Harris Beach State Park

The lagoons in upper California were speaking to us from their description, but it was very foggy and cold in that area so we kept going into Oregon.  We thought the state parks in California were fabulous but hadn't seen anything until we hit Oregon's state parks.  Our first experience was at Harris Beach State Park which is a little north of Brookings.  It knocked our socks off to get a fabulous camp site with a wonderful ocean view, several nice hiking and biking trails (yes, we found someone with bolt cutters to get rid of the lost key lock and bought a new lock with two keys), a laundromat and showers.  We even had electricity!  Most of the time, we are not plugged in (and we really don't need to be) but it is nice to feel so free about lights at night and to use the microwave and coffee maker when we want to.

The view out our bedroom window

It was a great morning for a fire.

Boo making sure we were safe from predators!

It was a great (though steep) descent to the beach.

The hike down was certainly worth the effort.

Great tide pools here

We found a wonderful spot to get out of the wind, though
our wine still had alot of sand in it.
But, then - WHO CARES!?

Kids in wet suits having a blast with their boogie boards

We do manage to find these pretty private beaches!  

Don't know how I came up with this outfit but I am a happy camper!

One other note about Oregon state parks:  They aren't cheap (around $25-30/night) but they are wonderfully well managed, clean and safe.  As soon as one camper left, there was a clean up crew at the site, hosing down the pavement, cleaning out fire pits and cutting grass.  The camping equivalent of staying in a pretty nice hotel!