The Spirit of Adventure 2.0

Pacific City, Seaside and northward Continuing up the coast on Hwy 101 Pacific City and Seaside was a beautiful and varied landscape The rocky coastline is so different from Florida There are beautiful beaches where you can drive on the beach and even launch your flat bottom Dory boat right from the beach We spent hours on the rocks exploring the many tidal pools On the rocks in Seaside we founds huge seagulls nesting with young chicks And although we had to use the zoom on the camera, we found Puffins nesting in the rocks too.. We did some hiking out to another waterfall And we took an morning hike in the fog out on Cape Look Out These banana slugs were everywhere You can hardly see the beach down there through all the fog On one day we headed to Tillamook and stopped at the Tillamook Air Museum The museum is housed in a former US Navy blimp hanger , called "Hangar B", which is the largest  clear-span wooden

The Oregon Coast Leaving Crater Lake we headed toward the Oregon coast knowing that we had to go over both the Cascade Mountains and the Coastal Mountain Range to get there. Our 32' motorhome may be small by todays standards but when you add the length of the Honda CRV that we tow and the tow bar, our overall all length is just under 53'. After several hours of steep and winding roads only a few "Oh Sh**t moments,  we found ourselves in a wide valley between the two mountain ranges and the location of our stopping off point, the Melrose Vineyard which is another Harvest Host. What a beautiful property They had us park in their parking lot at the top of hill overlooking their vineyards And they were so kind and friendly, it would have been rude not to taste their wine.. right?? The next morning we had breakfast with a view We then continued on going over the Coastal Mountain Range with more steep and winding roads with m

Crater Lake After a fabulous week in Bend Oregon we are off to Crater Lake. Crater Lake is actually a volcano caldera that was formed over 7700 years ago when the empty volcanic chamber under a volcano collapsed and the resulting crater filled with water. The island you see today is called Wizard Island and is actually a volcanic cone that has formed as lava has flowed at different times since the caldera was formed thousands of years ago. Scientists marvel at the clarity and purity of the water which creates the deep blue color. Being so high up in the Cascades, the lake gets no water from any upstream sources getting all it's water from snow fall and rain. Getting an average of 43 feet of snow per year.... … means there is plenty of snow still around, even in July Debbie even went sledding while we were there At 1949 feet in it's deepest area, Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the US as well as the clearest. Depending on where you ar