We drove our coach 119 miles, about three hours of driving, from Seaside, Oregon to Ocean City, Washington.

Here’s the map route, heading north:

Interactive map, with potential stops marked; we didn’t stop at any:

We drove to an open area to hook up our truck to our coach:

Another RV toading up; they started before us, and finished after us; with our weekly practice, it doesn’t take us long to do:

Leaving the campground:

Crossing the Astoria-Megler Bridge from Oregon to Washington; a little nerve-wracking, with a curved approach and high bridge, but it was fine:

Low tide exposing the sandbar:

Entering Washington state:

We could have gone left or right, but I had decided on left to avoid some roadworks (planning the route pays off):

Lighthouse:

Tunnel:

Another bridge:

Aaaargh! COFFEE!

Artwork in Raymond:

An advantage of a motorhome is I can get up and use the bathroom while Jenn is driving — a very rare occurrence, since there is some risk in moving about while in motion, and we prefer to take rest stops so we can both take a pee break, but on this occasion Jenn didn’t need to stop:

Pilings:

Rusty building and structures in Aberdeen (a rather ugly city):

A mural helps a little:

Rusty bridge:

We paused in a slow vehicle turnout to let other vehicles pass:

Bridge:

Our destination, Thousand Trails Oceana:

Checking in:

Our coach in front of our site, preparing to back in:

We drove our coach just 90 miles, about two hours of driving, from Eugene, Oregon to South Beach, Oregon.

As mentioned last week, we had an appointment at Oregon Motorcoach Center for some servicing, so we drove from our overnight county park stay to the motorcoach center, and killed a few hours in their waiting room and going out to lunch, then we were on our way to our next stop, back at the coast.

Here’s the map route, heading north then west:

An interactive map, with potential stops marked; we didn’t need to stop:

After our service appointment at Oregon Motorcoach Center, we headed north on 99W:

Barns:

Hazelnut trees:

A bridge over the Willamette River in Corvallis:

Corvallis county court house:

The Corvallis Meat Pie Shop, featuring Aussie-style meat pies; we enjoyed sampling their wares the last time we were in town. Alas, just passing through this time (and no parking for a 60-foot coach and toad!):

Bigfoot:

Historical society building:

Trees:

Newport bridge:

Newport bay:

Our destination, Thousand Trails Whaler’s Rest:

As is common with Thousand Trails, we parked our coach by the entrance, unhooked our truck, and drove around to find a suitable site (which was a major challenge here; see tomorrow’s post):

Security gate:

A very tight curve; this park isn’t particularly big rig friendly: