Ron Dalby has a post about Cape Disappointment, and the newest National Park, the Lewis and Clark National Historic Park. I hadn’t heard of that before, but we’ve been to Cape Disappointment State Park in Southwest Washington, at the mouth of the Columbia River. This is where Lewis and Clark first saw the Pacific Ocean, although they wintered on the Oregon side.
Cape Disappointment State Park in Washington; Fort Clatsop in Oregon, where the Corps spent the winter; and several other sites in both states are now part of the nation’s newest national park, Lewis and Clark National Historic Park. Best to visit in the summer when there is the potential for a break in the incessant rain that otherwise pervades this part of the country.
I hate to give away the local’s secret, but the best time to visit ocean beaches on the Washington and Oregon coast is September into October. During the summer, especially late July and August, the coast often gets coastal fog, and onshore winds that can be cold. But come fall, the weather usually clears up and when it’s sunny, it’s sunny. You still get the onshore breezes, but they’re more like breezes rather than winds.
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