Headed To Redding, CA

We pulled out of camp (Beachside) on Monday (Oct. 20th) and are headed to Redding, CA with our friends Dick and Alice Hanson. This is their rig in front of us. We left just in time as the heavy rains are falling on the Oregon coast. Our plans are to go to Utah and visit Bryce National Park and then head south to Arizona. We will be traveling with Dick and Alice for this part of our trip. They spend a couple of months a year in the Phoenix area. We may spend a week with them at "Happy Trails RV Park", which is around Surprise, AZ and was built by Dale Evans & Roy Rogers. Do you remember them?

Our First Wild Mushroom Hunt

The 9th annual Yachats mushroom festival was great fun. We went to the mushroom dinner on Friday (Oct. 17th) and attended several classes on the importance of mushroom ecosystems, mushroom identification, mushroom exploring, and recipe cooking. We ate mushroom burgers, soups, and enjoyed our first wild chanterelle pasta dinner with chicken. We had a great time collecting our first wild mushrooms and will continue to hunt for them over time. We started our hike into the forest on Sunday morning. It was clear and cold. We hiked to about 400 feet where the fog had settled in and there was moisture. It was here that we picked our chanterelle mushrooms and there were many to be found. It was a fantastic and educational experience for us.

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From Mushrooms

Cape Perpetua

We had a great day of hiking and exploring the Yachats area. We hiked up to the top of Cape Perpetua where you could see for miles. It was approximately 2.5 miles round trip with an elevation gain of about 800 feet. After we hiked down, we explored the coastline and all of the tidepools. It was another spectacular day at the ocean!

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From Perpetua

The Perfect Campsite!

We arrived at Beach Side State Park and picked this beautiful campsite. It would be my first attempt at backing up the trailer. Yes, I needed help! We had power, water, fire pit, clean restrooms, hot showers, and the beautiful Pacific Ocean in our front yard. Can you imagine all of this for just $17 a night? Upon our arrival, we bonded quickly with the Verhaag brothers (twins) and their wives from WA and the Kositsin's from British Columbia, Canada. We will be staying here for 6 nights. We are hoping that the weather will hold for us. The mushroom festival starts on Friday (Oct. 17th).

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Perfect Site

Heceta Beach Light House

This is the lighthouse at the northern end of Heceta Beach. To learn more about the history of the Heceta Beach Lighthouse CLICK HERE.

Leaving Heceta Beach

We left Florence, OR (Heceta Beach) on Tuesday (Oct. 14th) and headed north. Yachats, OR is only about 26 miles away. It is not very far, but the coastline is rugged and majestic. We passed the Sea Lion Caves, which I can remember visiting when I was 10 years old. It was alot different then. You had to walk down a very long stair case which was fixed to the side of the cliffs. Now they have two high speed elevators that take you down to the caves.

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Old Town Florence, OR

Florence, OR is one of the oldest commerical fishing ports on the Oregon coast. We talked with some of the fisherman that had just come in from Tuna fishing. They had to go out to sea 180 miles and decided to come home as there was a storm moving in to the coastline. They did not think they would go out again this season, so were preparing for the commerical Dungeness Crab season which starts in November.