We set our sights on going to the Oregon Coast this weekend because it’s one of our favorites and we’ve missed it during Covid. Reservations are required now. We got one of the last three tent sites at Cape Lookout and man, it was fine! We cruised the rest of the campground and decided we were lucky to have a tent site... really very secluded, lots of room (coulda fit 4 big tents in there!), completely surrounded by trees and bushes, couldn’t see our neighbors, etc. We’d gotten a little too used to the electric sites, I guess, where you’re piled up like sardines. This experience has inspired me to beef up the solar so we can stay longer in better places. We like to boondock but the Oregon Coast is not favorable to that. It’s best to find a tent site in a state park or USFS site.
We had the best day ever on the coast. Even though it was a Sunday, there was hardly a soul on the beach. Heaven!
We had the nicest spot with a little sun and a little shade:
We used our double swivels (thanks 1der!) and kept one Sienna in for lounging.
I’d built a mockup platform bed to help me visualize my built-in. It worked great. We used the Exped Mega Mats in both top and bottom and they really are as great as they say. For those who are interested, we used the Duo (40x70) on the bottom platform bed and it fits EXACTLY between the E350 windows. Lots of room under the bed for cookware, etc. The top Exped is the Double Wide, about 54 x 77 and fits the upstairs CCV poptop perfectly. We installed them uninflated topped with sleeping bags at home (took out the upstairs cushions) and them gave them a few pumps of air at the campsite. Worked great.
All in all, it was a terrific little trip.