Day 7- Coos Bay to Lincoln City, Oregon

After our more than excitable night with the racoon robbery behind us, I woke up to again very cold conditions outside the tent... we packed up camp and headed to the showers... very nice shower facilities compared to the others by far. We took off up Hwy 101 stopping every so often for pics... at first the coastal scenes were very "beachy" compared to the usual cliff-like borders...


We had to hike high up the sand dunes to get some of our photo opportunities... these dunes were difficult climbing and I know we gained at least 10 pounds of sands in our shoes along the way...

We eventually made it to the Sea Lion Caves just north of Florence... and were so disappointed when they informed us that the sea lions were out to sea and not in the caves! Mike had been looking forward to this cave adventure since we crossed the Oregon border... at the same time we were leaving the caves area a huge fog settled in on the coast... making for some pretty neat photos of the coastline... almost boggy?


We came across a few more lighthouses...


We finally arrived in Lincoln City and checked into a hotel- Woohoo! No camping tonight!! It was laundry night and sit-down seafood supper at a restaurant for the Wilsons... shopping wasn't that great in town but how nice is a bed vs. the tent going to be tonight???