Sept. 29, 2018 thru October 19, 2018
…finally…it’s been since May 25 that we have been in the lower 48, when we left Maine! And the road out through British Columbia was very scenic, much of it a long a deep river gorge.
We’re looking for warmer and sunnier weather, but haven’t found it…yet. Traveling around the Olympic Peninsula- some beautiful ocean views, and a lot of damp weather 😦
We can’t remember the last time we wore shorts….

Warmer and sunnier in Oregon! Short sleeve shirts, but not quite shorts weather, yet. Spent a couple days in Warrenton, OR- we hadn’t gotten our mail since May! So we had that forwarded here- our South Dakota re-registration plate stickers, some retirement docs- I am finally and officially retired and collecting- YAY!

 

 

 
Fort Stevens State Park includes the biggest campground west of the Mississippi- over 500 sites, miles and miles of sandy beaches, with an old shipwreck, beautiful views of the Columbia River and a large, old and defunct military base which was used from the Civil War through WII, and a herd of elk.

 

The weather has been unseasonably warm and sunny, so all the locals have come out camping, making it difficult for us to find a campsite! Had a beauty with an ocean view, right on the beach for one night…one night only. Shorts weather! And another campground above a beach in Coos Bay, quiet and scenic.