MADE IT TO THE COAST!

We finally made it to the Oregon coast! After a couple of days at Collier State Park, and an overnight recharging at Valley of the Rogue State Park, we headed to the coast, had a night at William Tugman State Park at Eel Lake and are now heading north up Oregon's coastline. We passed through Florence (looks like a wonderful place, but didn't stop - sorry, Mom!) until we hit Cape Perpetua. We're going to spend a few days here; here's the view out the back of the Chinook (we're right on a lovely creek that you can't quite see in the photo:

This is our Chinook (and our campsite) viewed from the trail that runs along the campground to the Cape Perpetua Visitor's and Interpretive Center (about half a mile away):

And when we reached the Visitor's Center, here is the Pacific:

On the trail back to the campsite, we came across this little albino fellow, also both making his way home and carrying his home, just as we are!:

There are 26 miles of hiking trails here, so we may just stay more than a few days! Gotta type fast, though, as we have no hook-ups here, and must conserve the laptop batteries!