Originally Posted by
CDTraveler
Make sure you also research the weather. The Oregon coast is foggy and cloudy much of the year, and I mean "foggy like you can't see 20 feet ahead" foggy. I've driven it in both summer and fall and wouldn't do it again.
I live on the Oregon coast, and while it can be rainy in the winter, the fog is mostly limited to the Willamette Valley. We get fog primarily in the summer when the Valley heat draws the cool air over the coast. The winter storm will whip up great surf, and you can catch some dramatic wave on rock action. It's also whale season, bring your binoculars!
The scenic drive down the coast on 101 are between Lincoln City and Florence and between Port Orford and Brookings. The winters are slow season for hotel rooms, you shouldn't have any problems getting rooms. You can rent yurts at select Oregon state parks if you want
http://oregonstateparks.org/index.cf...sp_cabinsyurts
It's been a crazy winter, it was snowing yesterday, and it is bright and sunny right now. We rarely get snow here.