Knocked off another 10 post offices yesterday. Now there are just 21 more to capture along the coast, and I’m thinking that it is time for a 4-day trip to get all that are left out there. I either do it this weekend or wait until the first weekend in April to avoid Oregon school’s spring breaks. But if I wait until April, the rates for staying on the coast will probably cost a bunch more because it’ll be the beginning of their season. I’ll make that a game-time decision on, say, Thursday morning.
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- Blachly – Maybe the large building to the left was once the community’s general store. (3/8/26)
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- Deadwood – No Calamity Jane, Wild Bill Hickok or Wyatt Earp, pretty much this post office and a market/tavern. (3/8/26)
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- Swisshome – Behind the 2 SUVs are doors that made me think that there were a couple of very small living quarters. (3/8/26)
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- Mapleton – The post office had half the bottom floor of the building and the rest was small apartments. (3/8/26)
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- Westlake – This town is nicknamed Dune City as it is the epicenter of the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. (3/8/26)
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- Florence – The coastal town that was my turnaround spot. I bought gas and a soda, took a picture of the post office, and started back. (3/8/26)
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- Walton – A small community halfway between Eugene and the coast that is not where the TV Waltons lived. (3/8/26)
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- Noti – An unincorporated community that is where the Willamette Valley meets the Coastal Cascades. (3/8/26)
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- Veneta – The typical postal customer who picks up their mail and then sits in the car reading it. I have learned it is impossible to wait them out… (3/8/26)
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- Elmira – Last post office of the day before driving the hundred odd miles home. (3/8/26)
