This park is located about 20 miles south of Tillamook very close to the pacific ocean... lovely spot really and we have always enjoyed our visits to this park. For 1 thing they have wild bunnies and deer which adds a special flavor! Then they are right across the street from a very cool beach with tide pools... their very own 'haystack rock' which they like to boast about in town.. the park is on a hill and densly wooded which adds a bit of privacy... WHEN the weather is nice, it's a great place to have campfires... this year however our timing was off and we hit a very rainy, windy time! goodness the wind and rain pelted down on us and we stayed pretty much holed up inside..ha! Left today (the 29th) and had every thing hit us from rain, wind, hail, snow and finally sunshine! Lovely.. now at Long Beach, WA until Friday!!!
Although people like to think of the Pilgrims as being our first settlers in what would become the United States; in fact the first real settlement was in Jamestown in 1607! Although this area did not prosper for so many reasons just as Plymouth did not become the main harbor in Massachusetts. In any event, it was a fun visit to Jamestown to see the monument of John Smith who by the way did not remain here but went back to his native England. They have been doing digs here for years and have uncovered thousands of artifacts. It's quite amazing actually and they now have large monument dedicated to the settlers of Jamestown. There is a boardwalk from the National Park Visitor Center out to this area and we noticed the necessity of the boardwalk is to protect the swamp it covers and that is the main reason they found this area undesireable was the mosquitos and swampy landscape. Interesting. Of course Virginia grew by leaps and bounds very quickly too as the New World opened up to allow anyone who dared to travel in such conditions and willing to work for a new life. The Munday's first arrived in VA back in the 1600's and we can only guess at which port but could have been Jamestown since it was the main port for about the 1st 80 years or so!
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