September 10, 2020
Howdy everyone! First, let me apologize for my slightly grouchy last post! We had just gone through the long ordeal of squeezing into our too small RV site and I think the stress of that was still hanging around when I wrote the last post….SORRY!! And you know what? That spot ended up being one of our favorites! We really enjoyed the campground and the location was perfect. The campground was located on a bay, and there were seals out on a sandbar in the bay everyday. How can that be bad?? And, right before we left, we had a neighbor trying to get into the spot next door to us, and had the same problem we did – almost went into the culvert ditch. We noticed a few guys standing around outside, watching, but no one was helping this poor couple struggling to get into their spot. And they were blocking traffic on the road, just like we did. So – Steve went out and helped the guy out. He told the guy to go around the block like we did, and come in and back in, just like we had to, there’s just no way to pull through if you have a big rig in these spots. So they went around the block, and then were trying to back into the spot, but were having trouble. So Steve is giving directions about how to back up, which way to turn the wheel and he got him in! Yes, the same Steve who always is hoping someone will come help him when he has to back up, was able to help someone else do it! And, don’t you know, the very next day, when we moved to our new spot, which was a back in spot, our neighbor there came straight out and guided Steve in. He was a retired trucker – love those guys, they are always so helpful! What goes around comes around….. 😊
We have thoroughly enjoyed the central Oregon coast. It is magnificently beautiful! I was a little worried when we were on the northern part of the coast – it was pretty, but not as spectacular as I was expecting. But once we got to the central coast – WOW! We have been meandering our way south along the coast, moving 40 – 60 miles at a time. We love the dense forests, covered in ferns and moss, and the rocky coast. It’s great to just explore and be out in it!
Our current spot, just outside Coos Bay is very nice. We have a direct, right-on-the-water spot. Yes, a back in spot, and the nice campground host guy helped Steve back it in! Here’s a picture out our back window of our current spot in Coos Bay, Oregon:
And here’s a picture out our back window in another RV site we had a couple weeks ago:
Waldport, Oregon. McKinnley’s RV Park
A video of Seals we watched while having lunch a couple of weeks ago: (hope this link works!!) https://photos.app.goo.gl/Uncsgsr2i9AbwhcAA They were so fun to watch, and loud!
I’m going to make this a short post…my brother Dan and my sister-in-law Christine are here visiting (yeah!! so happy they are here!!). But I wanted to get you some pictures of our exploring the central Oregon coast. I’ll have a nice long post of all the fun things we’re doing with them later, and will have lots of pictures to share, I’m sure. Just to keep things interesting, our laptop decided to crash about a week ago. I spent about 2 days trying to figure it out, getting help from friends back home, to no avail. So, luckily, we have a Staples close by, and we purchased a new laptop. They had a great Tech Support service and they were able to recover our data files from the old laptop and transfer to the new one. They also helped get the new laptop set up for me which was great, since I’m no good at that kinda stuff. Anyhow, I’m learning my new laptop while writing this post!
A quick update about the fires – we’ve received a lot of calls and inquiries about how the fires are affecting us…the quick answer is they are not impacting us very much, at least not yet. We had one day a couple of days ago, with a lot of smoke and ash, and it was dark as night outside by 6:00 in the evening. Very weird. But otherwise, we’ve only had a little smoke in the air, and it hasn’t stopped us from doing things we want. I’ve called ahead to our next spot, which will be in Klamath, California, right by the Redwoods National Park, and they are reporting some smoke in the area, but not a lot. Seems we should be able to move down there in a couple days as planned with no problem. I’ll keep you up to date as things progress!
Enjoy the pictures! (and there’s also one video in this album, trying to capture some of the crashing waves!) https://photos.app.goo.gl/FeZDvyuwXYVdXWYS9