Story Published:
Sep 10, 2008 at 12:49 PM PST
Online reporter Shannon L. Cheesman spent a week exploring the coast. Read her feature stories and view the photo galleries here.
FEATURES
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Destination spotlight: Sand Lake
Head over to Sand Lake on any given weekend, especially a sunny one, and the place will likely be packed with quads, three-wheelers, sand rails, four-wheel drive vehicles, toy haulers and more. |
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State park caters to airplane enthusiasts
Nestled among the trees at a state park on the Oregon coast is a secluded camping area that few may know about - one that can only be accessed by airplane. |
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German couple on tour in unique Land Rover
Stefan Erdle and Silke Stiefel are in the middle of a year-long tour of the United States and Canada. And come November, they plan to head for Mexico and then hopefully on down to South America. |
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Camping American style: RVs big and small
Head to any state park or otherwise civilized type of campground and you'll most likely see more RVs than you will tents - a sign that a lot of folks are looking for comfort when they head into the outdoors. |
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Crabbing on the Ore. coast - a beginner's guide
Take two people who have never gone crabbing before, give them about four hours to figure out how to go about doing it and what do you get? Surprisingly, a whole mess of Dungeness crab. |
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Take your horses to the beach
For horse lovers who want to spend a little time on the Oregon coast, the horse camp at Nehalem Bay State Park is certainly a good pick. |
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Photographing the Long Beach Peninsula
With the summer crowds gone, now is the best time of year to take a tour of the Long Beach Peninsula with a camera in hand. |
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Oregon's Sitka spruce is still a tourist hot spot
What used to be the nation's largest Sitka spruce, before it snapped in half during a damaging windstorm last December, is still a tourist attraction along the Oregon coast. |
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Touring Astoria, Warrenton and Hammond
What did I find in these coastal communities? Let's see... there was the Goonies house, a hundred or so sea lions lounging on the docks, a shipwreck and a gigantic anchor.
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RV spots at Camp Rilea
If you've got military service under your belt, there's a unique camping opportunity on the Oregon coast that you may qualify for.
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RV park in downtown Long Beach
Smack dab in the middle of town is an RV park that offers super easy access to all of the shops, restaurants and more that Long Beach, Washington has to offer. |
PHOTO GALLERIES
EXTRAS
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Beach Week Topic
Do unleashed dogs on the coast make you a little nervous? Should dog owners use a little pet etiquette and keep Fido leashed?
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Beach Week Challenge
Can you identify the animal that made this track? The photo was taken at Leadbetter Point State Park on the Long Beach Peninsula. |
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Shannon L. Cheesman is a Portland-area Web Producer/Reporter who specializes in the outdoors. She writes and reports for Fisher Interactive Network, which consists of 13 local news/information Web sites in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and California.
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