Driving the Oregon Coast | Cape Perpetua to Reedsport | Thor’s Well | Heceta Head Lighthouse | Holman Vista & Sutton Creek Trail | Oregon Dunes | November 2025 We started our morning by driving back down the forest road and returning to US-101. For our last stop in the Cape Perpetua area, we stopped…
Newport to Cape Perpetua, OR | Seal Rock | Hiking in Cape Perpetua | November 2025 After two great days around Newport, it was time to move further South to find more beautiful places. When I drove down the coast with Charlotte in 2017, I did it all in a day and a half, but…
Spending Two Days in Newport, Oregon | Yaquina Head Lighthouse | Otter Rock | Yaquina Bay Lighthouse | November 2025 We arrived at the Oregon Coast on a Thursday afternoon — officially marking the first time we’ve ever driven the van to the Pacific Ocean. To our relief, we found that the sun was truly…
Albany, OR to Mary’s Peak | Camping in Siuslaw National Forest | Hiking Mary’s Peak | November 2025 When we returned to our van after our side quest, we were relieved to find it just the way we left it in the Amtrak parking lot. It was a foggy and dreary afternoon, but that was…
Taking Amtrak from Albany, OR to Seattle, WA and Back | A Day in Seattle | November 2025 When planning this trip, we knew that we had plenty of time on our hands, and the most limiting factor to our travels was winter weather. Up until this point, we had been pretty lucky, but we…
Watson Falls | Hiking Cinnamon Butte & Odell Butte in Umpqua National Forest | Diamond Lake to Albany, OR | November 2025 Our time in the Oregon Cascades was coming to a close. Not by choice mind you, but because we happened to be visiting during a warm week at the start of winter, and…