Camping on the Oregon Coast

In August, we travelled down the northern part of the Oregon Coast. we stopped in Astoria to see the sealions up close. They take over the docks and will even sink a boat on a regular basis. We camped for three nights at Fort Stevens State Park. It is a former military base and is now a museum and beautiful state park. it is right at the mouth of the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean.

There is shipwreck at the beach at Fort Stevens. Not much is left.

Miles and miles of beautiful sandy beaches

Cool water and fun waves.

The museum was really interesting. The base was used since the Spanish American War until the end of World War Two. It was even fired upon by a Japanese submarine. It

was the only location that was fired on during WW2 in the Continental US. These guns raise up to fire and then drop down and hide

Nice trails around the park allowed us to stumble into this cute little fawn

The squirrels often came around looking for treats.

The facilites were amazing in this state park. Deluxe!

We enjoyed taking the new truck onto the beach.Lots of treasures to be found

Heather liked to hang out in the sand near the dunes as it was much warmer thereGood wind for kites

Sunset at the point where the Columbia meets the Pacific. Beautiful.

We headed south one of the days to see Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach. We got there just in time to see the tidal pools fill up with the tide water

A little hermit crab

View of Cannon Beach form Ecola State Park

We walked out to the point and this little guy was flying all around us. Must have been our bright colors.

We stayed a night at Cape Lookout, just west of Tillimook. It was also a nice place but was booked solid so we were only able to do one night.

The kids got to participate in an interpretive program and learn about the animals of the area.

Just before we headed inland and north, we stopped to admire the sand dunes that went on for miles. Heathr looks like she is in the middle of the desert