this isn't like a small rock this is a really really big rock
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hello and welcome back to the channel if you're new here
I'm Charity and I'm Ben and in 2018 we bought our first RV and set off to
travel the country full-time with our family
so in today's episode it's gonna be all about
the pacific northwest and specifically the Oregon coast
and one thing you're gonna see in this episode is it's just one of those things
that can happen with RV life where everything goes wrong yes
so what was one of the first things that went wrong yeah the first thing that
went wrong is our jeep broke down so our jeep
started leaking coolant severely um we went to go
check out the redwood forest which you can see in the last episode and there
was a puddle a puddle of coolant on the passenger
side floor and then what we found out
was after we took it into a shop and thankfully there was a shop in the area
that could get us in on short notice is we'd had the heater core replaced in
our hometown last fall when they installed that
heater core they did not do the repair correctly they did
kind of what you would call a chop job and that is why it went out again now
thankfully the shop it did that work is taking financial responsibility for
their mistake in paying for the ensuing rental car that
we have to return today and the overage of the cost of the
repairs that the warranty company didn't cover but we've
been without our jeep for the whole week which has been a bummer because you can
drive on the beaches here we couldn't do that in a rental one good
thing about having a jeep towed is that when something does
happen to it you can tow it right to the shop in the
RV we have our own tow truck yeah the RV so hello there
and welcome to the pacific northwest i am excited because
we are going to drive down the Oregon coast
to a area called cannon beach and find what is known as haystack rock now
haystack rock rises over 200 feet into the air
and it's a pretty well-known kind of iconic
um landmark if you will for Oregon beaches
so we're gonna go check that out and we'll take you along so make sure that
you stay tuned and we'll show you kind of
what it's about and show you kind of what it's like
visiting this whole area of the pacific northwest
during covet restrictions which what we've found is that pretty much the
whole state of Oregon and washington are under mandatory mask requirements
which is fine we've got our masks with us
when you're inside of buildings or restaurants until you're seated
but other than that oh and there's a bag thing so an organ
this is weird when you go to the grocery store in Oregon
bring your own bags or else be prepared to pay five cents for every bag
and they don't have plastic which is fine not really a big fan of plastic
bags anyway but another thing that's weird actually
about Oregon is this whole recycling thing so
campgrounds don't have recycling and they have a 5 cent deposit basically
no it's a 10 cent deposit it's 10 cents for things like glass bottles in
aluminum so I bought a 12 pack of you know seltzer water
it cost me an extra dollar 20 because it's 10 cents per can
that you'll get back then if you return it back to one of the
recycling whatever in the saga
of doing things in the state of Oregon this is the recycling line I don't know
if IÕm gonna wait in that line right now so we're gonna go get fuel first
and the other funny thing about fuel and organ you don't get to pump your gas
you have to wait for that to I don't know how people live here honestly
it's a beautiful day here at haystack rock which is on
cannon beach and this is on the coast of Oregon now it's
on the coast of like northern Oregon so where we're staying this week we're
actually staying in washington state just across the columbia river
from Oregon but this is not far from our campgrounds
it's about a 40 minute drive to get down here
the tide went out shortly after we got here
which made for a really cool experience being able to see the tide pools that
are right in front of his back rock and lots of different sea life that's in
there I got some footage on the gopro of some sea
anemones and there was a conservation group that
came out when the tide went out to be able to put up some signage
to educate people about the sea life that is in those tide pools
so that people can enjoy it without harming it which I thought was really
nice that they have that conservation group
that kind of builds the tide cycles and to be able to
protect all of the sea life that's in those type rules
so beautiful day fun shining bonus there and the kids are playing in the
sand today is the fourth of July and it's not
very busy here for the fourth of July of course we're in the middle of the
pandemic too but people want to get out and about
and they are and it's such a large beach that there's
room for everybody to be here and to be you know a good social
distance from one another without compromising
anybody's safety or anything like that so really great experience
really fun place to see hey stock rock of course is just very iconic Oregon
coast so something you want to put on your
list if you're ever going to come to Oregon
and then one tip is we park just kind of off
street but there is a parking area for this beach and there are public
restrooms that were open so probably want to park closer to the
restrooms than what we did I kind of had to go searching for them
but if you want to come down here and then also
just if you have kids spring towels I didn't do that
I just told the kids you don't have towels I expected they'd stay out of the
water but no it's just not how kids work so
anyway if you decide to come down here and you have kids just be prepared
for wet children all of those things that that entails
it is beautiful out here today just that expanse of
beach here it's just mind-boggling to me and it's not rock oh my gosh
this is a huge rock this isn't like a small rock this is a really really big
rock I did read online it's over 200 feet high and then of course it's
home to a ton of different wildlife and you can
see all the birds that are on it behind me here but this is just a
beautiful place here on the Oregon coast and then of
course paystack rock just being very iconic it did say that
when the tide is out that you can go up to haystack rock and
that you can sometimes find you know things like sea stars and
things like that that are in the tide pools
but it looks like the tide is in mostly I don't know we'll see how close
that we can get to but gorgeous and the sun
the way that the sun's hitting it of course it's always
cloudy here at least it feels like if it was cloudy here
but uh right now that the way the sun's hitting it
from the angle that the sun's hitting it this is really cool looking
the sun is out and the sun has not been out for the majority of the time that
we've been in this whole area and from what we
understand that's pretty difficult and I could not live that way so I need
some sunshine in my life and IÕm very glad the sun
out today you happen to hit it at the right time
the water is just so clear right here in front of haystack rock i
don't know I don't think that there's coral corals usually found in
the southern oceans not the pacific ocean so much
that's where the goonies held up their little deal and this is the spot
where they actually filmed the scene in the goonies
guys
I don't know let me see do you want the shiny shell
the anemones under the water look there's so many of them
you see them all just um got off the phone with the repair shop
where the jeep is and uh they've now had it for exactly
seven days and it's still not done so we have to
check out of the campground here so we're gonna go park ourselves in the
parking lot until it's finished hopefully maybe that
gives them some motivation to keep this thing moving and getting it done so
I understand the heater core is a big job but never in my life have I seen it
take a week to get a heater core installed especially when
the part didn't have to be ordered so anyway yeah because the technician was
sick there was that their technician of
course called in sick before the holiday weekend
so it was real and it was fun I don't know if it was real fun
um a couple of things that we learned being here for the week number one it's
July and it's cold which I wasn't prepared
for you know I mean you see all these rvers that even go up into Alaska and
stuff in July and august and it doesn't look like it's
freezing and I wouldn't say it's freezing
but it's cold enough that the first thing we had to do when we pulled into
town is I had to go buy jeans because it was
too cold for shorts yeah jacket weather for us and we're from
Colorado so I don't know if we hit like uh
just the right time to where it was always rainy and always cold but
um some of our friends that we talked to said
when they came it was nice so yeah i think the pacific northwest in general
though and the reason it's so green and lush is
because it's really moist a lot it's rained
almost every day I mean there's definitely been cloud cover most every
day yeah not our cup of tea no we enjoyed it
you know it's pretty something to see it's something to do if
you've never been and check it off your list so we've got
to put our stickers on the side still for
washington and for Oregon state so we'll need to get those added to our
map but um where we stayed here at the RV park
by the bridge was super nice very reasonable
compared to some of the other rv campgrounds in the area the owners were
super nice really nice yeah super nice people
and um the campgrounds maintain very nicely I mean we're on a nice gravel pad
it's not full of mud which right is important especially in
this area of the country where things are so wet
all of the time things could get muddy if things aren't set up right it's
beautiful the nature's beautiful the coast is beautiful it's a very
different type of coast than um other beaches that we've been to so
it's just fun seeing the variety that's around the united states
unavailable to see and even you know this summer being a little bit different
a summer of closures things like that we still found plenty to do it is time
we're gonna go in town and retrieve our jeep
return our rental car and uh get on the road
and head out to the next destination in Washington state
come on let's go
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