Ahhh... nothing like camping next to the beach, fell asleep listening to the waves breaking on the shore, a shore the size of Long Beach on Vancouver Island.
Made my way into Manzanita for breakfast, found this great little bakery/deli called Bread and Ocean. Chowed down on the best ever chocolate brioche and a monster mug of coffee.
All fueled up, time to head for Humbug State park. Going there soley on the recommendation from some guy I met at Nahalem Park. He grew up in the nearby town of Port Orford and said it was worth stopping in. Hopefully he's right.
As I left Manzanita I immediately got stuck behind a rental RV. My nemesis of the road! GAH! I HATE RENTAL RV's!
That's the one thing I don't like about Hwy 101, it's the only highway through the region and tends to be heavily congested and full of RV's of every shape and size. The scenery can't be beat though.
Stopped at the Yaquina Head Lighthouse park for a visit, picked up my Golden Eagle Passport too.
Had some great fish and not so great chips in a place called Waldport. Fantastic batter generous portions of fish. The chips... frozen crinkle cut ones, sigh.
Oh and if there's ever a sand shortage, it can be found in Oregon, damn there's a lot of sand there! Right up to the highway in some spots.
When I arrived at Humbug Mountain I realised that the guy who recommended it to me must do his camping in an RV. The park is right next to the highway with a creek beside it. At least the creek muffled the sound of the trucks passing by. With nearby Port Orford having a population of about 1100 people, things close up early. So my only choice for dinner was a fish n chips place. Great fish, frozen fries again! What's up with that?!?!?!?
Stopped at the Yaquina Head Lighthouse park for a visit, picked up my Golden Eagle Passport too.
Had some great fish and not so great chips in a place called Waldport. Fantastic batter generous portions of fish. The chips... frozen crinkle cut ones, sigh.
Oh and if there's ever a sand shortage, it can be found in Oregon, damn there's a lot of sand there! Right up to the highway in some spots.
When I arrived at Humbug Mountain I realised that the guy who recommended it to me must do his camping in an RV. The park is right next to the highway with a creek beside it. At least the creek muffled the sound of the trucks passing by. With nearby Port Orford having a population of about 1100 people, things close up early. So my only choice for dinner was a fish n chips place. Great fish, frozen fries again! What's up with that?!?!?!?
Spent the rest of my evening sitting by the fire reading a Chuck Palahniuk book and replanning my route a bit. After this day, I had to get off the 101 as it was too slow going with the traffic and that it's also the main street for many of the small towns it goes through.
1 comment:
bring home a brioche for me!!! that looks deadly! for someone travelling lightly, you sure have a lotta toys! ;)
xo
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