Depoe Bay, OR

We are staying at the Fogarty Creek RV Park in Depoe Bay. It is right next to the Fogarty Creek State Park which is a day use park only. The weather is misty and a little windy but somehow at the Oregon coast that is just perfectly acceptable! The RV park is small but fine. Not right on the beach but it is just a short walk through the State Park to get to beach access. Free wi-fi and cable so that will keep us entertained when it is too rainy to get out, so we’re happy!

Dave, Cheyenne & I walked down to the beach shortly after arriving. We have been wondering what Cheye’s reaction would be to the ocean… see the video below!

It is great to be back at the beach, especially along the Oregon coast. The smells and sounds are so soothing. The weather is supposed to clear up over the next few days so I’m looking forward to some beach combing. We will be here for a few days and then may just mosey down the coastline a bit.

Cheye meets the Ocean

In the State Park

Ocean view

You’ve got mail….NOT!

Well dang, no mail yet. Note to self: leave at least a 3 day window for receiving mail. So we are camped at Jim & Kathy’s for the weekend. It is actually a really nice place to be; friendly people, fenced-in yard for Cheyenne to run, electric and water hook-up, free of charge, but I was hoping to start on our adventure. You see I really don’t feel like we have completely left yet. The first step was getting over the Pass and out of the Yakima Valley, then only a little visiting and away we go. However the U.S. Mail goes at it’s own pace and I shouldn’t have cut it so close when I told the mail forwarding company to send our mail here. Silly me.

Here is a little video of Cheyenne and Jim's dog Recon having a friendly tug-of-war

There's no place like home

It was so good to see Mom and spend a few days with her. We did a little shopping, went out to dinner and chatted and chatted. It was a great visit.

Dave & I took off for Chehalis about 1:30. While on the road Jim called to say the trailer would be done about 4:00 p.m. So we picked up the trailer and are staying in Jim & Kathy’s backyard again. Haven’t gotten the official word on what the problem was but everything seems to be fixed! Yeah! I know we have only been living in our trailer for 3 weeks but it definitely feels like home now and I missed it. It is so fun to have a house that goes where we do.

Not sure if we will just spend the weekend or take off in the morning. Our mail was forwarded here but hasn‘t arrived. I imagine the mail should show up tomorrow and then we will decide whether to head out or not. We are looking toward Oregon, somewhere down I-5. Maybe after that the beach.

Me working on the blog - at home

Where Is The Sunshine?

It has rained and drizzled on us ever since we went over White Pass. I grew up on this side of the mountains but I lived on the east side of Washington State for about the last 28 years….I miss the sunshine of the east side. Of course I also love the beautiful Rhodies, Azaleas and the greenery that all the rain and drizzle keeps so beautiful on this side of the State. It is kind of interesting what a difference one mountain range can make.

We plan to go back up to Chehalis tomorrow morning hoping the trailer will be fixed by the afternoon. If not we will have to punt. From there we are thinking of either going to the beach or possibly going to a bit south first and then to the beach. As usual we don’t know and I am really enjoying that aspect of our new lifestyle!

Hey... some blue sky!

Shopping

We’re having a really nice visit with Mom. Cheyenne is feeling quite a home already (note the photo). The weather here has been cloudy and cool, around 60 degrees. A little bit of a breeze but pretty mild. I do have to admit I’m already missing the sunshine of the east side of the state. This morning Mom had her 2 exercise classes to go to so we decided to take advantage of the no sales tax in Oregon and go shopping .

We headed to Camping World which is obviously a store specializing in camping equipment but they lean more toward the RV world rather than tent type camping. Dave has been wanting a generator so he got a Honda 2000. We both have been wishing for more comfortable lawn chairs, so we got a couple of those too. Add to that some parts for the sewer line, stuff for the kitchen and a patriotic wind sock and you have a list of what was in our shopping cart. Tomorrow, Costco!

For dinner tonight Mom, Dave & I plan to go to Sweet Tomatoes restaurant. I love that place, a really good buffet, good food and good selection. Rumor has it they are featuring Strawberries this month….yum!

Mom's interesting house plant

Beautiful Rhododendrons at a neighbor's house

Hey!! The Space Station is having toilet flushing problems too... maybe it's something going around ;)

Dear John

Flushing with success after our visit with Jim & Kathy we made a pit stop in Chehalis for minor trailer repairs. Unfortunately we were not privy to all the facts. After snaking through the paper trail things came to a head so we sat to contemplate the situation. What seemed to be a pee sized problem has become a major clog so we plunged into action. Leaving our trailer backed up on the back side of Jim’s lot, we have left it there for the maintenance man to do his business. We are currently breaking wind down to Vancouver, trailer-less, hoping the repairman is able to roto-root out the problem. If you haven’t figured out what the problem with the trailer is then you need your head examined… after all that is the repair…..having our head (toilet) examined. We have decided not to moon over this but rather enjoy the toilet humor.

We will be staying with my Mom for a few days. It was a hasty packing job, hopefully I got everything. So after three weeks in our trailer we will be staying in a regular house for a couple nights and of course Cheye is with us. It is just another fun quirk to our adventure. I am sure there will be many other unexpected plan changes as we go. It’s not like we have anything keeping us from going with the flow…. :)


Flowers at Mom's and the Pick-up parked in front of Mom's

Visiting

We made it to Jim & Kathy’s yesterday. It has been a really long time since we have seen Kathy so it is great to have some time to catch up with her. Jim barbecued chicken last night, add some potato salad, bread sticks and coleslaw and we had a yummy dinner. They have a graveled RV area set up in the back yard with electric hook-up and water so we are staying in our home while visiting, it is really very nice. The back yard is totally fenced in so we can let Cheye out anytime and not worry about her wandering off.

Today we have to go pick up our mail and tonight we are invited to a bbq at Kathy’s Mom’s house. I’m hoping that this constant drizzle, so typical of the west side of the State, will quit. I had to dig out long sleeve shirts again! Tomorrow we have an appointment to get a few thing fixed on the trailer and then I think we will be heading out, depends on the fixes!



The back of Jim & Kathy's house and Kathy's horse