We continued our journey down the Oregon Coast Highway No. 9 (U.S. Hwy 101) and the next part of the highway was really mountainous. At times we were at a crawl going up a hill and at times were a little further from the coast but when the road would reach the sea the views were gorgeous from above. Once we got into Newport, OR the road was less mountainous and closely followed the coast so that there was always a view of the ocean. The terrain became less mountainous to did the coast and when we reached Florence, OR it went completely to sand dunes. It was that sudden.
We are staying in Florence in the area where the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area is located.
What a drive we had from farmland to mountains to sand dunes all in a 100 mile stretch. We had an extra bonus as we watched sea lions playing in the ocean and the rocks. Tim, once again, did an excellent job of driving through the mountains and was great about pulling over at the different viewing areas along the coast so I could take pictures. Not an easy task while pulling a 40 ft. RV.
It was a nice drive with clear skies which made the views of the coastline even better!
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