Shore Acres State Park features trails along the cliffs with dramatic views of the ocean.
Sunset Bay is a terrific place to camp—it has a protected, sandy beach on one side, a golf course on the other, several miles of trails along cliffs bordering the ocean, a park with a formal garden, and a reef area with hundreds of seals and sea lions.
The park also has seven acres of gardens, including this monkey in a monkey puzzle tree.
Just south of Sunset Bay is Shore Acres State Park. It was once the estate of a lumber and shipping baron, Louis Simpson. It had a mansion and a large, formal garden. The mansion is gone, but the garden is still maintained and open to the public.
Another mile south is Simpson Reef and Shell Island, a favorite haulout area for seals and sea lions. The outer rocks were covered with barking sea lions, and we saw seals everywhere in the water as we walked along the trails.
The southern Oregon Coast has miles and miles of free-standing rocks and deserted beaches. This beach is near Cape Sebastian.
The weather was still gray and windy, and we didn’t see the sun until we got close to California. More than coincidence?
After a fine dinner of rice and turkey, we went beachcombing on Harris Beach until it got dark.
We stopped for the night at Harris Beach Campground in Brookings. It has a nice beach with lots of standing rocks and tide pools, but the campground is right next to the highway.
I always wonder why so many popular campgrounds are next to highways, but I figure for people coming from an urban environment, traffic noise is more comforting than silence.
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