We drove our coach 174 miles, about three hours of driving, from Crescent City, California to Florence, Oregon.

Here’s the map route, heading north:

An interactive map, with possible stops marked:

Leaving the KOA campground; the road was a little tight:

We passed Last Chance Liquors just before the border to Oregon (on the other side of the sign, it is called First Chance Liquors!):

A strange place to park a boat:

California entry inspection station:

Chetco River:

A rest area stop:

Jenn driving:

Misty coast:

Rocky coast:

Bridge:

Another stop, at a large gravel area:

Rocky coast:

Sunken grade:

Welcome to Bandon:

Another bridge:

Somewhat low overpass:

A parking area:

We parked our coach there, and walked to a nearby restaurant for lunch:

The Boat Fish and Chips:

Menu:

We both had clam chowder as an appetizer — notable as the first time I’ve had clam chowder (other than a taste), and the start of my seafood experiments; a separate post about that in due course:

I had my usual burger and fries (about the last time I had non-seafood for a main while traveling up the coast):

Jenn had fish and shrimp:

North Bend:

Another fancy bridge:

A glimpse of Oregon Dunes:

Lighthouse mural:

Another mural:

Yet another bridge:

Our destination, Thousand Trails South Jetty:

As we often do at Thousand Trails campgrounds, we parked our coach and untoaded, so we could drive our truck around to look for a site:

Unfortunately the few full-hookup sites were all taken, so we chose this site, which lacked a sewer hookup; we marked it with our tag:

Driving our coach to our site:

Our site before backing in; rather tucked into the trees:

Tomorrow, our review of this campground.