Day 19 ( another Travel day) Astoria, OR - North Bend, OR) 220.5 miles, New total = 4369.3 miles
After a free pancake breakfast, we left the campground and headed down the coast on Rte 101.  It was damp & foggy and the early ocean views were somewhat obscured.

early morning foggy coastline

At a number of roadside stops we were in awe of the power of the waves.  We saw sea lions and at Boiler Bay we were treated to 3-4 sightings of a couple of gray whales about 1000 yards off shore.  We would catch sight of their blow and then then would roll to the surface and end with a dive which put their flukes out of the water for our enjoyment.

sea lions at play

After lunch we stopped at Sea Lions Cave, the largest such cave in the US.  We took an elevator 200' down into the rock cliff inside the cave to view the ocean pouring in and unfortunately only one  single  sea lion on the rocks.  

The lone Sea Lion

The Sea Lion Cave
(The upper picture is the rock in the center of this photo)

At this time of year, which is after the sea lions have given birth and the young are growing quickly, they spend most of their time out to sea feeding and fattening up for the winter.
The rocky coast of Oregon has so many breathtaking shore line views, you could spend an eternity in awe of the sights, but alas we were committed to move on.

As we neared the area of our new nights campground, the coastline changed to large sand dunes, which sometimes encroached right to the road.
Our campground in fact catered to ATV's and other off road vehicles which I gather were allowed on sections of the beach dunes.