I really wish all of this rain would go away for awhile. I am missing some sunshine and am itching for a beach trip, tucked away in a yurt for a weekend. Have you ever stayed in a Yurt? If not you should check them out. It a cabin and a tent had a baby a yurt would be the outcome. There are a ton of beach campgrounds that have yurts for rent year round. If you are sticklers with your money like we are and think spending $90/night at an OK hotel in the winter time is still over priced, but prefer camping you are in luck!Yurts are about $38/night. Have heat, electricity, futons and bunk beds and a cozy table for two. Bring everything you would to camp except the tent.
Last year in February we took a trip to Cape Perpetua, yurted and enjoyed a two night getaway for less than $160 including lodging, food, and gas (we have an awesome 98 civic that gets great mileage)
First we took a stop at Seal Rock, no seals to be found.
Then headed to our yurt at Carl Washburn State Park.
Wayne scoping out the yurt.
Unpacked and ready to explore!
Our first day there was beautiful! We headed back to the yurt when the sun started to set and got ready to make some dinner!
And what do you know, typical Oregon. It started to rain about 30 minutes after we got back and continued to rain for the next 48 hours, non stop and hard.
Dinner, music and a board game.
The next morning, despite the rain we hiked from our campground to the Heceta Lighthouse.
But first Wayne gets to make me breakfast
then we were on our way.
We hiked through steep burned forest with thick sticky mud and sideways rain.
and I tried to look cute.
Once we made it to top I was afraid to take out my camera because it was raining so hard. The rain was hitting our faces so hard we ran back to seek cover in the trees for a little relief. And of course with it being so muddy I slipped a few times.
Here's what it would have looked like it it had been a nice day.
But instead we had stormy clouds, 30 mile winds and sideways rain. Nice ehh?
Once hiked back down and got to the yurt I went and took a hot shower and we decided to drive to Florence for dinner. Note to self, all restaurants, even with bars in them close at 8:00 during the off season. We got to watch 45 minutes of a blazer game.
The next day we left the yurt at 11:00 and decided to take 101 up to Lincoln City for a scenic drive and lunch at Mo's.
On our way home we stopped in Newburg because Wayne wanted to check out a bicycle shop so I stopped for coffee and later we came across this pet shop Critter Cabana.
They have a turtle that just roams the store and billy goats.
And that concludes our Cape Perpetua journey. Many more to come...
