Come ON.

Attempting to reserve campgrounds on the OR coast for Memorial Day weekend, ie next week.

First was looking for campgrounds at Oregon state parks. Not a campsite to be found.

Then I looked for hotels. Found plenty, though of course expensive.

Then I noticed the Siuslaw National Forest,and looked for FS campgrounds.

Found some, and some nice ones.

So we attempted to book them. Depending on how you word your enquiry (tent vs tent only) you get sites or not at some of the places.

Anyhow, we decided to book one north of the areas we wanted to visit and one south.

Attempt to book.

Um, no.

If you are booking for Memorial Day weekend, you have to book Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in one site. No hopping.

Grrr... Why didn't they tell me this as soon as I put my dates in?

Anyhow, we found a campground in the middle, Alder Dune, and booked it for the three nights. At $22/night, buying an extra night that we're not going to use is cheaper than hotels by far.

We can't get there until Saturday, however. It's a 6 hour drive from here, and much too long to do on Friday evening after work/school at the same time everyone else is leaving for the weekend too.

There is a little note on the registration page that says "All sites not occupied within 24 hours of reservation time will be released". Hum. Not good.

We called.

They said it wouldn't be a problem. Fingers crossed that it isn't!

So, we headed to the OR coast next weekend. The plan is visit beaches, walk on beaches, camp, maybe visit a lighthouse, go to the Oregon Coast Aquarium, we're members, camp, and probably -gasp!- pay the ridiculous sum and say 'eff the environmental consequences, and visit -Warning: site makes noise!- the SeaLion Caves . We'd initially thought about bringing bikes and getting a ride in, but that means leaving the girls (eta while we rode, not for the whole trip!) so we decided against that.

Looking forward to the break. I'm sure the next thing I'll find out is that AC can't take time off. And Perry has a Rube Goldberg machine video due on Friday, with automatically granted extension for Tuesday. And that... and that...