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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:
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.