More PCH Trip (Umpqua Lighthouse State Park, OR)

On the trip I mentioned yesterday, Julie and I camped out two of the four nights that we drove up the coast. One night was at Doran (Sonoma) County Park on Bodega Bay. That was our first night out. On our last night before reaching Portland we stayed at Umpqua Lighthouse State Park in Oregon. It was pretty amazing the difference between the two campgrounds.

Doran was pretty quiet. It literally was right on the coast, on the strip of land separating Bodega Bay from the Pacific Ocean. There were two or three RV's there at the most, and we were the only tent.

Umpqua, on the other hand, was quite crowded with both RV's and tenters. Surprisingly, it was also NOT right on the ocean. There was a small bluff slightly inland that the lighthouse was on, and in the valley just inland from there is where the campground was. It was extremely nice, and a bit less breezy as a result. I'd hate to see the place in the middle of summer, though, if it was that crowded already in April!