Camping Life: Oregon Coast Trip Part 2

On Friday night the weather was really mild and almost felt like a summer evening. This was probably a hint to the upcoming storm that was to arrive in the next few hours. We enjoyed a nice campfire after putting Meadow to bed. We were woken up early in the morning to the pounding rain. It seemed like it poured for most of the night. On Saturday morning/afternoon it rained on and off so we spent some time playing in the camper before heading out.

Reading stories before bedtime.
Having pancakes in the morning

Meadow really enjoyed the pancakes

She is ready to go outside

We had a nice little break in the weather so we drove up to the South Jetty to see the view. This is where the Columbia river and the ocean meet.

View of the ocean from the South Jetty. I guess this was built to protect the mouth of the Columbia and has increased in size over the years.

It was a bit windy at the viewing tower

Having a picnic at Fort Stevens historic military site

View of the military post. We actually didn't explore the area too much because it started to pour so we finished our lunch in the camper.

After our lunch we decided to check out of our campsite and head down to Seaside to check out the aquarium. We were possibly going to camp somewhere else or stay in a hotel. We had fun camping, but were worried it might keep raining. We love being able to stay dry in the camper, but we knew Meadow might get a little stir crazy if we had to spend too much time in such a small space. We ended up finding a really nice hotel with a pool and got an ocean front view room for the night. The ironic part of the story is that it stopped raining Saturday afternoon and was calm and clear the next morning. We had a great time at the hotel though, so we were not too upset.