Port Orford, OR

Battle Rock area at Port Orford, OR

Cape Blanco LIghthouse

Up until a couple of hours ago, these pictures are the only proof that I had that the sun actually shines along the Oregon coast.  Think "rain forest" when visualizing the Oregon's coastline.  Pretty, green, drizzle.  Even the weather channel couldn't get it accurate.  A sunny, 10% chance of rain forecast for today was actually a drizzle, overcast,  one-and-half hour trip up the coast to Winchester Bay.  But the sun is out now, and we can see the bay out the back window.  And it's clear all our windows need cleaning!

View from the Coastal Trail at Camp Blanco State Park

Port Orford was a nice stop over.  We stayed at the Camp Blanco RV Park.  It's a small park, but you could walk all around the small town if you wanted to do so.  Owner was great.  Power and water was fine.  But Port Orford wouldn't be a stop I'd recommend for a week.  You'd be better off staying at Gold Beach and driving up for the day or make it an overnight stop on a trip along US 101.

Gold Beach (from Cape Sebastian)

We manged to get in visits to the Camp Blanco State Park & Lighthouse and Cape Sebastian.  Turns out the point where the Lighthouse sits at Camp Blanco State Park is the most western part of Oregon.  Plus it was interesting to visit the Hughes House and learn about the settlers in the area.  Cape Sebastian was a state park overlook with easy access to the Coastal Trail.  We took walks at both and enjoyed ourselves.  We'd got out more, but the rain/drizzle just sort of "dampened" our stay.    

View from along the Coastal Trail (Cape Sebastian)

Rain or shine, the views are gorgeous.  As you can see it's a rugged coastline.  No idea how to reach the beach from Camp Blanco State Park.  Probably a trail from the Hughes House.  To reach the beach from Cape Sebastian, you climbed a rope down. You could reach the beach at Port Orford, and we saw people doing that.  But if it's beaches that you're after, go to Gold Beach.  Just more to do there.

So that's it for us.  We'll let you know how Winchester Bay turns out.  We've always heard great things about the RV Resort here and it's nice.  Only problem I can see at this point is that there's good crab cakes within easy walking distance of the RV park.  And fudge.  And shrimp.  Later, David