A week on the Oregon Coast day 2 - 6/25/07

We left the Chinook Winds Casino in Lincoln City and headed South on 101. For breakfast we stopped at Boiler Bay State park. This has been a great place to watch for whales and this day was good too. My wife and I made coffee and toast while we watched a few whales. After breakfast we traveled on and stopped at a few places. One great find was a placed called Cooks Chasm. This was just a wide spot in the road but very nice trails down to the water. Another great place we stopped was the Heceta Light house. Somehow we have taken an interest in light houses this year and try to tour them when we can. Stayed for lunch and then on to the Casino in Florence. Another FREE night at the Casino gravel lot. We did sign up for the players card and got $5.00 of free play on the slots. I ran my $5.00 up to about $7.00 before moving to the video poker where I ran it up to $0.00. My wife ran her free money up to $8.00 and cashed out. I guess she knows when to quit.

A week on the Oregon Coast June Day 1--6/24/07

Since I first had "Wilbur" towed home 3 years ago I had plans of spending lots of time on the Coast. Well with the recent changes in our lives my wife agreed to start with one week and see how it goes. One big thing I did was to scub out the fridge. With parts from #230 I made the fridge look real good and it worked real good. We left home after lunch on Sunday and drove to Lincoln City. A short time later we arrived. A kite festival was going on. Lots of people, so we shopped in the factory outlet awhile. My wife can really shop. They we drove to the D Lake state park on the Beach where the most people fly. I bet we were there for 4 hours watching kites, taking walks and of course eating and relaxing. Then when we got tired we drove to the local Casino for the FREE parking in the RV lot.

The Old Onan is out

Wow you should see how much room I found. Yea the old Onan did take up a lot of room and was not the lightest thing I have ever moved. Now to put a wire and plug on the existing wires to the new generator.

Swapping fridge doors

Since it looks like #230 will be heading South (or South East) I got to looking at the fridge. The door liner did not have cracks in it like my '73 Indian door. So I took both doors apart and took the best parts to make a good one for my '73. The outside of the door is wood and darker on the '73. Looks good so far. Of course my wife will have it cleaned to within an inch of its life before she will use it. Next job is removing the old Onan genset to make room for the tiny Kipor 1000.

#230 Might be moving on

For those of you that know my other Bago is an old one, the 230th Winnebago to be exact, was to make a trip to Ohio but the cost of shipping made it unlikley. So now I think my brother might be up to the challange, I hope. Well if I give it to him he can't tell mom I took his money. Time will tell if he wants it after he takes a good look at it.

Oregon Coast Casino trip

My plan for the last week of June is to stay at three Casinos along the Oregon Coast. Start out at the Chinook Winds Casino in Lincoln City, then drive South to Florence and stay at the Three Rivers Casino then South to the Mill Casino in Coos Bay. The plan is to take a week and stay in the FREE lots at the Casinos. We have several places planned to see along the way. It's been a long time since we have to some of these places so I think a week might not be long enough but my wife thinks we should start with one week planned and see how it goes. http://www.casinocamper.com/Oregon.htm for a list of Oregon Casinos.

Things have changed

I haven't posted anything for awhile but here is the reason. My mother-in-law has been in bad health for a few years. The day before mothers day she passed away. Here is her obituary, http://online.statesmanjournal.com/obituaries/obituary.cfm?i=33885" . Well life goes on and I do plan on more vacations and enjoy life more, Les