This is the entrance to the park. It had a lighthouse scene in the front. The park is in the middle of a lot of trees and was just across the road from the ocean.
Bob and Lolita had told us that this park had a lot of hills. They were not exaggerating! They told us at the ranger station that the higher we could get, the better the phone and possible Internet air card service. Well, by the time we got to the top of all of the hills, I think Terry was wondering if this was such a good idea! This is looking down from across the road where we were parked.
But, with the help of several of our neighbors (neighbors are usually always willing to help with, or at least observe, your "backing in techniques!" We didn't have a view of the ocean, but the people across the street did. And, as we walked down to the showers and restroom, there was a good view.
We had fun playing the 18-hole miniature golf course. We tied the first round and then I let Terry beat me the next round. He is easier to live with if I let him win once in a while!
The park has a beautiful indoor swimming pool. We never made it down to swim in it--maybe next time. There were people in it most of the time. The hot tub is just outside the door.
The club house is probably one of the nicest ones we have seen. There are a lot of windows and a great view of the ocean. There was a big-screen TV where we came and watched once in a while. We had no TV reception at all and were too cheap to pay $3/day for cable. There was a bottom floor under this room with a game room and a country store.
I had to show the little kids room, for the grandkids to see. They really cater to families at the Thousand Trails parks. Hopefully, we can get some of our kids and their families to come to the coast with us and this would be one of the fun parks to stay at.
Bob and Lolita (Terry's sister) were camped at a campground about ten miles away. They came one day and we went sightseeing. We went to the Cape Meares Lighthouse. It is no longer functioning as an active lighthouse. It is 38 feet tall and is Oregon's shortest lighthouse.
Here is Lolita and Terry heading towards the lighthouse. There is a gift shop in the bottom of it.
There were some beautiful shots of the ocean from the top of the lighthouse. I just can't resist taking pictures of the ocean. This picture is to the north of the lighthouse.
And this picture is to the south of the lighthouse.
Just up from the Cape Mears lighthouse is the Octopus tree. It is a Sitka spruce tree that has six candelabra branches, each of them at least six feet around and expand horizontally from the main trunk at much as 30 feet before turning upward. The base of the tree has a circumference of about 50 feet! (Can you tell I got this info from the sign by the tree?) It was pretty cool!
We stopped at a little soda fountain that Bob and Lolita had been to the year before. Bob and I were the only ones brave enough to tackle one.
I think this is the first real ice cream soda I have ever had, but I don't think it will be my last!
Terry stepped behind the counter and took this picture.
We went for a walk around the campground and saw this huge mushroom. I think it is the biggest mushroom I have ever seen.
I have always been fascinated by blue flowers. This bush of big, beautiful, blue flowers was growing next to the clubhouse.
There are lots of bunnies all over the campground. The speed limit is 5 mph. I think it is for the safety of the bunnies and all of the old people walking around who can't see or hear too well any more (of course, that does not include us, yet). We saw a baby deer when we first came into the park and the ranger said that baby bears had been seen. I would have liked to have seen the baby bears, but I am glad we didn't run into their mommies!
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