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10 Essential Stops on the Southern Oregon Coast

We ended our Oregon Coast Highway 101 vanlife road trip on a high note on the southern border of Oregon. With rugged cliffs, natural arches offshore at Samuel Boardman Scenic Cooridor, 19th-century lighthouses at Cape Arago, and strange formal flower gardens that once belonged to a lumber baron at Shore Acres State Park, there are lots of great spots to discover in the southwestern corner of the state.

Free Camping, Oregon, State Parks, Travel, VanlifeKaylee ThornleyJanuary 28, 2019Beaches, Cape Meares, Flowers, Food, Forest Service Land, Free Camping, Frugal Travel, Geology, Heceta Head, Highway 101, Hiking, History, International Rose Test Garden, Lighthouses, Main Streets, National Forests, Ocean, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Photography, Public Land, Road Trip, Roses, Running, Sea Stacks, State Parks, Tide Pools, Trail Running, Trails, Travel, Trees, Vanlife, Wildlife, Yaquina Head, Coos Bay, Shore Acres State Park, Simpson Reef, Cape Arago, Charleston, Cape Blanco, Port Orford, Ophir Beach, Gold Beach, Samuel Boardman State Park, Wildfires, Shipwrecks, Arch Rock, Arches, Secret Beach, Thunder Cove, Natural Bridges, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, Elk River, Brookings, Siskiyou National Forest Comments

Stopping to Smell the Roses at the International Rose Test Garden in Portland

Portland might be known for hipsters, coffee, and bicycles, but just up the hill from downtown, there is a formal English rose garden that would surprise any visitor. The International Rose Test Garden is tucked into the sprawling Washington Park and has more than 10,000 rose bushes!

The International Car Forest of the Last Church and Palmetto Ghost Town

If you are traveling through the desert of Nevada, you’re not going to want to miss these two strange roadside attractions. One is a ghost town, which was only inhabited for one year, and the other is a somewhat ghostly arrangement of cars buried upright in the ground.

Experiencing Las Vegas #Vanlife Style

During our time in Las Vegas, we witnessed a shooting fireballs, a street fight, a gallery of only food photography, and so many palm trees. We ate pineapple soft serve, Hawaiian food, and Pina Coladas, after a harrowing encounter with a gunman on our run in Lovell Canyon. What happens in Vegas…