled into our next camp spot at South Beach near Newport around 2:30. We set up and then headed back out. We visited Beverly Beach state park, where we found some fun fossils and an agate or two. Then, we also checked out Devils Punchbowl and picked up some take out seafood for dinner. 

Here’s the South Beach, a short walk from our campsite, which we wandered to after dinner.

On Tuesday, we visited Yaquina Head lighthouse, which is pretty. The lighthouse and Interpretive Center are closed due to COVID but we explored the grounds, visited Cobblestone beach (a beach known for being very loud because the waves rattle the stones) where we saw lots of seals, and also visited Quarry Cove, and old quarry turned beach park.

After a couple hours back at camp for lunch and downtime, we went to Seal Rock State Park at low tide for awesome tide pools! This beach rocked all the boxes with wildlife for Mike and I to see, rocks for Jackson to climb on, and sand for the dogs to roll around.

Then we headed back to camp early for a casual night of burgers and s’mores. Jackson made a friend in the camp next door to play with, so he enjoyed that and will be sad to move on tomorrow. Tomorrow,we head to Coos Bay.