It takes at least two years for something to be a tradition and this was our second year camping with Melissa and Kathy's families so I guess we can call it a tradition now. Last year we went to a place in Washington at the foot of Mount Baker and this year our destination was Astoria in Northern Oregon. It is typically a six hour drive or so if you go direct but we were able to leave early and take the scenic route via Western Washington. This mean taking a ferry to Port Townsend which was an excellent experience. Only $20 and they had free puzzles!
Melissa and Kathy and crew were already there when we arrived. They had left much later but had gone direct. We settled into our cabin and took a look around. This is definitely one of the larger KOA campgrounds. There were several thousand sites and the amenities were amazing. Two swimming pools, a hot tub, mini-golf and were lucky enough to be there for Karaoke night. Lucky for me since I just got to watch. Unlucky for Kerry because she had to sing "Friends in Low Places" with Melissa and Kathy. Josh and Callie even got a song in. Of course it was something from 'Frozen'. Many of the kids songs were.
After Karaoke was over we went to bed to get ready for the next day. Things started with a pancake breakfast. It's a pretty good meal for free. Pancakes and toast were no charge and if you wanted to add bacon or sausage you could for a low cost. The showers were also good at this site. No issues with the hot water and lot's of individual stalls to choose from.
The best part about Astoria is definitely the beaches. Our campground was only about 15 minutes away from the same beaches that were in the Goonies movie. The first beach we went to was in front of Seaside. A beautiful small town with lot's of small shops and great views of the sea. We found a place to get down to the ocean and were treated to a family making their way on horse. The tide was low so we could walk for miles in either direction.
Our goal of course was not just the beach. It was to get to Haystack Rock. A series of rocks just off shore that were featured in the movie. We walked down, finding sand dollars along the way and took some great shots of the rocks. As we got close though we realized that the tide was coming in and we weren't going to be able to get as close as we wanted. We checked the local tide charts and figured out the ideal time to come and made plans to come back the next day.
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