From Charleston, we head north again, up the coast route 101. It's good not to be rushed, as Becs' next appointment is not for a couple of days, up north in Tillamook. We climb dunes above a clear lake. We bide our time to find two of the most amazing camp spots so far. The first - we drive down an unmarked dirt track to find a trail through a pristine wetland whirring with warblers to dunes - and beyond the dunes ten miles of sand fringing a vast expanse of ocean. Freya thinks the tree snags are bones - and they are - the massive bones of long-dead giants. In the morning we all run and swim and
run until we are light with space. We take a very interesting day at Newport Aquarium and touch and see huge colourful sea creatures. The next night we come upon Whalen Island, a small sandy island covered in a jungle of lichen-hung trees and electric with copper-coloured hummingbirds. Our camp spot is next to two huge tree snags. We spend a whole afternoon fishing from the tiny bridge with shrimp as bait but catch only some small determined bullheads, over and over again, it seems.
From Charleston, we head north again, up the coast route 101. It's good not to be rushed, as Becs' next appointment is not for a couple of days, up north in Tillamook. We climb dunes above a clear lake. We bide our time to find two of the most amazing camp spots so far. The first - we drive down an unmarked dirt track to find a trail through a pristine wetland whirring with warblers to dunes - and beyond the dunes ten miles of sand fringing a vast expanse of ocean. Freya thinks the tree snags are bones - and they are - the massive bones of long-dead giants. In the morning we all run and swim and 
run until we are light with space. We take a very interesting day at Newport Aquarium and touch and see huge colourful sea creatures. The next night we come upon Whalen Island, a small sandy island covered in a jungle of lichen-hung trees and electric with copper-coloured hummingbirds. Our camp spot is next to two huge tree snags. We spend a whole afternoon fishing from the tiny bridge with shrimp as bait but catch only some small determined bullheads, over and over again, it seems. 
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