We arrived back in Victoria on Monday 25th of April. A calm crossing in the COHO ferry from Port Angeles. We spent the last night in the parking lot of the ferry along with 6 rigs who were waiting for the 8.20 ferry.
Prior to this we enjoyed the Fort Stevens State Park in Oregon where there is about 10 miles of paved bicycle paths. We were able to embrace the Pacific Ocean on the nearby beach and Lucy had a great time with another Dachshund.
We went into Astoria and I visited the best maritime museum that I have ever been to - the Columbia River Maritime Museum. It has its own purpose built museum building and includes not only a lot about crossing the Columbia Bar but also the history of exploration including Captain Vancouver's finding the entrance the the Columbia River.
We then headed for Shafer State Park that was east of Highway 101 and a park that had been established in 1922. The campground was still closed for the winter months but the Park Ranger drove in while we were there and said we could park for the night (dry camping) in the day recreation area.
From there it was about a three hour drive to Port Angeles.
That was the end of our 2013 nomadic gypsy life!
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