Cape Disappointment

We spent the weekend trying to be cool, and thus "camping" on the Oregon Coast. It happened to coincide with the worst thunderstorms of the season, but also with a rare three-day weekend, so off we went. We went KOA camping, which turned out to be awesome, as we got our second night free. We had an indoor pool and warm showers, WiFi in our cabin (which had electricity and heat), not to mention the raccoons living under our cabin. I think it may have changed the way we camp forever.Above is one of our only pictures with somebody in it. There is a shipwreck in the background, dating back to 1906 or so. The rain was too heavy to take out our camera most of the time, and often too heavy to get me out of the car either.

We did a little Lewis & Clark tour, visiting Fort Stevens State Park, Fort Clatsop, Astoria, and Cape Disappointment (which Paul insists that he "did wrong," because we weren't disappointed at all). We happened to catch a special event at Fort Clatsop called "Wintering," in which we got to travel back in time and talk to members of the Lewis & Clark expedition in the (recreated) fort where they spent their winter in the Northwest.

Paul and Reece loved it. Paul had recently watched a documentary, so he picked the brains of the actors, who were actually quite savvy in their history. Reece got to trade some of his snacks for beads and buttons, which he carried around all day.

Recreated Fort Clatsop.

One of the actors.


Across the Columbia River and at the southwest-most tip of Washington.


On the way home we had our one last adventure, which was finding out that the road was flooded and having to backtrack and add an extra hour on to our drive home. Luckily Oregon is beautiful, even with all the rain.

So all in all we had a good time and may even try "being cool" again. We want to get in as many adventures as we can before little Skittles is born.

Goonies house (it says that on the map). We had a nice Goonie-filled tour of Astoria.