7/26/2009

What a day we had today. After eating and cleaning up we drove to Cresent City, CA. We had never been there before and it was foggy on the coast so off we went. Do not bring fresh fruit or vegitables into CA. They stop you at the border and check you. And in Cresent City the sun was out. At the visitors center we learned about the light houses so we had to see them. the first one you could walk out to at low tide so we still had

time to get to it before the water covered the trail. And then we drove up the coast where we stoped and had lunch and a few walks on the beach.

After that we drove up Hwy 199 into the Redwoods. We found a place to stop and walk around several very large trees. I guess these trees were only a thousand years old but they were still very impressive.

After looking at the trees we drove back into Oregon. Stopped in Brookings and took pictures of a Classic Winnebago made into a kitchen.

But it was closed.

7/25/2009

Had a great night at the Dry dock in Port Orford.

This is where we spent Friday night.

Drove on down the Oregon Coast to Brookings where we got a spot to spend the night at the Elks lodge. There were even a few empty places. We then had to find the beach where we picked up special white rocks last year. I think the moved it but we found it anyway.

7/24/2009

We spent the last two nights in North Bend (Coos Bay) at the Mill Casino. They have free dry camping. Today we drove out to the Sunset bay State Park. The weather was finnaly clear and sunny. We parked down by the water and stayed untill it got foggy (a few hours). Then we drove to bandon where it was very windy and sunny.

Then we drove to Port Orford (PO). We have always liked PO but had never stayed here since it was windy and all the State Campgrounds were full. But I remebered seeing a sign down buy the docks so we checked it out. Great place to dry camp for $10.00. Take a look.

7/23/2009

We are in Coos Bay, OR. Spent last night and probably tonight at the Mill Casino Dry camping lot (FREE). But no WIFI until we go down town. The new tires are rolling right along. We got one new tire (less than a year old) free and I bought a new one for our spare. They are both on the front so we should be set with tires for many years.

Sophie is in Macy's and said she will be back in an hour or so. Since I have WIFI she can take here time. I might have to fire up the generator if takes more power for the computer.

We are not sure where we are headed next. The weather on the coast has been foggy or sunny and windy, or foggy and windy and right now it is OK. We just might stay here longer.

7/21/2009

After a week off from vacationing with Wilbur, we were condo camping, we are back on the road.

Well I had a problem yesterday. We drove from home to the coast (Lincoln City, OR) and after visiting the casino we returned to Wilbur only to be told by another RV'r of the bulge on our right front tire. Great, it's 530 and the dealer I need to take it to is 30miles away in Newport Oregon.

The decision is made, after calling everyone who would answer the phone, to drive slowly towards the shop and stay at the Elks lodge in Newport. The shop owner is an Elks member and even called the lodge to make sure they had space for me.

So at 20MPH we drive to the lodge, and spend the night wondering if the tire would blow, or just go flat. In the morning all was good and drove to the shop where they have the new tire to be in at 8:00AM. They even put my old spare on and said to come back in the morning for our free replacement tire. I will also be buying a new tire for a spare. The spare I had was an old tire.

Then last night the bathroom and bedroom light quit working. Of course I fixed it today by pushing the fuse back in place. So we spent a day looking at the ocean.

7/7/09

Guess who showed up at our house today??

I think Ed likes the way Wilbur looks.

Ed, Kathy (SWMBO) and TY. This is a picture of them beside Wilbur with the pop up in the back ground. And they couldn't wait to get back to the beach. They drove from the beach today just to stop by and visit, then it was back to the beach. Now they will know why we like the Oregon Coast.

Our last trip took us up the Oregon Coast and into Washington for a week, and we decided we really like the Oregon Coast better than Washington's.

The last trip with Wilbur was 647 miles of fun. OK I did do some work on Wilbur during the trip, my drivers window latch needed to be glued back on the window (JB Weld) and Sophie got her second cup holder installed. You know two is better than one when it comes to cup holders.

We have been around home this week. Doing yard work and that kind of stuff. The Mustang water pump started leaking so I changed that and have built a platform on the rear bumper of Wilbur to set our Generator when dry camping. It looks better to not have the Gen just setting on the ground.