After leaving Portland, we headed to the coast thinking we'd spend the next few days camping on the way back to Port Angeles. Unfortunately, it was the weekend and most of the campgrounds were completely booked and we didn't want to take a chance on either not finding a campsite or wandering for hours until we did. Therefore, we decided to stop for the night at a more remote forest campground east of Tillimook.
As expected, it wasn't too busy. I got in another campsite workout while Andrew went for a run and we also went for a short hike.
Back along the coast the next day, we went for a couple beach hikes.
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Not just a sand castle but a whole village! |
We treated ourselves to one more hotel stay in Astoria at the BowLine Hotel and had supper at the Bridgewater Bistro, both of which we always enjoy. It's about a 1km walk along the water between hotel and bistro and the main attraction is the 4-mile long Astoria-Megler Bridge which connects Oregon and Washington. It's the longest continuous truss bridge in North America.
We spent one more night camping and then still had a little bit of time to spare before catching the afternoon ferry back to Victoria. We stopped at the Elwha Beach Trail just outside of Port Angeles for a short hike. A turkey vulture was quite cooperative for photos; the deer were momentarily cooperative before mama decided she had to protect her babies and they disappeared out of sight.
All in all, a very good road trip!