Lots of rain

Wow…rain, rain, rain. Oh, and let’s not forget the wind which made umbrellas impossible to use today. I had read a weather forecast that said we were supposed to have 11 hours of daylight and 10 hours of rain…I think we had 11 hours of daylight and 12 hours of rain. Of course inclement weather is expected at the Oregon Coast but usually there are breaks in it so you can get outside for a little while, not today. Oh well, it’s supposed to be the same tomorrow but then it should let up a bit.

A lot of relaxing

Today we did some reading, computing, had some discussion about where we want to go this summer and did a lot of relaxing after our two days of travel. It was a nice day here, sunny and warm and we did take walks around the park. This afternoon Dave & I went in and picked up some mail we had sent to South Beach and then had dinner at a Chinese place in Newport, OR. On our way back to the trailer we stopped at the grocery store to restock the pantry.

We have enough internet speed here at the trailer to do a little surfing but not enough to post the blog. I’m going down to the lodge to use the wifi connection there, it’s slow but steady. All that to say…don’t be too surprised if I miss a day of blogging while we are here!! :o)

Photos & Video:
Taken yesterday at South Beach, OR

Oregon Coast

It was a much more expensive trip than usual today…on our way to South Beach, OR we stopped at Countryside RV Interiors in Junction City, OR and purchased some furniture! The furniture the trailer came with didn’t fit us, too small and not very comfy, so we brought regular home furniture. Well, it’s too big for the trailer so we decided to get some good quality RV furniture and saw an ad for this store in the Thousand Trails magazine. Happily we wanted recliners and recliners happened to be on sale! We will be heading back to Countryside RV Interiors in 2 weeks to pick up our purchases… I can hardly wait!

We are camping at Thousand Trails Whaler’s Rest in South Beach, OR. We have been here before and really enjoy it. Our campsite is in a totally different area this time and amazingly Cheye knew right where the trail for the beach access was… crazy dog! She ran and played in the ocean like she had never been away. It was a beautiful day to be at the beach, we aren’t expecting it to stay this way our entire visit but we are enjoying the sunshine while we can!

Photos & Video: Cheye on the beach, taken today

Tri City, Oregon

We made it to Tri City RV Park in Oregon today… this is kind of funny to us because when we lived in Benton City, WA the closest big city area was Tri-Cities, WA! The Tri-Cities in Washington consist of Richland, Pasco and Kennewick, WA . I’m not sure what towns make up Tri City Oregon except this RV park has a Myrtle Creek, OR address. Anyway, it is a cute little park. Very clean, free internet and nice bathrooms with pay showers. So tonight it is relax, rest up and then back on the road tomorrow.

Photos: Mount Shasta was really beautiful today!

Moving tomorrow

Tomorrow we will be on the road again. It’s been a nice week here at Lake of the Springs Preserve, in Oregon House California, quiet but nice. The park is pretty empty even though the weather has been good, I guess people must think it is a bit early to be camping this far north.

Most of what we did today was to get ready for tomorrow’s move. Dave went in to a service station down the road for some propane and diesel and packed up outside stuff. I did some cleaning and arranging what I could inside. Cheye slept, ate, walked and insisted on some scratching and petting, but then that is what she does everyday!

Books and photos

It was a laundry day today. While I was waiting on the clothes I walked up to the Lodge and took advantage of the book exchange. I had noticed a few good titles when we were up at the Lodge for the Spaghetti Dinner so I took some books hoping to exchange them... happily the good titles were still there.

So this afternoon I did a little reading, Dave took a long walk and took a number of photos. We sat outside for a while and enjoyed the sunny afternoon and then bbq’d burgers for dinner. Besides a phone call from a friend the evening was pretty quiet. All in all a fine day. :o)

Photos-
Top: Cheye looking at the view
Below: Dave took the photos of the deer and buzzard, I took the one of the moon

Enjoyable day

Just not much to talk about today. Besides going for a number of walks we watched part of the NASCAR race and did a little computing. It was just a very quiet enjoyable day!

I posted one of these pictures (below) previously, but today I was culling photos and realized I really should have posted them in a series….so here they are!