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50th Stop - Bandon-By-The-Sea (OR)

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Blog Post #61 - Written April 10, 2026 Stay: September 11, 2025 We stayed one night in our final Oregon Coast city, Bandon-By-The-Sea.  We headed out early in the morning to check out the beach before we had to leave the slightly sketchy, very tight campground.  But it had an apple tree with almost ripe apples, so the kids enjoyed it. Bandon Beach was a long stretch of undisturbed sand with massive rock outcroppings along the shore.  Gary and the kids climbed to massive heights to check out the views.        The other side of the beach held an enormous rock with its own ecosystem revolving round it.  While all the other rocks were barren, this one had fun tunnels through it that led to walls of mussels, sea anemones, fish, and sea urchins.  We hit this rock right as the tide was coming in, so we quickly ran back around the rock.  And we would have successfully done so moderately dry, but D decided she didn't want to keep running as ...
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49th Stop - Seal Rock, OR

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Blog Post #60 - Written April 8, 2026 Stay: September 7-10, 2025 I think if we had to pick a favorite place that we'd happily vacation at again and again, Seal Rock might be it. The seals were great, but the tide pools were the show-stoppers! It's amazing how much life you can find and how much enjoyment you can get when you slow down and take your time to observe and explore. Z made sure we explored the tide pools every morning and every evening, and we found new, amazing things each time! Our campground was along HWY 1 and a short walk across the street to the cove / beach.  Our campsite was atop the cliff, so we had amazing views of the gorgeous sunsets.   After setting up, we just had to go to the beach, so we hiked down the staircase along the cliffside and found a naturalist's paradise.  Low tide revealed hundreds of sea stars and millions of sea anemone.   These orange and purple Ochre sea stars are the most common. The cutest little baby sea...
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