Beverly Beach (And My Birthday)

Happy Birthday to me!  This year I wanted to go camping, so we picked one of the spots off our list and away we went! 

Campground Info:  Beverly Beach State Park - Depoe Bay, OR.  Site E9 - but next time we will try for G24.  Weather was in the 50's and sunny.  Clean bathrooms!!

Campers:  Jim, Deb, Geoff and Cyrus the boxer

This was the "Lemony Snicket" camping trip - a series of unfortunate events.  I left work early to help pack up and go but it didn't go as planned.  The dog was at the vets and supposed to be available for pick up by noon - we were allowed to pick him up at 3:00.  New tires were put on the truck earlier, but we had to take them back after 25 minutes to have them checked and picked up medicine for the dog as well. 

Traffic was heavy - it took us 2 hours to drive 30 miles.  We arrived at Beverly Beach in full dark and discovered that if you are NOT familiar with the campsite, it is difficult to back in.  There were NO lights at all in the campground as the power had blown and the bathrooms, when located in the dark, were locked for the season and we had to locate another in a different loop.  Fortunately, the trip DID get better!

The weather, while cold, was beautiful.  We had LOTS of sunshine!  Our campsite  had a river running behind it and we were able to hike down to the beach.  We were able to tour Otter Beach, Devils Punch Bowl, Boiler Bay and Yaquina Head Lighthouse.  The lighthouse was particularly interesting as my great grandparents were lighthouse keepers at one time.

Devil's Punchbowl 

We did some Geo-caching along the nature trails and were able to locate one, but not the second.  We had a wonderful birthday dinner of grilled steaks, grilled cakes and played cards.  Overall a very relaxing way to spend my 46th birthday!