Start: Yachats, OR End: Bandon, OR Travel time: 3.5 hours (We made a bunch of stops.) Miles: 98 miles (158 km) Lodging: Sunset Motel We’re in Bandon, Oregon! No, not Brandon. It’s on the South Oregon Coast. We have a spectacular view of the beach from our oceanfront room at the Sunset Motel (Vern Brown Addition). We left Ocean Haven (Yachats) yesterday. The owners are so nice. When Jon and I were sitting in the car about to leave, Christie (one of the owners) waved us off. Bill (the other owner) must have told her that we had checked out so [View Full Entry]

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Another trip for golfers on the must do list are the fairly new golf courses in Bandon, Oregon. The resort and golf complex is owned by and developed by the American Greeting Card owner, from Chicago. In fact, we can see him fly in from Portland on his private helicopter when he visits Bandon. There are three courses here now, with a fourth being planned. The two courses on the ocean, Bandon Dunes and Pacific Dunes are the jewels of the Oregon coast. Both are already listed in the top 50 courses in the U.S. My faithful friend Mike and [View Full Entry]

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One Last Taste Of Home Scene- A scrumptious lunch served by the Taylor's, bidding us farewell. A scenic drive down the Old Pacific Highway ending at the quaint town of Bandon, OR. After a drawn out conversation with the power trippin State Park Ranger (He had us pegged as a coupla' prissy sissies), we came to Whiskey Run Beach.... A desolate dune lacking...oh my gosh, can it be....NO FACILITIES!???! Eh, we managed. Tent pitched, sun setting, we rested well-for FREE- in the bosom of the coast. Quote Of The Day:One day I'll be able to say that to you as it [View Full Entry]

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In Crescent City, California, we took a detour from the 101 and took Highway 199 to Cave Junction, Oregon, in order to visit Oregon Caves National Monument. Not only is Oregon Caves National Monument one of only a few National Parks in Oregon, they are also very rare caves in that they are made of marble. Only 5% of the world's caves are marble, most are limestone. As is the case with the majority of the trip, I underestimated the road and the amount of time that it would take to get to the monument from Cave Junction. The 20 miles [View Full Entry]

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The first leg of our driving trip up the coast to Vancouver was the wine region of Napa Valley. Napa lies about 90 minutes drive North of San Francisco, so as you could imagine it becomes pretty hectic during the summer months with all the San Franciscans escaping the city to come and visit the country. The town of Napa is a somewhat kitschy affair sitting at the bottom of the valley which is dotted with small towns along its 50 km length. By chance, Fiona and I had booked a cottage in the small town of Calistoga which sits on [View Full Entry]

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SO here we are in Bandon-By-The-Sea and we are seeing sun for the first time in a week! Its been very depressing because we haven't been able to do much. We tried hiking in the rain, but then we were soaked and it took 3 days for our clothes to dry. Since Seattle- we went to Olympic National Park and camped there for a night. We hiked in the rainforest and we thought all the moss was really cool looking. After Olympic NP, we started our journey down the coast with high hopes of warm weather and sun. WRONG! Cold and [View Full Entry]

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we are currently in a cute little coffee shop in bandon and i just wanted to tell everyone that gina just walked in on a very dashing young man in the restroom. he was standing, not sitting. dont worry. [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everyone, As soon as I returned from riding the Ninja to Alaska I realized I wanted to go back, this time with Linda. As I've stated previously Linda doesn't like 2-wheelers so it only seemed natural for us to head out in an RV of some sort. We've owned a small one for the past several years, a VW powered Winnebago Rialta, great for two people and the occasional mutt. However while I was in Alaska I saw a total of 6 of them and none looked like they were holding up too well. With that in mind when I [View Full Entry]

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