My Everyday Photos

For the second half of our camping trip, we went to Fort Stevens State Park in Oregon. It is also at the mouth of the Columbia River but on the south side. It is an enormous park with lots and lots of paved bike trails and miles and miles of beach. Much of the beach is open to driving which decreases the wild nature of the place but there weren’t too many cars on the sand while we were there. The tracks were evident though.

The campground is a long ways from the beaches so we drove to them with the dogs. Some beaches are much less popular due to a high dune to cross to access the water. And the campgrounds cram a lot of people into a small space so they were noisy and crowded. We probably won’t go back to Fort Stevens. Oregon has lots of other nice state parks on the coast. This park is good for families and people that bring their bicycles.

Part of the famous Astoria bridge that crosses the Columbia. It is over four miles long!

Container ships waiting to go into Portland. Someone said they were there for months, waiting.

See that white head poking out from behind the dead seal?

This Bald Eagle did not go far and it was not disturbed by the presence of people, dogs or cars.

A kite surfer

Luna wanted to meet the kite surfer

But then she changed her mind.

Sunset at the south jetty

Jellyfish at sunset

Dog at sunset

Ken’s brother Carl joined us for our first night at Fort Stevens.