Oregon Coast (Weekend trip, maiden voyage! 3 days)

Route:

• Woodinville, WA (Depart)
• Centralia, WA (Wal*Mart)
• Cape Kiwanda, OR (Cape Kiwanda RV Park)
• Ocean Shores, WA (Copalis Beach)
• Woodinville, WA (Return)

This trip had all the best of the first trip out. First stop presented the first injury. During a quick swing-by at Camping World, Megan stepped off the step in the doorway, fell backward and smacked her front teeth on the floor. We learned the value of using Streets & Trips with GPS Locator to save angst and keep our blood pressure in check during trip navigation. We ran over our first nail - and waited about 45 minutes at a Les Schwab store in Tillamook, OR to find out we were fortunate to NOT have punctured the tire. Spoiled the kids rotten with ice cream at Tillamook before lunch and scored some fantastic aged white cheddar in their store.

Outside of being the "maiden voyage" this was an excuse to eat breakfast at the Grateful Bread in Kiwanda. Much to our chagrin, the state's best breakfast joint was closed for two weeks. Disappointed, we stopped in their parking lot long enough to fry up our own version of a great breakfast before heading out.

Breakfast disappointment aside, we enjoyed some tasty beer at the Pelican Pub & Brewery (Dan's fav: Tsunami Stout), which was just across the street from the RV park. The food options were a little over the top (what happened to a simple plate of nachos?) and I'm not sure the kids were 100% welcome - but tasty brew and friendly enough staff made for an enjoyable end to a fun day.

Took an alternate route home and swung by McMinnville, where some of my friends own a video store. Sadly, this happened to be SuperBowl weekend and they weren't there. Cool video store though, if you're ever in McMinnville.