Oregon travels

It seems my goal on this trip has been to get to the Oregon coast. As the weather got warmer we left California, leaving SoCal and family behind. We made our way up I-5 with a quick stop near Lake Shasta. That was snow-covered Mt. Shasta in an earlier post. As you drive north it just POPS into view like I'm wearing 3D glasses. It is so white against the dark forests and the blue sky. It just appears and it is amazingly huge!

We took a left turn at SR 138, then SR 38 and made a beeline for Florence, Oregon. There is a Thousand Trails Preserve there (South Jetty) and not many people at this time of year. The parks and campgrounds are much busier in the summer so spring and fall are a good time if you want to avoid the crowds. But I'm beginning to understand why there aren't many people here. With no crowds at South Jetty we choose the same site we'd had 2 years ago. It faces the morning and afternoon sun, a good idea when the temps are in the low 50's. We'd given up a few days at TT South Jetty to stay at Pacific Surf, but we enjoyed our 4 nights. Its a friendly park.

I've gotten in the habit of watching the 10-day forecast for planning travel days. We made it to Thousand Trails Whaler's Rest and had a couple of nice days to walk on the beach and through the park.

Looking again at the weather, we picked a nice day to travel an hour north to Thousand Trails Pacific City. We plan to stay in The Tillamook area for a week or so. Seems like we get 3 days of rain to every 1 sunny day. Savor the sunny days!