This our journey of 2018 is now a month old and we can report one thing for sure, that it's rained 60% of the days since we left Phoenix. After visits to family in Des Moines and Davenport, Iowa and now visiting old friends in Superior, WI. we're looking forward to some clear and dry skies and /hmore golf. Once again it was great visiting our families and now we are looking forward to visiting uncharted parts of this great country of ours. The objective of this years journey is to complete our map of visiting all the lower 48 states of the USA. We have six state the our motor home has not been traveled to and we are hoping to complete those visits this trip. The remaining six are in the New England part of the country, Maine, NH, Conn., RI, Mass.and Vermont. This will also make all 50 states for me and 49 states for Beverly (she will still will need Alaska) as far as states we've been in ourselves.
Seems our country is in a pretty good place right now, and we've been seeing the proof of that ever since we left Arizona. There has not been one state or one city we've driven through that we haven't seen "Help Wanted", "Now Hiring", "Hiring all positions" signs on a majority of businesses large and small! HyVee markets with signs on the doors listing positions they are seeking to fill, not just one but a list of 6 to 10 department positions. Construction companies, large and small manufacturing companies in big cities as well as small towns, retailers, you name it and we've seen the signs. Just yesterday we passed a 3M company building with signage on a complete wall of the building proclaiming "HIRING" and things like this have been the norm and not the exception! Drove through a small town in Minnesota yesterday and I notice two things, one population 125 and second a block later a Kubota (small tractor manufacturer) dealer with the marquee flashing "Hiring Tech's" immediate openings! Bottom line............if you are not working you really don't want to work. Another example would be a billboard advertising Anderson Windows Co. somewhere near St. Paul, MN. not just Now Hiring but listing an hourly wage starting at $22.19/hour. Yes our economy is thriving and you take tax returns of young folk with children, those crumbs of $500 to $2000 and record breaking low unemployment for minorities and women we have really good time.
There is one negative we and I'm sure you all have noticed also, the lines and waits at restaurants is out of control..........no one eats at home anymore! Not just on Friday nights anymore, but each and every night of the week it's the same thing and yet there are still long lines at the markets.
We will be in the Duluth, MN. Superior, WI. area of the country until after July 4th and then heading East and from then on more information about where we're at what we've been up to on this journey of 2018. I look forward to blogging this year and hope a few folks will enjoy reading and following our progress. I still can't believe it's been 9 months between blogs.......Yes, I know some of you have been cheering these past months and are now cringing in pain!
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Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Winding down and heading home
Coming to you from Cherry Valley Lakes resort, Beaumont, California and yes this was our second stop back on June 7th for a week. We will leave here on Wednesday or Thursday and head towards Overgaard, Arizona for a couple of weeks in hills of Arizona before landing in Phoenix and ending this our journey of 2017!
It's been a different trip this year, spending more time at each stop and even spending time in Hotel rooms while the motor home had some remodeling done. New flooring, some new furniture and this old 2006 model looks as good inside as the 2016's.........at least the one that counts thinks so, Beverly. The coach turn over 70,000 miles coming into this stop and will most likely be at around 71000 by the time we get back to Phoenix and the Friendly Village of Orangewood. I give the old girl credit, she's been running very well and had one hellava lot of mountains to go up and down over this trip.
I think we missed the kids and grand kids more this trip and than any other trip we've taken. I also think our newest grand baby Mia we really a big part of that because we really hadn't got to know her or her us before we left. They change so much from two months to six months and not sure she understood face time on the phones and ipad's! The same goes for Jack and Dalila, they just keep getting older and smarter and........................well we just love them so much!
All in all the trip up the west coast line was very enjoyable and the cool temperatures helped, it wasn't hard at all to get used to temps in the 60's everyday, and the sound of the surf lapping against the shoreline in the evenings was nice to sleep by. If not for the fact that California is so expensive to live there with the high taxes, high gas prices and a governor that continues to give away the store and take, take, take from the residents to fund so much bullshit it would be a great place to live. If that "State of Jefferson" ever takes off, that would be the place to live.........but making north California another state might take much to do. The north of California doesn't deserve the problems of SoCal and it's limousine liberals! Oregon's coast line is spectacular and so beautiful but then you have the extremely liberal crap to contend with, stay way south of Portland and you may be OK and not have to survive their riots! The sea food and especially the salmon is all so fresh and abundant, even got Bev to try and like I might add BBQ/grilled oysters. We now wish we'd have done some salmon fishing while there, maybe next time. Speaking of fishing, we would like to do a little of that while in Arizona for the last two weeks, maybe some trout can be had while we're there.
I may have another blog while spending those last couple of weeks in Arizona's mountains and then again maybe not............I'm not sure these are being read or viewed by as many folks this year, the counter seems to move a bit slower this year. This may just might not have been as an exciting journey as in years past as far as blogs go!
It's been a different trip this year, spending more time at each stop and even spending time in Hotel rooms while the motor home had some remodeling done. New flooring, some new furniture and this old 2006 model looks as good inside as the 2016's.........at least the one that counts thinks so, Beverly. The coach turn over 70,000 miles coming into this stop and will most likely be at around 71000 by the time we get back to Phoenix and the Friendly Village of Orangewood. I give the old girl credit, she's been running very well and had one hellava lot of mountains to go up and down over this trip.
I think we missed the kids and grand kids more this trip and than any other trip we've taken. I also think our newest grand baby Mia we really a big part of that because we really hadn't got to know her or her us before we left. They change so much from two months to six months and not sure she understood face time on the phones and ipad's! The same goes for Jack and Dalila, they just keep getting older and smarter and........................well we just love them so much!
All in all the trip up the west coast line was very enjoyable and the cool temperatures helped, it wasn't hard at all to get used to temps in the 60's everyday, and the sound of the surf lapping against the shoreline in the evenings was nice to sleep by. If not for the fact that California is so expensive to live there with the high taxes, high gas prices and a governor that continues to give away the store and take, take, take from the residents to fund so much bullshit it would be a great place to live. If that "State of Jefferson" ever takes off, that would be the place to live.........but making north California another state might take much to do. The north of California doesn't deserve the problems of SoCal and it's limousine liberals! Oregon's coast line is spectacular and so beautiful but then you have the extremely liberal crap to contend with, stay way south of Portland and you may be OK and not have to survive their riots! The sea food and especially the salmon is all so fresh and abundant, even got Bev to try and like I might add BBQ/grilled oysters. We now wish we'd have done some salmon fishing while there, maybe next time. Speaking of fishing, we would like to do a little of that while in Arizona for the last two weeks, maybe some trout can be had while we're there.
I may have another blog while spending those last couple of weeks in Arizona's mountains and then again maybe not............I'm not sure these are being read or viewed by as many folks this year, the counter seems to move a bit slower this year. This may just might not have been as an exciting journey as in years past as far as blogs go!
Monday, August 28, 2017
I can't believe it's been almost 30 days!
If you know me and my blogs you too may find it unbelievable that I've went this long between blogs on one of our summer journeys! Oh how so much has happen and at the same time not much at all happened. Of the past 28 days since the last blog we've actually spent 20 of those days hotel rooms, yes the motor home travelers have spent 20 days in hotel rooms living out of suit cases like days gone by. If you've haven't been following us on FB or one of the other social networks you may not know that we planned on having the motor home remodeled a bit, like in flooring, furniture and repairing some much needed water leaks we found to becoming major problems. Also during this time a dear friend and cousin passed away in Sacramento so we drove back there for a few more days which started our hotel stays. The remodeling which was supposed to take 4 to 5 days (we actually new that was being very optimistic) ended up being close to 2 weeks. This gave us the opportunity heading back from Sacramento to stop at Lake Tahoe for a couple of days and then Reno for a couple of days before returning to The Mill Casino in Coos Bay for 8 days.........opportunity, thank God we game enough to have received complimentary rooms in both Tahoe and Reno and ended up getting 6 out of 8 nights comp'd at the Mill also. I might add that we did win and lose a bit and probably came out way ahead considering the free rooms and meals we received, but that long it all became quite boring!
We both agreed that hotel traveling is not the best for us, we like coming HOME at night after a days golf, sightseeing, or shopping or just sitting around the camp all day. The eating out in restaurants gets old fast also, home cooked meals in the coach are still the best and cheapest way to go. That's not to say Vinny's Burger's in Coos Bay weren't the best burgers ever bar none, and the breakfast at the Timbers at the Mill were more that welcome each morning or early afternoon as it turned out most days!
We're back on the road.........yes, just in time for Labor Day and the traffic it causes and the lack of space in RV parks when you travel like us, "by the seat of your pants" without a lot of reservations made days and weeks down the road. As of right now we're here in Olema Camp grounds outside of Point Reyes Station/Petaluma, Ca. about an hour from San Francisco. We leave here on Friday for who knows where at this point, hell it may just be a Wal-Mart down the road a piece or back to Reno, NV. for a couple of days. As a matter of fact I just made the reservations for the Grand RV resort, Reno for 3 days so we are set for the holiday weekend.
All in all I probably should have blogged more often because this has been one hellava journey to say the least, and by the way Beverly's cat Bentley was very happy to see her after 20 days of care at the local Coos Bay Vets, he is just now a few days later getting back to his normal self. He did lose his favorite riding (hiding) place while traveling............likes to hide himself rather than ride with her or on the dash while traveling. Since we're trying something different this year, remember we started off spending a couple of weeks in Arizona (the Parker, Havasu area) to begin with and now we plan on spending the last two weeks in the mountains of Arizona in the Overgaard area of the state. That will put us home the first week of October.............unless we change things while there. We miss the kids so much and the grand-kids including out newest Mia who might just be walking by the time we see her again that extending just might not be happening. We hope they all come up and see us while in the Overgaard RV resort. I must say traveling the coast line of California and Oregon was surely the coolest as far as temperatures went that we have ever spent.
Like I said it's just over an hour to San Francisco from here, but we now hear there is a new train from Petaluma to a ferry that takes to the San Francisco.........will have to check that out maybe. Would hate to get stuck in the Bay area and not know how or when to get the ferry or train back, sounds like it's a pretty new (like only a week or two old) venture. San Geronimo is the nearest golf course to us here, about 25 minutes down the road, sounds like a good one that we may have to try! This camp has 440 site and as of today maybe only 20-25 are filled but ii is fully booked and they are starting to arrive today already (Monday) for the holiday weekend. Camping...........amazing the folks getting out and enjoying this sort of living.
Seen a grilled oyster joint up the road, maybe on day after laundry is done we'll venture up the road and try some now that Beverly can join me in a taste! I'll try not to be so long between updates from now until the end of this journey!
..........hope it's all OK grammar wish, not proof reading today.........
We both agreed that hotel traveling is not the best for us, we like coming HOME at night after a days golf, sightseeing, or shopping or just sitting around the camp all day. The eating out in restaurants gets old fast also, home cooked meals in the coach are still the best and cheapest way to go. That's not to say Vinny's Burger's in Coos Bay weren't the best burgers ever bar none, and the breakfast at the Timbers at the Mill were more that welcome each morning or early afternoon as it turned out most days!
We're back on the road.........yes, just in time for Labor Day and the traffic it causes and the lack of space in RV parks when you travel like us, "by the seat of your pants" without a lot of reservations made days and weeks down the road. As of right now we're here in Olema Camp grounds outside of Point Reyes Station/Petaluma, Ca. about an hour from San Francisco. We leave here on Friday for who knows where at this point, hell it may just be a Wal-Mart down the road a piece or back to Reno, NV. for a couple of days. As a matter of fact I just made the reservations for the Grand RV resort, Reno for 3 days so we are set for the holiday weekend.
All in all I probably should have blogged more often because this has been one hellava journey to say the least, and by the way Beverly's cat Bentley was very happy to see her after 20 days of care at the local Coos Bay Vets, he is just now a few days later getting back to his normal self. He did lose his favorite riding (hiding) place while traveling............likes to hide himself rather than ride with her or on the dash while traveling. Since we're trying something different this year, remember we started off spending a couple of weeks in Arizona (the Parker, Havasu area) to begin with and now we plan on spending the last two weeks in the mountains of Arizona in the Overgaard area of the state. That will put us home the first week of October.............unless we change things while there. We miss the kids so much and the grand-kids including out newest Mia who might just be walking by the time we see her again that extending just might not be happening. We hope they all come up and see us while in the Overgaard RV resort. I must say traveling the coast line of California and Oregon was surely the coolest as far as temperatures went that we have ever spent.
Like I said it's just over an hour to San Francisco from here, but we now hear there is a new train from Petaluma to a ferry that takes to the San Francisco.........will have to check that out maybe. Would hate to get stuck in the Bay area and not know how or when to get the ferry or train back, sounds like it's a pretty new (like only a week or two old) venture. San Geronimo is the nearest golf course to us here, about 25 minutes down the road, sounds like a good one that we may have to try! This camp has 440 site and as of today maybe only 20-25 are filled but ii is fully booked and they are starting to arrive today already (Monday) for the holiday weekend. Camping...........amazing the folks getting out and enjoying this sort of living.
Seen a grilled oyster joint up the road, maybe on day after laundry is done we'll venture up the road and try some now that Beverly can join me in a taste! I'll try not to be so long between updates from now until the end of this journey!
..........hope it's all OK grammar wish, not proof reading today.........
Sunday, July 30, 2017
Trees...Trees... and more trees!
We've drove throughout this country and have seen many a forest of tall trees, pine trees, big trees, huge trees like the redwoods or sequoia. We've seen miles and miles of trees where we never knew trees to have grown in numbers like we've seen. Logging trucks in the north, logging trucks in south and southeast and for sure in the northwest where we're at today. These all are used for the usual like building wood, paper, cardboard, and the scrapes being used now days in plywood type products and pressed boards. I never gave it a thought that trees would be something we would "export" until I visited Coos Bay, Oregon and this part of the Oregon coast.
We see down the street piles and piles of wood chips, not only piles but mounds and mounds of chips of wood. Then a little ways down from the mounds of chips are stacks and stacks of rough cleaned logs 30, 40, 50 feet long logs stacked 10 - 20 feet high and higher. Then you see ships, big ships that don't look like they fit in this little bay that looks too narrow but has been dredged to depths of 40 feet and more in the middle.
Now I hear on the local news that the ship docked along side of the docks near the wood chips is on it's maiden voyage from Japan and it's here to be loaded with wood chips! Yes, it will take 4 days to load this big ships haul with wood chips! What the heck is Japan going to do with ships full of wood chips? You ask the questions and find the answers which is Japan takes these chips and make all sorts of paper products, cardboard products etc. I guess when all your trees are "bonsai" trees they may be too small to make a small fire let alone paper products for a nation like Japan.......LOL.
Now you look the other direction and see all those trucks and truck loads of logs long rough cleaned logs stack high and find out what's going on with those.............making more chips? No, all those are awaiting the arrival of ships from China, yes China who has had to clear forest for people!
All in all we learned a lot about Coos Bay and this tiny bay and how these huge ships get in and out with "pilots" since the narrow inlets need experienced pilots to take over the the ship captains and get the ships to the dock in and out of the Bay with the help of tugs to turn them around. Amazing stuff learned here in Oregon.
We see down the street piles and piles of wood chips, not only piles but mounds and mounds of chips of wood. Then a little ways down from the mounds of chips are stacks and stacks of rough cleaned logs 30, 40, 50 feet long logs stacked 10 - 20 feet high and higher. Then you see ships, big ships that don't look like they fit in this little bay that looks too narrow but has been dredged to depths of 40 feet and more in the middle.
Now I hear on the local news that the ship docked along side of the docks near the wood chips is on it's maiden voyage from Japan and it's here to be loaded with wood chips! Yes, it will take 4 days to load this big ships haul with wood chips! What the heck is Japan going to do with ships full of wood chips? You ask the questions and find the answers which is Japan takes these chips and make all sorts of paper products, cardboard products etc. I guess when all your trees are "bonsai" trees they may be too small to make a small fire let alone paper products for a nation like Japan.......LOL.
Now you look the other direction and see all those trucks and truck loads of logs long rough cleaned logs stack high and find out what's going on with those.............making more chips? No, all those are awaiting the arrival of ships from China, yes China who has had to clear forest for people!
All in all we learned a lot about Coos Bay and this tiny bay and how these huge ships get in and out with "pilots" since the narrow inlets need experienced pilots to take over the the ship captains and get the ships to the dock in and out of the Bay with the help of tugs to turn them around. Amazing stuff learned here in Oregon.
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Back to Coos Bay, OR.
I'm beginning to feel like I'm becoming an Oregonian in many way but surely not politically! We've been in Oregon that long and will be now for another 10 days or so, I don't mind the cool temps but not waking up to sunshine each morning is kind of a bummer!
We're in Coos Bay earlier than expected, the coach goes into the shop on the 6th of August for the new flooring and water leak repairs and some new furniture. We're here early to not only make all the arrangements for the coach but to get all secure so we can make a trip in the car back to Sacramento for a few days. We got news of my cousin Rich Papers wife, Lynn passing away and a service will be on August 5th. Lynn was a great person with a contagious smile and we only wish we'd met her a lot sooner and got to know her much better. It had been way too many years between visits to our family in the Sacramento area, where I lived and hung out with these guys so many years ago. For the past 5 years of so we have been making it a stop during our travels anytime these travels take us near the western United States. We send Rich and his family our deepest sympathy and will miss Lynn and her hospitality shown us on our future visits, she will be missed by so many for sure.
Yesterday we picked out the new couch recliners for the motor home, theater seating type setup, and will pick out another chair for just inside the doorway today or tomorrow. We do look forward to all this work being done so we can get back to traveling.......... we like Oregon but it's time to move on even though we'll miss the cool temps we've so enjoyed.
Checking out a 9 hole golf course today, Sunset Bay golf course which was designed by the same designer, John Zoller, who designed Poppy Hills and Spyglass in the Monterey area. Two par 5's, five par 4's and two par 3's and 3000 yards sounds like a nice challenge. www.sunsetbaygolf.com We visited Poppy Hills a couple of years ago, super nice track..........so beautiful and I'm hoping this place is just a bit as nice! You know I will have pics on FB sometime after the round of golf so be on the lookout for those.
I'm not impressed with the bulk of the movies in theaters right now and the past few weeks. We do patronize theaters wherever we stop and are having a hard time finding those real good movies not like "apes" or "transformers" or superhero's"..............even though that new Spider movie wasn't too bad and we hear Wonder Woman is pretty good, my find out tonight.
Not many blogs and not many exciting things on this trip, staying for extended times at stops rather that traveling every day or two make for a much different journey. The gas usage is way way down and that cost is a welcomed change, but at times I think we miss rolling down the road.
We're in Coos Bay earlier than expected, the coach goes into the shop on the 6th of August for the new flooring and water leak repairs and some new furniture. We're here early to not only make all the arrangements for the coach but to get all secure so we can make a trip in the car back to Sacramento for a few days. We got news of my cousin Rich Papers wife, Lynn passing away and a service will be on August 5th. Lynn was a great person with a contagious smile and we only wish we'd met her a lot sooner and got to know her much better. It had been way too many years between visits to our family in the Sacramento area, where I lived and hung out with these guys so many years ago. For the past 5 years of so we have been making it a stop during our travels anytime these travels take us near the western United States. We send Rich and his family our deepest sympathy and will miss Lynn and her hospitality shown us on our future visits, she will be missed by so many for sure.
Yesterday we picked out the new couch recliners for the motor home, theater seating type setup, and will pick out another chair for just inside the doorway today or tomorrow. We do look forward to all this work being done so we can get back to traveling.......... we like Oregon but it's time to move on even though we'll miss the cool temps we've so enjoyed.
Checking out a 9 hole golf course today, Sunset Bay golf course which was designed by the same designer, John Zoller, who designed Poppy Hills and Spyglass in the Monterey area. Two par 5's, five par 4's and two par 3's and 3000 yards sounds like a nice challenge. www.sunsetbaygolf.com We visited Poppy Hills a couple of years ago, super nice track..........so beautiful and I'm hoping this place is just a bit as nice! You know I will have pics on FB sometime after the round of golf so be on the lookout for those.
I'm not impressed with the bulk of the movies in theaters right now and the past few weeks. We do patronize theaters wherever we stop and are having a hard time finding those real good movies not like "apes" or "transformers" or superhero's"..............even though that new Spider movie wasn't too bad and we hear Wonder Woman is pretty good, my find out tonight.
Not many blogs and not many exciting things on this trip, staying for extended times at stops rather that traveling every day or two make for a much different journey. The gas usage is way way down and that cost is a welcomed change, but at times I think we miss rolling down the road.
Monday, July 17, 2017
Florence, OR
We've been in Florence for a couple of days now and will be here until the 23rd and it looks like we were lucky to get the reservations. We're at the Port of Siuslaw Marine and RV park, nothing real fancy but very adequate for sure. The best part might be that we're in walking distance to the marina, down town "Old Town" and all the great eateries and shops!
We decided on Tony's RV Service and Repair of Coos Bay to find and fix our water leak and do the remodeling of the coach, basically new flooring. Bev opted for an interlocking wood grain looking laminate that's very durable and has much elasticity to it. We've also decided to eliminate the couch-hid-abed, the recliner that came with the coach and replace them with new. We are leaning toward theater type seating recliners and a simpler one for the other side. Tony's plans on keeping the coach for only 4-5 days to accomplish this, as long as we don't continue to ad little this and that's! So now we'll be traveling who knows where at this time until August 6th when we need to be back in Coos Bay, OR. to drop of the motor home.
We have been traveling the west coast of the United States since we left Havasu Springs RV resort the first week of June, and other that a week or so visiting family in Sacramento the weather has been in a word "chilly"....... Even Sacramento cooled off into the mid to upper 80's while we were there. Today we're looking at partly sunny with a high of 65 and little breeze off the coast.
Our friend Al Rojas moved here to Florence some years ago and we're visited him two years ago and again last night and days to come. Al tends bar at the Bridgewater Fish house and Zebra bar, so we had dinner and drinks there last night. It was good seeing Al again and even his son Sean was working there taking care of tables last night. Some wonderful seafood, Bev had Halibut and I had the Seafood Thermadore..............after crab cakes and oyster shooters!
We will be enjoying a walk into old town after getting our yard further setup.......need lounge chairs out to relax and enjoy this weather! Checkout our digs here: www.portofsiuslaw.com
We decided on Tony's RV Service and Repair of Coos Bay to find and fix our water leak and do the remodeling of the coach, basically new flooring. Bev opted for an interlocking wood grain looking laminate that's very durable and has much elasticity to it. We've also decided to eliminate the couch-hid-abed, the recliner that came with the coach and replace them with new. We are leaning toward theater type seating recliners and a simpler one for the other side. Tony's plans on keeping the coach for only 4-5 days to accomplish this, as long as we don't continue to ad little this and that's! So now we'll be traveling who knows where at this time until August 6th when we need to be back in Coos Bay, OR. to drop of the motor home.
We have been traveling the west coast of the United States since we left Havasu Springs RV resort the first week of June, and other that a week or so visiting family in Sacramento the weather has been in a word "chilly"....... Even Sacramento cooled off into the mid to upper 80's while we were there. Today we're looking at partly sunny with a high of 65 and little breeze off the coast.
Our friend Al Rojas moved here to Florence some years ago and we're visited him two years ago and again last night and days to come. Al tends bar at the Bridgewater Fish house and Zebra bar, so we had dinner and drinks there last night. It was good seeing Al again and even his son Sean was working there taking care of tables last night. Some wonderful seafood, Bev had Halibut and I had the Seafood Thermadore..............after crab cakes and oyster shooters!
We will be enjoying a walk into old town after getting our yard further setup.......need lounge chairs out to relax and enjoy this weather! Checkout our digs here: www.portofsiuslaw.com
Sunday, July 9, 2017
Oregon.......we have arrived.
First stop in Oregon is Coos Bay along the coast mid state I'd say. We plan on spending a little time here in Oregon maybe getting some things done to the coach if the price is right! We had a great time in California and visiting family in the Sacramento is always nice, we miss seeing them the rest of the years. If you follow Bev or I or both on FB you've seen a lot of pictures from the July 4th bash at Don and Sharon's to golf and the road in and the road out of California.
The pictures on FB of the coast line of California and especially the early scenes of Oregon are amazing, and we've traveled way more of the Hwy 101 this trip than ever before.........no interstates or freeways after Santa Barbara and even some of the Hwy 1. I do get tired of the ups and downs of the roads and the winding curves which can take a toll on ones arms and psyche, just ask Beverly! I will add that most of the other vehicles on the road wish me and other motor home travelers would take different routes, but what the heck. I do pull off when possible to let everyone by but it seems California has very few "slower traffic lanes" on their roads, we have already found Oregon has many many more and it was smooth sailing this morning. For a Sunday the 101 from Crescent, CA to Coos Bay was really light, not many travelers from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm anyway so I didn't ruffle too may feathers today so far!
Tomorrow we begin the quest of an RV repair and remodeling shop to start getting ideas and the cost of what we can do to upgrade our 11 1/2 year old coach which I noticed this morning is nearing 69,000 miles on it. We may be in Oregon for at least a week or two if I'd have to guess.....just hope we can get some stuff done!
Two blogs today, both short and sweet in my estimation..........readership is actually down this trip, am I getting boring or do most of you hate this anymore? If you'd like let me know via a FB post or something, thanks in advance for your input.
The pictures on FB of the coast line of California and especially the early scenes of Oregon are amazing, and we've traveled way more of the Hwy 101 this trip than ever before.........no interstates or freeways after Santa Barbara and even some of the Hwy 1. I do get tired of the ups and downs of the roads and the winding curves which can take a toll on ones arms and psyche, just ask Beverly! I will add that most of the other vehicles on the road wish me and other motor home travelers would take different routes, but what the heck. I do pull off when possible to let everyone by but it seems California has very few "slower traffic lanes" on their roads, we have already found Oregon has many many more and it was smooth sailing this morning. For a Sunday the 101 from Crescent, CA to Coos Bay was really light, not many travelers from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm anyway so I didn't ruffle too may feathers today so far!
Tomorrow we begin the quest of an RV repair and remodeling shop to start getting ideas and the cost of what we can do to upgrade our 11 1/2 year old coach which I noticed this morning is nearing 69,000 miles on it. We may be in Oregon for at least a week or two if I'd have to guess.....just hope we can get some stuff done!
Two blogs today, both short and sweet in my estimation..........readership is actually down this trip, am I getting boring or do most of you hate this anymore? If you'd like let me know via a FB post or something, thanks in advance for your input.
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