Roads/Weather in NW in October?
Family and I are full timing this year and we spent the month up in Ferndale, WA to visit Vancouver, the N. Cascades NP, and then whale watching. The next stop was a long weekend of tent camping in O...
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mockturtle wrote:
Some good alternative choices: In WA, Salt Creek Recreation Area (near Port Angeles), Cape Disappointment State Park (Ilwaco), Grayland Beach State Park (south of Westport), and any of a terrific array of Oregon State Parks along the coast.
X2 - we are currently working our way south and started at Grayland SP and on down the OR. coast. The Salt Creek Rec. Area is a GREAT location, on a bluff overlooking the straits of Juan de Fuca and Vancouver Island.
The "pineapple express" that we experienced last week was somewhat unusual this early in the fall. They generally don't start whipping through until later in the fall and winter and then we will only get 4 or 5 of them like we just experienced. Now rain and grey is common from sometime late in Oct. until next .....??
If you decide to come down the Oregon coast, the state parks are great. We are currently at Bullards Beach SP in Bandon. They almost always have easy beach access and provide many Kodak moments. We may want to go on their website, as they do get close to capacity on Fri. - Sundays, especially the popular ones.
Keep in mind, the Puyallup (now Washington State) Fairgrounds has RV parking and the fair is over. The Evergreen State Fairgrounds up in Monroe also has RV parking. Each may have horse shows on the weekends, but both are large enough to have enough space and room for you even if they do.
Oh, on the coast, your temps are generally very moderate, even later into the fall and early winter.
Good luck
