2014 North Oregon Coast Trip - Part 2

Over the past couple of days we have continued to explore the area and for the most part have a good time. On Tuesday we went back to Seaside and strolled along the main drag and checked out the stores. The kids were pretty stoked to get some massive jaw breakers, go on a carousel ride and spend some time in the arcade called Funland. Oddly enough everyones favorite game was Deal or No Deal and I think the kids liked it so much as it provided the most amount of tickets which led to the candy prizes! Yesterday we strolled through downtown Astoria and went to the Maritime Museum which is awesome. Did you know that the mouth of Columbia is so dangerous that they send all the Coast Guard guys here for the extreme training, pretty cool eh. After hearing about how rough it is there my goal was so try and see what it was like and we were able to find a trail at Fort Stevens State Park that took us to the mouth, even on a calm day the waves were going everywhere - I would love to see this place in the winter! Anyways, pictures below...

2014 North Oregon Coast Trip - Part 1

I will try and keep the "words" to a minimum with descriptions at the photos where needed and let the pictures do the talking; any artsy pictures were taken by Chelsey! For those who don't know we took a week off and booked the time at a KOA in Warrenton Oregon; this is just outside Astoria, Oregon at the mouth of the Columbia River.

This was my first time pulling a trailer of any size so I had to learn pretty quick what to do as we rented a 32 foot travel trailer for this trip (based on the fun level we will be buying one next spring!). As much as I tried to convince Chelsey that I needed a diesel for these hauls ( a Dodge Ram 3500 with the Cummins Turbo Diesel to be exact) I will be the first to admit my truck did fine.

We got here Saturday night and have taken a couple excursions. To sum everything up this trip is awesome, trailers are awesome, and this KOA rocks!