Red Lion Inn Coos Bay
1313 North Bayshore Drive Coos Bay, Oregon, 97420, United States
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Cold water on our feet
We checked out of our Red Lion hotel on Salem, OR and started the drive towards Crater Lake. I was still a little sleepy from the previous night, I am a real early riser and we had reached our hotel only at 3 am.
We weren't going to rush it and as we went on, the drive was getting prettier. The last 45 minutes before we entered the park …
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Best sights we've seen!
... and they have developed a botanical garden that must be incredible in the summer. The place is also lit up from Thanksgiving to New Years with thousands of lights. We walked through the gardens and really didn't expect to see much but there were actually flowers blooming, including some beautiful roses! There was a nice gift shop manned by a local volunteer with tons of historical info about the place.
Made our return trip via Coos Bay. We wandered about ...
Travel Day
... at a big state park just out of Florence to deal with holding tank issues and once that was cleared up we backtracked into Florence to grab lunch and fill up. Gas was considerably cheaper at Arco than anywhere else - when your tank is this big, you pay attention!
Seemed like there was a state or national park every five miles. Wow - haven't seen so many so close together. I guess in the summertime, they are all packed. After Florence, we entered the ...
Highway 101 continued
The best moments of the day:
- Walking barefoot on a sandy beach and doing cart wheels. (Yaquina Bay)
- Eating sandwiches on a rocky sea shore and observing huge waves hitting the cliffs. (Seal Rock State Park)
- Seeing hundreds of seal on the rocks. (Close to Sea Lion Caves)
- Dinner in High Tide restaurant: fresh cod with almonds and white wine and, of course, the Clam Chowder (Charleston)
- Cozily looking at a fire in a Sunset Bay campground.
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Elena
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Traveling the 101 and Coos Bay
... from high school!), we took our time and took advantage of the scenery. In the first pull-off area was a herd of elk. They were standing in a pond rather than on land; I'm unsure why as it wasn't that hot!
As we were driving, I noticed the fog (or clouds) at the tops of the mountains and pine trees. This is a haven for hikers, bikers, and cyclists. There are campgrounds galore...almost every couple of miles. The towns ...



