Northern CA thru Oregon and Washington
My DW and I will be traveling north from the SF, wanting to stay along the coast. Then on up through Oregon and Washington along the coast before we turn east along the northern border states. We wil...
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Such a nice drive. You haven't mentioned just when. The coast will be crazy busy starting mid-June and thru till September. Still and all..if that is when you are going...it'll be great!
Depending on you folk..there is no shortage of boondocking but you have to get good maps and look some miles inland. There is nothing on the coast at all, other than the odd hidy-hole. There are a couple..one I can think of...parking areas operated by local towns in Oregon, that allow for paid camping in the parking lot itself. It's pretty basic, but hey...right on the beach.
There is just no end of good places to explore. You really want to be able to just take your time. And, spitting distance from the Ca./Or. border is a outlet liquor store, if you imbibe, in Ca. Stop there. And, just for one night..plan on stopping..in fact, make a reservation, at the city owned campground in Brookings, Or. Ask for a front row spot. You will be putting me in your will.
Super foods to be found...oh man...now I wanna go too...
Are you heading into Washington too? There is really limited access to the Wa. coast but what there is is fabulous. Great state park right at the jetty on the Columbia and if you ARE going there, tell me and I'll give you the two primo site #'s in there.
Google maps are also the cats meow...being able to drive a road off into the weeds. Much of Oregon has a rich history of logging. Where there is logging, there are side roads.
Gary Haupt
Depending on you folk..there is no shortage of boondocking but you have to get good maps and look some miles inland. There is nothing on the coast at all, other than the odd hidy-hole. There are a couple..one I can think of...parking areas operated by local towns in Oregon, that allow for paid camping in the parking lot itself. It's pretty basic, but hey...right on the beach.
There is just no end of good places to explore. You really want to be able to just take your time. And, spitting distance from the Ca./Or. border is a outlet liquor store, if you imbibe, in Ca. Stop there. And, just for one night..plan on stopping..in fact, make a reservation, at the city owned campground in Brookings, Or. Ask for a front row spot. You will be putting me in your will.
Super foods to be found...oh man...now I wanna go too...
Are you heading into Washington too? There is really limited access to the Wa. coast but what there is is fabulous. Great state park right at the jetty on the Columbia and if you ARE going there, tell me and I'll give you the two primo site #'s in there.
Google maps are also the cats meow...being able to drive a road off into the weeds. Much of Oregon has a rich history of logging. Where there is logging, there are side roads.
Gary Haupt
