Comments on: Oregon Coast

By: nwlimited

nwlimited — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:42:56 +0000

Love it here on the OR coast. Last night was amazing…on the 102-year anniversary of the wreck of the Peter Iredale, the winds were calm, the temp was about 60 and the razor clamming was fair.

By: glenn

glenn — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:44:19 +0000

Joe…good point. We have year round residents of about 50k in these parts but soon the snowbirds descend and we swell to almost 200k. Interesting infrastructure issue to dell with such a population swing for 6 months of the year.

By: JoeDuck

JoeDuck — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:39:49 +0000

Paul good advices there, but I’m not sure “hordes” has the same meaning in Florida as here in Oregon where it’s pretty easy to find … a quantum of solace….

By: glenn

glenn — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:15:06 +0000

Thanks Paul for the info.

Our kids are out of school in May and they go back in the beginning of August.

We will have to figure out how to balance this. This year we kept the kids out of school an extra week at the beginning so we could extend our summer vacation but I try not to do that.

I am excited to see Oregon first hand.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:55:40 +0000

Early September, after the kids go back to school. Oregon summers start July 1st and last well into September; June is an unreliable month weather-wise, though you get some incredible days sprinkled in during Spring.

Before I had kids that precluded Sept. vacationing, we always did our Northwest vacationing in Sept.

Realize that doesn’t fit your timeline quite, but the hordes of humanity that descend on the Oregon coast in July/August are overwhelming. While I love our coast, it has definitely been “discovered”.

Now the Southern Oregon coast can be ok in June, weather a bit more reliable to the South, and the scenery from Coos Bay South to Brooking is nothing short of spectacular…and because you get far away from PDX, the hordes aren’t so bad either.

By: glenn

glenn — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:34:23 +0000

Which month is best from May through August?

By: JoeDuck

JoeDuck — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:31:05 +0000

That’s a good plan Glenn! We can even try to round up some of the folks you know from the discussions here and eat out over at Galice or maybe even raft the river, which is always a lot of fun.

By: glenn

glenn — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:07:49 +0000

Once things settle down I think we will plan a major trip out that way next summer Joe. I really think taking a road trip around Oregon would be amazing.