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VISITOR TALES: MEMALOOSE STATE PARK

Dear OPRD,

Here are the Visitor's Tales for Memaloose State Park.

As a child I spent nearly every August at Cape Lookout since my grandparents lived in Tillamook. There was no better place to be as a kid. We played in the ocean until we were red from the cold water, spent wonderful hours hiking, making sand candles, eating fresh crab and roasting marshmallows over the campfire. When I moved to Oregon I had to take my child to Cape Lookout. Mom rented us a yurt two summers in a row. Each time it rained at night but we had a wonderful time. Now I live in Southern California and last summer, 2002, I took my son back to Oregon to camp. We spent one night in Melamoose, a glorious three days at Ft. Stevens and three days at Beverly Beach. We were unable to reserve a spot at Cape Lookout, but this year I am so excited because we have a spot for four nights with our motor home. I cannot wait to spend time back in my old stomping grounds as a kid with my son who is now old enough to really enjoy the park, trails and beach.

L. Buchanan

I just wanted to write a little note about our first camping (RVing) trip to Oregon in 15 years, which we enjoyed very much. We are from British Columbia, and used to travel to the US quite a bit before we retired up here 7 years ago. This was the first time we have ever camped in state parks. We enjoyed the coast (Cape Lookout and South Beach) We prefered South Beach as it was closer to amenities. We went to Memaloose intending just to overnight on our way home, however we found it one of the best-run campgrounds we had been to. The camp hosts were really terrific, and our site was very clean and even raked! The hosts came by in the evening to see if we needed wood. They were available all of the time we were there (Sept 27 - 29). As I had mentioned, we had only planned to overnight, but after passing some of the sights on the way, we decided we need at least a day to discover some of the area. We traveled some of Highway 30, really enjoyed Multnomah Falls and found Crown Point so beautiful, I hope the money can be found to restore the building soon. I would love to see it. We hope to come back before to long and do some more exploring as we know we have hardly touched all that can be seen. We know that we have a very beautiful place here in BC, however I was thrilled to find so much beauty there in Oregon and so many wonderful State Parks. Thanks for making us feel welcome.

Joy

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