Rascal's Roadshow: Garibaldi, Oregon - Part One

🐾 Rascal’s Roadshow 🐾

🚗 The Westcoast Highway...101

We said goodbye to the beautiful Astoria area and headed south 👇on Highway 101 toward our next destination—Garibaldi, Oregon. It’s funny to travel Highway 101 in both Oregon and Washington, since I lived just off 101 for most of my life in California. Back then, we used 101 to travel up and down the state and I never pictured it “belonging” to other states as well.

🍴 Grandma’s Corner Restaurant

A quick 20-minute drive brought us to our first stop… food! A road trip on an empty tummy can be disastrous! We found a cozy little place called Grandma’s Corner Restaurant. 👵 Nothing sounds cozier than eating at Grandma’s! Inside, the friendly staff and decorations reminded me of visiting my Grandma Hill’s house. 🏠💗

The menu was pure old-school comfort food.  I enjoyed a hamburger steak smothered in onions and bacon, while Todd had a plate piled high with pork chops and eggs served with biscuits and gravy. 😋 It was the perfect way to start our short drive to Garibaldi.

Parking was easy for both our truck and trailer, though I had to laugh—Grandma’s Corner Restaurant is part of a building that also houses a liquor store and a cannabis shop.🌱Now that’s one-stop shopping! 😂

📍 Grandma’s Corner Restaurant
4030 US-101, Gearhart, Oregon (no website, but worth the stop!) 🍴🍵

Garibaldi

Our drive into Garibaldi treated us to wonderful views of the Pacific Ocean. 🌊Seeing the ocean always makes my heart happy—you don’t realize how much you’ll miss it until you move away. 😔 We soaked in the salty sea air and the endless horizon. 🌅

Garibaldi is a charming little community on Tillamook Bay. Our stay was at the Harborview Inn & RV Park (harborviewfun.com), which is truly unique. The RV park sits on a small peninsula that juts into the bay. With no fencing or hedges, it felt a little like camping at Fisherman’s Wharf—open and bustling with activity.

🏕️ RV Park Adventures

Checking in was a breeze thanks to a friendly young lady at the office.👧But when we tried to fit into our reserved site (Space 10, listed at 47 feet), it was too small for both the truck and trailer. She cheerfully offered us three alternatives, and we snagged Site 22—56 feet long with a gorgeous view of the bay. 🌅

Needing to move sites turned out to be a blessing! A motorhome later pulled in next to our original site, and its owners were… less than considerate.😟They were loud, letting their dogs roam loose, and even ran their motorhome for well over an hour—loud and smelly!  Thankfully, our nice new neighbors had to contact the front office more than once because of this inconsiderate couple, once at 2 a.m. when the couple were playing loud music and arguing (we didn’t hear a thing thanks to our trusty bedroom fan). 🪭

Honestly, in all our travels, rude campers are rare. Most people respect the quiet hours. But every so often, you get that one person who thinks the rules don’t apply to them. 🙄

🚶 Exploring Our New “Home”

Once we were settled, we went for a walk around our little peninsula “neighborhood.” On one side was the Garibaldi Marina, on the other the U.S. Coast Guard station. 🚣 In between were a couple of restaurants, crabbing docks, and—of course—a whole lot of seagulls. 🐚🐟

Rascal loved all the new smells, and we enjoyed the atmosphere of this open campground. Despite the unusual setup, it quickly became one of our favorites—we’d definitely stay again!

Just steps from our trailer was a great walking path. Rascal and I followed it one day all the way to a set of train tracks… but that story will have to wait for Part Two. 🚂🐾

👇Enjoy more photos below!👇

Sights Along the Way:

Garibaldi:

All aboard! 

Next stop the

Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad!

"The drive isn't always about the destination, sometimes it's about finding the best place to pee!" 

- Rascal