Beverly Beach State Park - Newport, OR
We’ve finally made it to Oregon! We had a lovely drive down the last of the Washington coast and along the northern Oregon coast today. The views were just as beautiful as driving along PCH in CA. Our main stop today was at the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park in Astoria. This was where Lewis and Clark spent their last winter before turning back east. While we’ve been to many Lewis and Clark sites, they each centered on the importance of their particular site. This Park did a wonderful job of summarizing and highlighting the importance of the entire expedition. What a daunting task they undertook and successfully completed after four years!
Our campsite tonight is across the highway from the beach. There is an underpass for access. The beach was much more crowded than the last couple we’ve been to, but still nothing like Southern CA…
hard to imagine a 4 year exploration... I wonder how many of their original group made it back?
ReplyDeleteSince I won't be doing any Lewis & Clarking, I'm watching 1883 instead! I'm sure you have a more realistic sense of what being a pioneer was like back in the day. Keep having fun.
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