We have Arrived on the Oregon Coast

Yesterday Anne-Marie and I hooked the van to the trailer, and headed west and south.  We left the hazy air of central Washington, and didn’t escape the wildfire smoke until we reached Portland Oregon.  We made a stop at Camping World in Portland to pick up some supplies for the trailer, and have a quick lunch, before getting back on the road.  Our easy driving pace got us to Nehalem with the sun still in the air, but as soon as we got setup, some clouds were starting to move in, and today it is a bit of a grey day.

This wide picture is taken from a viewpoint in the Oswald West State Park, the Pacific Ocean and Nehalem Bay State Park in the distance.

We are parked on the edge of Nehalem Bay at the Brighton Marina.

Anne-Marie and I got to the RV Park with the vans fuel gauge on empty.  We looked for a gas station on the way to visit Andrew in Manzanita, and the only gas station for a 35 mile stretch of the coast highway was a mile away from Manzanita, had we chose the other direction we could have driven to Tillamook before finding fuel.