Our next campground was in North Bend, Oregon, on Coos Bay. It was another awesome setting!! We were camped right on the shore of Coos Bay. There was salmon fishing just a short distance from us! Lucky was happy…there was a fenced-in doggy park, across from where we were parked, for him to run with all his new girlfriends!! Don’t worry Maggie! Lucky still loves you and can’t wait to see you in Florida!!
Well, kids, your dad and I did something I thought we’d never do. Although Dad has always wanted to do it! We went on the dunes in a dune buggy!! Yee-haw!! Did we ever have a blast!! Those dunes are amazing!! Thank goodness we had a driver who was a cop with the dunes as his regular patrol beat! We had 4 of us in the dune buggy we were in, plus the driver. A few of the other couples were able to go with just a driver. Following are pictures!!
Mary, Dave and me in the back. John was in the front with the driver.
Our wagonmasters, Annie and Wayne, with their driver.
What an awesome time!! It took all day to shake the sand out of my hair!! And out of our mouths!!
On to Gold Beach, Oregon. More fabulous views of the Oregon coast!
We were camped on the Rogue River. We walked about 2 blocks to get out to the beach. It was so windy that our puppy dogs had troubles standing. And so did we!
Our main activity there was a jet boat ride 30 miles up the Rogue River and back down! Another Yeehaw!! Talk about fun!! The sites were beautiful as were the full 360 degrees boat turns!! That boat could skim over 4″ of water, which is good! There wasn’t much water in a lot of places.
We stopped for lunch at a quaint little restaurant up the river. This restaurant was probably at least 100 feet above the water line. It almost covered the building in 1964! They have had several floods since then, but not as high.
There were several egret nests along the way. They have already started to migrate south for the winter.
We came along the Oregon version of the DNR netting fish. They do it Monday, Wednesday and Fridays to see how many and what kind of salmon are swimming upstream. This attracts a lot of sea lions as it’s easy food for them. Unfortunately, they didn’t pull anything up in the net while we were there.
We had a group campfire both nights we were there. This was the first campground that would allow one, as there is a fire ban in most places. It goes along with a beautiful sunset!
This was our last time in Oregon. The Oregon Coast is unbelievable. Any pictures taken just don’t do it justice. One thing that bothered me, though, was the fact that most of the time we were in a tsunami warning zone. They constantly reminded us of it! There were always directions as to where to go and how long it would take you to get there (10 minutes, average) posted wherever we were. Thankfully, there weren’t any earthquakes to cause a tsunami!
God is Good!!
Grand West Coast Adventure 