In search of one good bar

We had become "those people". You know, the ones that sit in a restaurant on their smart phones, not talking. Sitting at a traffic light on their phone, etc. 

We had a 3 night stay in Jesse Honeyman State park. Truly a wonderful park with large treed sites, where kids pedal their bikes all over, playing outside probably because there is no WIFI and cell service is choked off because too many users are too far away from the weak cell tower!!

Thus we were relegated to going into town for any reason (well by now you know the reason) to find bars. Not like the days on motorcycles, not those bars.

Florence is cute town mostly on the north side of the Siuslaw river (they all seem to be at a river). Little did they know back when they were deciding to make it a town that it wasn't such a good idea to be in a Tsunami zone! These are all marked and we have passed through dozens of them.  

We parked and walked their old town, I sat on a bench and surfed while Lyn found a new purse. We headed up the coast a bit further to catch the Sea Lion Cave where you ride an elevator down over 200 feet to a cave where seals hang out (no bars). From there we saw a lighthouse but the tours were closed until mid-September (who scheduled that repair?).

The fourth day we closed up and moved on towards  Lincoln City (about 80 miles). The GPS routed us inland (about 346) miles and then back to the coast, so we knew this part of the highway was going to be pretty. Everyone else must have gone inland because there was very little traffic and I was passed maybe twice! The road reminded me more of Highway 1 at the north end, passable but lots of 25 - 35 mph curves and twists and ups and downs.

The further north we got the more touristy it seemed to get (closer to Portland?) Now we are at the Lincoln City KOA (Journey) which is run by a couple who fulltimed for 15 years. (Journey means it's not trashed up with cabins, pools or patios) A very tidy facility with about 85 sites. Our site is not "satellite friendly" and we are jonesing for the next episode of Yellowstone with Kevin Costner.

While stuck in rush hour traffic in Lincoln City which is about 4 miles long and a half mile wide, my beautiful and capable navigator said "turn right" and routed us through beach neighborhoods. They apparently can just build up if they want a better view as we saw a few 4 story homes (no RV access). These cottages were small and clinging to hillsides. No earthquakes here!