169 miles via OR 6 and US 101. Cumulative distance: 5,513 miles.
GTW Hop 31: Tillamook OR to North Bend OR
The OR 6 portion of this hop was the couple of miles from the Wilson River RV Park into downtown Tillamook; the rest was on US 101. It is a very scenic route, but with a lot of curves and turns. Jett did not enjoy it at all as it activated her vertigo. I enjoyed it a lot, except for the sections that went through towns where the lanes were narrow and parked cars lined the street.
We stopped for lunch at a pullout overlooking the Pacific. Beautiful.
Lunch break on the Pacific
Patience on the Pacific
Rocky beach
Clouding up
Surf
Looking north
I am a little tardy with my report on the Wilson River RV Park. It doesn’t have a website, but you can Google it and find some not-very-complimentary comments. I would characterize it as a trashy little park with good fishing. It seems that the park residents are either permanent or weekend fishermen. We did not see another rig come or go in the six days we were there. Most of the rigs look to be over 10 years old, in various states of deterioration and will probably turn to dust before they are removed. Or maybe washed away in the next flood.
It also has a very steep driveway that actually gave me nightmares. I was thinking ahead to what I would do if I couldn’t haul Patience up that 20-degree incline. As it turned out, the truck was up to the task and it wasn’t as difficult as I feared, but don’t even think about going there if your truck has marginal towing capacity.
Bottom line: A good place to fish.
Trashy RVs with steep driveway in the background
Approaching the RV park on OR 6
The RV park from OR 6
Patience at Wilson River
Fishing on the Wilson River