VIRGIN MYRTLE FOREST.
Day 168 – It rained all night and was a bit muddy out this morning. This Park was very quiet last night. There are very few campers here. Rob took a walk with his camera. He wanted to check out the protected Myrtle forest in the campground. There are some magnificent old trees here.
We took a drive this morning south to the outstanding Oregon Visitor’s Center, probably the best Center we’ve ever been to. The staff was very helpful, pointing us in the direction of the literature we were interested in. We walked out with lots of brochures and maps. Our visit in 2017 consisted of a quick drive across the lower third of the state, hurrying to get to the coast. Then we drove south along the coast to California. There’s so much we haven’t seen in Oregon and we’re really looking forward to it.
Back on the 101 heading north. we went a short distance and then turned inland into the lush hills towards Ludlum House Recreation Area. It started out paved, then it turned to gravel, then dirt with lots of mud puddles and potholes. We went as far as we could before the road became impassable for the Honda. We stopped to check out two campgrounds on the way (Winchuck and Ludlum House); both were closed (but we wouldn’t attempt to get the RV up here anyway). The road turned to one lane about 5 miles in and it continued to climb up the mountain. There were Redwood trees among the other forest trees, lots of ferns, some flowering bushes, and the road curved along the Winchuck River. Beautiful scenery.
It was lunch time when we began heading back to the campground. After lunch we sat around reading all about Oregon and we also cooked a large batch of Chili for several dinners. Although we had never stayed at this campground before and really liked it, we will be leaving tomorrow to move north some before the winds get heavy on Wednesday.
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