A No Nonsense Day

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Probably our shortest travel day ever! Made it 16 miles north.

Still in the Rock Creek Campground, we got up and underway earlier than usual and headed down the road about 5 miles in the fog to the turn off for a viewpoint. The road took us round and round up a fairly steep hill where we hoped we could break through the fog, but alas, this is the view from the top:  We could hear the ocean below, but could see only fog.

Twisting back down the hill, we stopped about a quarter mile on up the road for the Devil’s Churn overlook. It was churning, but nothing spectacular. You can see some spray from the waves here:   We drove a few more miles and went along the coast through the town of Yachats to see this: This went on for about a mile. Just up the road we drove into a campground to check it out, but it wasn’t our style so we continued up the road about a mile and checked at another campground.

The ranger there told us we were probably too early to find any empty spots, but gave us a map of what would be vacant by 1 pm, if the people in them didn’t decide to stay. It is first come first served in non reserved sites, and if you are in them, they’re yours. He said the best two spots were available for one night only.

We drove out to see them, and didn’t pass them by because they were both empty!

This is about as close to the ocean as you can camp any where we know of. There is just a fence separating us, and that is to get the vegetation rehabbed. We just have to go about 20 feet from the Rubble mobile to find the foot path out there. Absolutely spectacular. We are very blessed to enjoy these spots! Needless to say we have enjoyed several walks on the beach, and just sitting around the campfire to enjoy the view. What a treat.

Maybe today we can finally get enough signal to post all the pictures!