Balabanova All Over

Oregon’s Central Coast stretches for about 80 miles between Lincoln City and Florence. Newport and Lincoln City deserve their own couple of days, which I will cover in a separate post....

[Cape Perpetua, OR, Sun, Jan 18, 2026] We started our second full day in Florence quite early. Florence had no Tesla superchargers, so we had to hightail it an hour north...

[Florence, OR, Jan 17, 2026] We woke up to a crisp but sunny morning. Our hotel’s breakfast room had a gorgeous view of Florence and the Siuslaw River bridge. Sea Lion...

[Florence, OR, Jan 16, 2026] With no travel on my calendar, a long weekend in mid January for MLK and a gorgeous weather forecast for the Oregon coast, we decided on...

[Shaniko / Mitchell, OR, Oct 17-19, 2025] With October weather continuing to hold steady, I took my second last-minute trip of the month to John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. Just...