Starting in Olympia, Washington headed north, then south,  on Scenic Pacific Coast Highway 101,  was not what we expected.  The scenery was mostly forest,  pine trees and nauseating,  curving.  winding,  steep at times, zig zagging roads.  This was my only decent scenic photo in the first fifty or so miles.

It got a little better,  but not much and not very often.

When we crossed over into Oregon, it got a little more interesting.

The road got steeper and the cliffs were impressive.  The hows and whys of the engineering and building of some of the “scenic”  roads we’ve been traveling blow our minds.

I got a little excited when I saw a sign for a scenic overlook.  The first 150 miles of the PCH in Oregon tends to be more inland.  We have gone through some quaint towns and lots of “touristy”  areas (motels, cottages for rent, crip crap stores, restaurants).  I’m looking for more spectacular or unique scenery.

We stopped for the night at Kelly’s Brighton Marina on Highway 101 in Rockaway Beach, Oregon.  Site number 15 is on the waterfront,  has  water and electric, costs $35 a night ($2.50 per pet).  We can sit in the RV and watch the water birds and fishing boats going in and out of the marina.  There’s lots of crabbing going on that’s fun to watch.

The weather in Washington was hot and dry.  The Northwest States are desperate for rain.  Everyday fires are popping up in different regions.  We wake up in Oregon to the kind of weather we expected in Washington, cool, misty and foggy.   We’re on the road again, not expecting much for scenery, but enjoying the change.

After two days of traveling 217 miles on Highway 101,  at an average speed of 40 mph, we’ve arrived at our destination,  Umpqua Lighthouse State Park in Reedsport, Oregon.   This is as far southwest as we had planned to travel.   We’ll spend a few days here exploring  Umpqua Lighthouse and Oregon Dunes National Park.  E T will have the last of her stitches removed on Monday and then we start heading east.