Checking Out the Yaquina Bay Bridge & Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area in Newport, Oregon

[@LoveYourRV]

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[@precisiont5188]

This video was done very well. I like how you used Earth and other techniques.

[@barnaclerusty]

I love living in Newport, but it is not for everyone. If you don’t mind lots of wet, moist, gloomy, chilly weather and love the ocean it’s wonderful. If you are not an ocean/water person, there is nothing to do. When the sun does come out it’s awesome. Nice video :0)

[@toniwilson1579]

When I lived there I was no more then 3 or 4 block from Nye Beach. Use to live right down the hill from the library. Another place I lived was only couple blocks from the beach. My favorite memories is being off work at the care center in town, watching the Storms come in off the ocean with my cat keeping me warm.

[@junejohnson1443]

Glad to see that you were able to leave Canada and make it to one of our favorite areas. I love the way that your video starts with an aerial map and slowly point of the places you will be visiting.

[@jwrappuhn71]

It's good to have you back Ray.

[@ronpearson1790]

Nice to finally see the "snowbird" videos again after such a long hiatus!

[@joycemarino9800]

The Aquarium in Newport is one of the best I've been to and I love aquariums! Great photography!

[@kevinb3534]

Nice to see your travel videos again

[@davidallen306]

So good to see your travel videos back in the States.

[@coreymerritt7742]

It’s super nice down there it’s my 31 wedding anniversary tomorrow we did the Oregon coast on our honeymoon we started a Newport and ended up in seaside for a week have a nice trip south ray

[@garyag45]

We spend couple of weeks in South Beach every summer. The Newport RV Park is an extremely nice rv park, been there many times. Love the Newport area. 🦅😎🇺🇸👍🍺

[@larryv4249]

So happy you are making the trek south and taking us with you. Great views and easy listening too. Looking forward for more.....thanks

[@tmorton922]

Conde Balcom McCullough designed most of these bridges with the art deco theme. He worked for the Oregon dept of transportation between 1919 and 1937 . Yaquina was built in 1936. Love those bridges, they are ulitarian but also beautiful due to the art deco accents. I like the way you use the google earth to vive an overview /context to where we are.👍

[@garycloud9631]

Newport is such a beautiful place and you gave us a great tour. I've only been there once, and only to go to the Aquarium. Must go back. Don't know how delayed this is but if you come up 199 from the coast give a holler and maybe we can grab a cup of coffee or something.

[@donmorgan3873]

Fabulous video! Thank you for this! Safe travels!

[@LoveYourRV]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@georgebanning3244]

Welcome back to the States. I'm looking forward to following your winter adventures.

[@toniwilson1579]

Thanks for sharing what I called my home for 3 years in the 1990. Bring back a lot of memories. When I was able to walk a lot better I walked across the bridge. Even on nice day it can be really windy up on the bridge. You said the name of the bridge prefect. The Oregon coast aquarium is right south of the bridge. It was the former home of the whale free willy for about being released back into his home water just to die. It a nice place to call home but since I didn't drive hard to get around. No public transit back then but now they have a ok transit system before covid at least. I was able to run up that hill back then which I could not do today. There a area right west of agant beach call Nye beach right outside the city center of town . It a small beach with easy access to the beach, easy parking. There a few gift shops , couple places to eat (before covid). Sad part I have not been able to visit Newport in couple of years because of covid. Thanks for sharing.

[@davidtotten618]

One of my wife’s and I happy places! We go up there about every other year for a couple weeks when we are doing our west coast runs.

[@ldcooper1]

You have hit some beautiful weather. Take care… be safe. One of my favorite drives and places…other than Ucluelet and Tofino .

[@daviscrt]

Great footage. Looking forward to more details on your travels. Thanks Don

[@stevekunz6573]

Great video Ray, welcome back.

[@haulinodie5548]

Great area, Oregon coast is one of our favorites. Beverly Beach and Winchester Bay some of our stops. Safe travels.

[@redwards2006]

Looks like you got your exercise in today Ray. Thanks for sharing

[@desertdog2282]

Good to see you had some great weather. Love that Oregon Coast.

[@ytubechannel997]

Enjoyed the tour around Newport. Great footage.

[@michael4104]

Welcome back to the USA you two. The weather here in Winterhaven is great. Maybe you better come see.😎

[@tonymontgomery5827]

Hello from Depoe Bay Oregon! Great job on the pronunciation of yaquina sir, well you tried anyway.

[@alexandergutfeldt1144]

Visiting Newport was one of the highlights of my visit to Oregon in 2019. Thanks for bringing back the memories! If I'm lucky, I'll be able to visit again in 2021.

[@BobKeefe]

Welcome back to America! 😃 Glad to see you made it. We really enjoy your snowbird videos and missed them last year. We got a class B this spring and are becoming snowbirds ourselves. Heading down to Arizona after Thanksgiving.

[@LoveYourRV]

Thanks, Bob. That's awesome. Safe travels. :)

[@bobkent2334]

The Oregon coast in summertime is about as close to heaven as I expect to get. I have passed through Newport several times and never knew, until seeing your video, about the scenic areas on the ocean side of the highway. Thank you!

[@bobkent2334]

(continued)... about the scenic areas highlighted in this video. Thanks!

[@andyjones611]

Good to see you on the road again, all those mods on the old Cougar will pay off. Great Video Ray hope you have a safe trip, Cheers!

[@LoveYourRV]

Thanks 👍 Great to be rolling again!

[@stanbyme7874]

Welcome Back to Oregon! Love Your (RV) KZbin channel. Newport is my favorite area to go when life gets stressful. (I’m from Seattle-water is my salve)

[@LoveYourRV]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@glenschumannGlensWorkshop]

Thanks! Saved this one for reference when we take our west coast trip.

[@WhoaNellieRVAdventures]

We've spent many a time meeting up with our daughter at Newport. It's one of her favorite places to surf. I enjoyed your perspective. ~Lucy

[@johnpurdum8126]

Great to see you two back on the road and discovering new places.

[@TheLakingc]

My father built Willer's Motel. We lived in Agate Beach where my father had built 3 homes right above the Ocean. We had an annual Easter Egg hunt at the park by the bridge after church (Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Rodacowski). We went to school in Newport, but rode the bus all of the way to, i think, The Devil's Punch Bowl. Lots of memories. I do not ever remember being warm except in August. The wind was pretty constant and storms blew sea foam onto our west side windows. We were never worried, though. The moon on the water is something i will never forget. Haven't been back since 1995 because Georgia Pacific was still polluting it. It was a great place until they came. The smell got so bad and it burned your eyes. The ocean foam was a terrible color. There was often oil on the beach, but we were young and did not know that was what it was. My mom used to visit an artist who had a cabin on that huge rock wall on the way to the light house. They blew it up places on the mountain, we called it, frequently as there was a quarry there. It shook us 2 miles away! The roads were so narrow on that rock, with no railing! It was terrifying. I hated to go visit there. But the tide pools were rich with sea anemones at the base. We played there nearly every day, though a long way from our home. We hit the beach in wild storms! It felt so great, but cold. We got soaked. It was ALWAYS windy and cold except in August. We visited briefly in '95 and then drove through around 2015. Our place was ruined. Everything was black topped. The forests gone and cabins crammed all around our homes. It looked just awful. The beach was not passable as oily sand had blown into crusty mounds...that happened at times, but we were kids then and it did not bother us. The smell was so bad, still, that we decided to leave and not explore any further. Pretty sad, really. A lot of history there, and it was home to my father LONG before i was born, and us for 12 years. I had hoped to find people I had known, but then decided to just go. Both parents and my sibs are gone now. In '95 we saw some of my school friends, but not later. What and who we had known had been gone a long time. I do hope the smell is better. I was shocked that they were still allowed to pollute so badly. I was a whole lot older and laws, i thought had changed things. Thank you for the tour. I still miss it at times, but then remember the smell and cold winds. Puget Sound worked better for us. 😄

[@LoveYourRV]

Interesting, thanks for sharing some history of the area, Cheers, Ray

[@jimleininger8963]

Really nice video Ray. Looks like you caught a sunset at Winchester Bay at the end

[@LoveYourRV]

Yes, that was a treat. :)

[@lynbarnel]

Thank you for sharing! I've been living in Wisconsin and dreaming of returning to that beautiful coast. This winter to Southwest deserts, back to the Oregon Coast next spring. Maybe we'll see you this winter? Safe travels!

[@barbm5123]

We just stayed at Beverly Beach on our way south, it was wonderful….quite wet as the “bomb cyclone “ was just passing a little farther north but still beautiful! We did go to Clearwater Restaurant in old town and it was marvellous. Had great viewing of the sea lions on their dock! We enjoy your videos!

[@Les_Burris]

I would recommend going to the Rogue Brewery and Distillery while you are there (it is under the bridge on the south side), they have tours and a restaurant with some pretty tasty food (and very good beer and alcohol).

[@LoveYourRV]

Thanks for the tip.

[@mjm3852]

Some day we would like to travel that coast. Looks like a great place to explore. Enjoy the journey south. We are looking forward to our inaugural trip.

[@jakegier4080]

That's a beautiful area to explore. My wife and I are into Geocaching, so that leads us to many little interesting spots. In 2012 we used Geocaching to explore the Big Island of Hawaii. Got to see all of the non-tourist spots. We used geocaching to do the same thing in Newport area. We have been going there since 1977. Really enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing your high quality pictures.

[@sph925]

That boat called the Spindrift works out of our charter fishing office called Yaquina Bay Charters. The Captain's name is Jerald. I to Captain a boat called the Gracie K. Next time through you should stop by and go fishing 😁.

[@LoveYourRV]

Cool, nice lookin boat. :)

[@herb7877]

We go there a couple times a year. We avoid the peak Summer time due to the crowds but the off season can very nice. If Ann had her boat there is some great salmon fishing in the late Summer. Mostly bottom & rock fishing this time a year. though. Pretty easy in & out. All the Native American name can be difficult.The one you mentioned at about 6:30 as a pretty nice one is basically a parking lot. If you don't mind spending the $$$$ there is a really nice one with oceanfront views close by as well.

[@mikemiller9119]

It’s funny how you read an 1800s that the jetties help build the land around there. But actually in the 1920s 30s 40s and 50s they had a city there that was washed away.

[@LoveYourRV]

They had dates painted on a path on the way to the beach in the state park showing where the shoreline used to be starting on the 1800s.

[@rickcolston2091]

Have you been across the Astoria bridge in Astoria Oregon? It is also very impressive. It is very close to the Oregon/Washington border. I’m sure you probably have but the first time I was there was back in 2019.

[@LoveYourRV]

Yup, about about 20 times I'd guess, love the views. Makes my wife a little nervous though. :) Actually one time across we got stopped at the very top for a construction delay. Here is a video clip kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5Suc36PlsiEmrM

[@thomasstocks702]

I'm curious Ray, what kind of camera are you useing for the video? It looks like it has a fair amount of zoom to it.

[@LoveYourRV]

I use a Sony camcorder that way I can do everything with just one easy to carry device. It takes pretty good still shots as well. www.loveyourrv.com/love-your-rv-gets-a-new-4k-camcorder-sony-fdr-ax53/ Cheers, Ray

[@thomasstocks702]

@@LoveYourRV Thank You! I have several variation of Canon DLSR from 30D to 5DMkIV but haven't tried much video.

[@garyallsup7498]

Great day for exploring Newport. Just curious what your are finding for fuel prices along the trip so far?

[@LoveYourRV]

Mostly mid to high 3 dollar a gallon range. Much better than back in BC where it was close to 5 bucks.

[@ericsalkeld7146]

What dates were you there. One of our favorite Oregon coast areas

[@LoveYourRV]

Nov 16 to 21

[@alphabetsoup7918]

Did yoinotice the seal at 16:10, close to the rocks then suddenly head disappears?

[@LoveYourRV]

No, didn't notice. :)

[@jimbertrand2499]

Nice weather compared to the deluge of rain being experienced on BC... Ray - didn't know you needed an annual pass to stay on BLM land or US Federal land. Where can you buy this pass and is it valid for each calendar year or other time period? Thanks, Jim from Winterpeg.

[@LoveYourRV]

Most of BLM free dispersed camping land doesn't require it. Its more for National parks and National Monuments and other federal lands that have an entrance fee. Some places it gets you 1/2 price camping. www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/passes.htm America the Beautiful - The National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass Series A pass is your ticket to more than 2,000 federal recreation sites. Each pass covers entrance fees at national parks and national wildlife refuges as well as standard amenity fees (day use fees) at national forests and grasslands, and at lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. A pass covers entrance, standard amenity fees and day use fees for a driver and all passengers in a personal vehicle at per vehicle fee areas (or up to four adults at sites that charge per person). Children age 15 or under are admitted free.

[@LoveYourRV]

@@danskdna8550 The BC storm was an extremely bad 100-year type storm, it cut off all highways east of greater Vancouver a city of about 2.5 million people, several other cities had severe flooding. It will take many months to recover. bc.ctvnews.ca/livestock-death-toll-from-b-c-flooding-628-000-poultry-12-000-hogs-420-cows-1.5691405 "With recovery efforts underway in flood-stricken parts of British Columbia, officials are getting an idea of the massive impact the extreme weather has had on the province's livestock. In an update Thursday, Agriculture Minister Lana Popham said more than 640,000 animals are known to have died. That total includes 628,000 poultry, 12,000 hogs and 420 dairy cows. Additionally, 110 beehives were destroyed. There are still more than 800 farms under evacuation, so officials believe the death toll will likely change as residents and operators return."

[@RD-qc3eb]

Do you have any go to Washington parks? Or boondocking spots in Washington state? We are currently trying to get our summer spots reserved and planned out. It has become pretty challenging this year even more than last year with all the faketime RVrs taking up all the spots in advance then never showering up. Screwing us. Let us know. We would really appreciate it.

[@LoveYourRV]

Not really, we barely spend any time in Washington State, just pass through on the way south in the fall and back to BC in the spring. Dosewalips is pretty nice on the Hood Canal and Cape Disappointment on the coast at the mouth of the Columbia River. Those are the only two we have stayed at. We generally overnight at some casinos and Walmart to save money as we are just spending the night between days on the road.

[@RD-qc3eb]

@@LoveYourRV What casinos? We are staying close to the 101 the entire time as we check out some properties. We just need safe spots to stay along our route.

[@LoveYourRV]

Seven Cedars in Sequim, Little Creek in Shelton, Quinault Beach in Ocean Shores 7cedars.com/ www.little-creek.com/index.php quinaultbeachresort.com/

[@RD-qc3eb]

@@LoveYourRV awesome! Thank you for your response. I appreciate the help.

[@LoveYourRV]

This recent video has some photos and Google maps sat location shots of Little Creek and Quinault www.loveyourrv.com/snowbird-trip-21-22-update-bc-to-southern-california/

[@stuartstuart866]

I'm sure you know this, but once you hit 62, $80 gets you a lifetime pass but I don't know if you have to be a US citizen. Some state parks honor the National Parks Pass too.

[@LoveYourRV]

Available for: US citizens or permanent residents age 62 or over. Applicants must provide documentation of age and residency or citizenship. I don't mind, its a small price to pay for being able to visit all the awesome parks and saves a lot versus paying day fees.