Another stop, another ding.
Our newest residence on the 2018 RV trip is the Cape Kiwanda RV Resort in Pacific City, Oregon. It’s located maybe 25 miles south of Tilamook and 15 miles north of Lincoln City, on the coast. We drove in here from Salem…about 1-1/2 hours. It was picturesque but a bit windy in spots. We had to traverse 4 one-way bridges, which is always a nail-biter. But, traffic was light.
As usual (for Oregon), there is a large stone haystack just offshore.
The headlands of the cape include a massive sand-covered cliff that locals use snowboards upon which to ski down the sand dune.
There is a renowned dory fishing fleet here at Cape Kiwanda, and those boats are put into the bay via a concrete ramp which extends part way out onto the beach. Cars are allowed on the beach here, as are dogs…off-leash. So, our children are ecstatic about this development.
Booger and Baby played ball fetch for 15 minutes. It was old hat for Booger, but for Baby…her very first play day on a beach! She loved it, until she tried out a mouthful of sand.
Booger got pooped out and, back at the rig, settled down for a nap on her personal throne…our newly-upholstered shotgun rider’s swivel chair.
It’s a green, foggy place here. We saw a very cool pine tree with octupus-like limbs.
The RV park has a number of permanent residents, and one of them has taken upon himself/herself to raise and set loose quite a quantity of black bunny rabbits. They are everywhere, along with their little poops, which Baby considers a delicacy.
Speaking of the park, I made a grand entrance by scraping some guy’s mirror as I was negotiating the narrow aisle and turning into our site. My dead reckoning was about 1/4 inch off as I swung the tail end of the rig around and into our slot. Everything would have been fine except that the victim’s RV mirror was actually out in the right of way by 6 inches or so.
I got a little scuff on the left rear side and Allstate will take care of his damage.
Those folks down at the insurance agency come to expect a call or two from me each season. I’m doing my best to prime the economy.
This is a very nice place; in fact, I think it will become a regular stop on our annual Oregon sojourn.
Cape Kiwanda is a very small tourist town, but it has several eateries, pubs, and stores. No McDonald’s, no Starbucks, no 7-11’s; probably a couple hundred people live here year-round. There’s a nice pizza joint here, which is part of the resort complex. Good pizza, too!
The beach is nice, much like the one at Coos Bay. Cars are allowed on the beach here, and people from Oregon and Washington come here to “tailgate” right on the sand, with the surf lapping up to their car. There’s dory fishing here, lots of surfers, and sand surfing, as well.
The RV resort is pretty large. It has maybe 100 RV sites plus cabins and tent sites, as well. The setting is among pine trees and the beach is across the two-lane, lightly-trafficked road. It’s just a great little gem; I will have to recommend it to my friends, the Quinns. They would like it.
The dogs have had a ball here. It is Baby’s first ocean experience, and she dove right in to the fun, splashing in the surf as she retrieved balls with Booger.
The only downside to this great RV park/community is the fact that there is maybe one cell phone tower serving the little town. Signal strength is OK. However, we are here on Memorial Day weekend, so, for the past several days, there are maybe 1,000 people overwhelming that cell tower with calls, data usage, etc. We have had big trouble with the Internet ever since the weekend crowd pulled in. Luckily, Charlie doesn’t have any big bookkeeping chores right now (particularly because son Jonathan is carrying the load these days).
When we come here next time, and we will, I intend to time it so that we are not here on a holiday weekend.
Tomorrow we ship out to Newport, Oregon, where we will camp for a week.