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Car Camping at Tyee Campground on Oregon’s Umpqua River
Tyee Campground gave me what I needed between the Oregon coast and Roseburg: a small place to park the 4Runner, cook beside the river and slow down for a while. Rain left the campground damp during my stay. Moss covered the trees and parts of the walking path, while the Umpqua River moved past…
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Visiting the Coquille River Lighthouse on the Oregon Coast
The Oregon Coast has a way of turning a simple stop into several different experiences. A visit to Bullards Beach State Park near Bandon gave me a long stretch of beach, piles of driftwood, coastal history, and a lighthouse at the meeting point of the Coquille River and the Pacific Ocean. Riven joined me…