Summer Trip 2023 – Overview

We traveled from our home in the Bay Area to halfway up the Oregon coast and back. We fell into the same routine every day: 

• Make coffee and breakfast, 
• Take Gia to the beach, 
• Come back to camp and have lunch, 
• Take a nap or run errands, 
• Take Gia to the beach in the late afternoon / early evening, 
• Have dinner in camp or somewhere fun.

We rented a travel trailer from Cruise America in Newark, California. We towed the trailer behind my Toyota Tundra.

Our two tasks each day were to 

1. Find a suitable beach where Gia can run “off leash,” and to 
2. Find a place in town where we can have a nice gluten free dinner. 

For finding dog activities, we use apps like Dog Trekker and Bring Fido. For finding gluten free food, we use an app called Find Me Gluten Free.

This is just an outline of our trip. I hope to add details in subsequent posts.

South to North portion:

• Cloverdale
• Eureka
• Crescent City
• Coos Bay
• Newport

Leaving Newport, we turned around and headed back south. We traveled the same highway to get home, passing many familiar sights, until we turned off at Willits to get to Fort Bragg. Later we turned off again at Santa Rosa to get to Bodega Bay.

North to South portion:

• Florence
• Port Orford
• Klamath
• Fortuna
• Fort Bragg
• Bodega Bay

Mostly we stayed four nights in each location.