Just got back from our coastal roadtrip. We enjoyed our stay in Cape Perpetua campground. I'd done my homework looking for a good spot on the coast and I chose wisely! The campground is essentially one road in with the camping area lining the right side. The tent only spots are first come first serve and are definitely the choicest. Because we were traveling from Utah I wanted to make sure we would have a guaranteed site so I reserved an RV spot. It was in the grass right next to the road, not secluded like the tent only sites. The campers next to us had switched sites when the arrived but we got in late at night and didn't want to re-set up camp the next day. But, there weren't that many sites total and we were towards the end of the road so noise wasn't a problem, in fact it was VERY quiet. The only thing I missed was showers but the camp host told us we could go 9 miles down the road to Washburne Campground and shower there for $2.
The campground is close to some awesome sights! We were fortunate to be there at super-low tide and had fun clamming with the locals early in the morning. The tide pools were spectacular! We saw anemone, urchins, starfish, all sorts of shellfish, crabs and jellyfish. We got up close to Thor's Well and were mesmerized by the tide moving in to Devil's Churn. The rangers at the visitors center were nice and helpful.
My husband thought the Sea Lion Cave sounded cool so we went down there to check it out. Yes, it was impressive but, in my opinion, not worth the $14 per person admission. The only thing that redeemed it was that there happened to be 4 gray whales hanging out just south of the lookout and we watched them for 2 hours! We only spent about 10 minutes looking at the sea cave.
I had fun checking out the flea market shops in Waldport- if you like this sort of thing, you'll have a ball! Great vintage stuff, I dragged my husband through the store for over an hour. read more