Shorewood RV Park - Rockaway Beach, Oregon

The trip from Beverly Beach State Park, near Newport, OR on Hwy 101 to Shorewood RV Park at Rockaway Beach, OR was a pretty drive.  I become "that RV" on this stretch of road as I controlled the speed of the descents more conservatively than the long line of cars behind me would have preferred.  The only challenging part of the drive was between Oretown, just south of Pacific City, and Pleasant Valley, just south of Tillamook.  The road became more narrow, had fewer places to pull off if you had enough advance notice to recognize them, and takes a winding path through the countryside.

Shorewood RV Park, Rockaway Beach, Oregon

Shorewood RV Park is more trailer park than RV park, judging by the many long-term trailers and mobile beach cabins.  It was clean, well equipped, and staffed with friendly people. We were in site B8, overlooking the beach, and tucked between two vacation park trailers. Beach access was excellent. The park as gravel roads, 50 amp power, sewer, water, and cable TV with lots of channels.

We came in on 2nd Ave, which was a little tight.  Next time we'll use 3rd Ave for arrival and departure.  I work from the road, so an Internet connection is critical. The park's WiFi was good, but not great because the performance would dip periodically during the day.  Verizon 4G was delivering a solid three bars.

We were in site B8, squeezed between two bungalows facing the ocean.

Our view.  Must be awesome in the winter.

Looking south with the North Barview Jetty protecting the entrance to Tillamook Bay.

Looking north

Shorewood RV Park is all about the beach. Flat, firm underfoot, and seemingly endless, it's great for walks. Laura's parents used to live on the beach at 34585 Ocean Dr, Kiwanda Shores, Pacific City, OR 97135.  I enjoyed the walks from their house to Cape Kiwanda and back.

The site was nice and wide

Our Safari among holiday bungalows

Colored Chairs

Protection against winter storms

While primarily a trailer park, it was fortunate that they set aside some sites for RVs

Sporting a PYC cap, Laura grills yams, and onions

Dusk

Looking north to Twin Rocks

The sunsets were gorgeous

North Bayview Jetty

It was a 1.16-mile walk on the beach from our campsite to the jetty

Watching boats cross the bar at Tillamook Bay was quite the spectator sport.  We were there on a nice day, and it still seemed pretty wild.  I can't imagine what bad conditions look like.

Tillamook Bay Bar

U.S.C.G

Laura at the North Bayview Jetty

Dale and Laura

Another wonderful sunset

We spent two delightful evenings at Shorewood RV Park.  The place underscored that for us it's all about location.  Give us enjoyable walks and interesting places nearby, and we find we're not looking for the RV park to entertain us.  We just want it to be clean, well maintained, safe, and quiet.  We'll definitely come back.

Live well, Laugh often, Love much

Beverly Beach State Park, Oregon

Laura and I love being around the water, so when the opportunity presented itself to rendezvous with Monica Mack (my sister) and Linda Smith on the coast as they headed home from being out several weeks in their motorhome, we didn't have to be asked twice.

Our destination was Beverly Beach State Park, Oregon, just north of Newport. Heavily wooded, big rig friendly, and an easy walk to the beach. With no WiFi, my fallback to my phone didn't work either because the park is situated in a cell phone service dead zone (no data, no voice). I did find that the parking lot near the entrance got OK service, but the really good service was back out on Hwy 101 pulled off in one of the pullover spots for viewing the beach and ocean. It made the process of working from the motorhome more challenging, but not impossible.

We were in site D6 and Monica & Linda were next door in Site  D8.  I'm showing off my pink flamingo gift from Monica and Linda.

One of the surprises at Beverly Beach was running into PYC members John and Glenda Wilson as they worked themselves home after a month out in their Newmar motorhome enjoying the coast of California and Oregon.

Except for the lack of connectivity, the park was awesome with lots of big rig friendly sites.

On the south jetty leading to Newport

Beautiful walking beaches

A beach find

Some local history

Yaquina Bay Lighthouse

Agate Beach

Laura is drawn to tide pools where ever we go.  These are at Agate Beach.

The tide pools were full of things to see.

Laura picture taking with her photo.

Yaquina Bay Lighthouse overlooks Agate Beach.

The beach has custodians who help make sure folks don't damage the tide pools, and they also hand out laminated cards to help guest spot creatures. 

Linda and Monica on the lookout.

Laura whale watching at "The Lookout at Cape Foulweather"

The whale watching was easy with sightings about every couple of minutes.

Looking north from Cape Foulweather

North of Newport and Beverly Beach State Park in Depoe Bay.

Overlooking the entrance to Depoe Bay

Hwy 101, Depoe Bay

Depoe Bay Harbor

Shoreline at Depoe Bay.  The number of whale sightings was incredible.  The whales were very close to shore.

Whale Watcher

Access to the beach at Beverly Beach State Park.

Looking south to Yaquina Bay Lighthouse

Monica Mack buying a paper.  Now we know why this wasn't any connectivity in the campground, they wanted to sell newspapers.

The iconic Newport bridge.

Despite the beautiful setting, we decided that having no connectivity for doing things like researching places to visit or even booking dinner reservations, just isn't for us, so the next time we visit we'll stay at the Newport Marina's RV park with the free WiFi. The RV Park has easy bike access to the south jetty, and launching the kayaks should be a breeze.

Newport Marina and the RV park.

Our last night together.  Monica Mack, Linda Smith, Laura Mack.

The Central Oregon Coast was fun to visit and share with Monica and Linda. The next day we parted company as they headed home to California and we continued our trip north to Rockaway Beach, Oregon.

Live well, Laugh often, Love much