Meandering the Country

August 19 – 29, 2021   For this stay, we based ourselves out of South Jetty RV Campground.    It’s a lovely, very wooded campground.    Outside our door is a forest of spruce trees.    The view of the long, dark brown trunks along with the rays of filtered sunlight making their way through the pine canopy gives such a layback vibe to our “home”.   A few miles north of Florence, right along Hwy.101, is the Hobbit Trail.    Just the name of it makes me smile!    It brought back fond memories of reading  The Hobbit  in Gene Conrad’s Modern Novel class when I was in high school.    Well, the trail did not disappoint!    It was one mile (out and back) along a fairy like trail that takes you to the Pacific Ocean.    The trail was lined with dense vegetation that gave it the feel of walking through a tunnel.    Every once in a while, you would come to a “hobbit hole” (which, in all lik...

Coasting through Oregon!   The northern coast of Oregon is being saved for another trip to the west; however, we certainly enjoyed exploring central coastal Oregon over the last 10 days!  We based ourselves a few miles south of Newport, staying at Whaler’s Rest RV Park.  A short trail led us from the park directly to Lost Creek State Park.  It gave us easy access to a sandy beach to stroll anytime we wanted!   The northernmost town we visited was Lincoln City.  We had gone hoping to take a hike to Drift Creek Falls.  Unfortunately, a landslide a couple of months ago detoured the route and we took a pass for this go around.  Strike one.  We did find Devils Lake to enjoy.  We had hopes of getting onto the water, but unless you had your own equipment, you were left to enjoy the view from the banks of the lake.  Strike two.  Determined not to have a third strike, we stopped at an ou...