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Detroit Lake, Cascades

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We had false start in the Willamette wine country. We made an effort but at 25 bucks a tasting,I wasn’t up for the effort and moved on…

  • Ringo at the fancy winery…

Lovely evening. We took several walks about the lake. Played several songs at the campground and Ringo was a dog.

  • Top of Detroit dam
  • Detroit Lake
  • Ringo posing
  • Ringo fetching
  • Mt. Jefferson
  • Flowers
Ringo jumping waves. This was pretty funny. I missed the initial spasm which was funnier.

Ecola State Park

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Drove by a Mcmenamins on the way to Ft. Stephens. Since it served bfast we decided to grab a breakfast the next morning on our way to Ecola Beach. Yummy!

Breakfast at the sand trap.

After breakfast, we rolled on down the road to Ecola State Park which was amazing. They’ve filmed 4 movies there (point break, goonies, twilight, kindergarten cop)

  • Landslide to left
  • Sea stars low tide
  • Upside down, boy you turn me.
Ecola State Park.
  • So green
  • Big trees
  • Lighthouse at Ecola

Then, yeah we did… We drove the  truck on the beach at Del Ray. First, we had an appetizer (Chips and Salsa) watched a Ford get stuck and then worked up the courage to follow the rest of the four wheel trucks on the beach.

  • Look the taco went swimming
  • Sol tacos for dinner.

All in all it was another fantastic day on the OR coast. Glad we didn’t go to Utah and hike the narrows…

Stop drop and roll

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We are getting used to the conveniences of modern camping. Stop, drop and roll is my new favorite. On the down side, I’m still getting used to parking. Sometimes I just hawg spaces because I can’t park frank n furter yet. #parkingfoul

So, to the real business. We saw cool stuff today.

Thor’s Well
  • Crashing waves
  • George, the waves are behind you…
  • Crashing wave
  • Old farts
  • Thor’s well bursting
  • Thor’s well draining
  • Ringo studying the scenic views
  • Devil’s churn
Cape perpetua: Thors’ well and devil’s churn were pretty cool. There was a dead seal in devil’s churn. Once you get in, you can’t get out.

We tried to go to rogue brewery in Newport but they didn’t like us (twice) so we went to a seafood market, grabbed fish and chips, beers and Dungeness crabs and made tracks to cape Lookout.

Pictures from the drive and Devil’s punchbowl

Lots of fog and 60 degrees. I cuddled up with a hot toddy after dinner and a short with a longgggg jacket. I hear Portland was 115 today. #OregonCoast

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