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It rained all night, just amazing the difference coming from a state that has been in drought with such tight water restrictions. We thoroughly enjoy the mornings here in the park. 8:30 in the morning and it feels and looks like 5:30. There is just enough light to see around the room but not enough to see detail. Yes, we were up at 8:30am Katrina! Thank God we were not in tents. Rain is very pleasurably until you are trying to tent camp and it just won’t stop. We have been there plenty of times.
Last night Brad went out to help some late arrivals get into the site across from us. He got to talking to the husband. They were traveling South on 199 when they were stopped by the highway patrol to let him know the road was temporarily closed due to a rock slide 10 minutes prior. This is the same 199 we planned on heading North in the morning. We pulled out this morning and found the road was open but only one way at a time. As we passed the area of the rock slide we could see crews cleaning the area. There’s nothing like a rock slide to push ya over the edge of the road, down the tree speared cliff to the jagged rocky river bed. I am little on edge from the lack of guard rails on these roads, can ya tell??
The kids got to playing with the family that pulled in last night before we left. The have 5 kids, 4 girls and 1 boy. They are living in WA but will be returning to Canada very soon. They were helpful in giving tips on our trip through Canada and places to stop and explore. Good luck with your move back to Canada Ross, Sara and gang.
We crossed into Oregon just before lunch. We pulled into a little gas station. Diesel was $2.65 a gallon. You would’ve thought we had just won the lottery by our reaction! We saw the lowest price in California at $2.89 when we first pulled into CA. And it didn’t get any cheaper than $3.03 after that. When you are buying 108 gallons at a time that makes a huge difference. Propane was $1.90 which was much cheaper than we were buying in CO. It’s crazy how within 40 miles the price can differ so much.
We had to make a pit stop in Eugene for a little pick me up by the name of Starbuck’s. While explaining our detailed drink I got to talking to the espresso kings. Again, we hit the jackpot of informative people because the guy grew up in Seattle. He began listing the highlights we must see, including the 1st Starbucks and the restaurant Starbucks had. I make the comment that Brad would like to see the “Spruce Goose” in WA. Luckily, another customer recognized the name and corrected me to say that it is actually here in OR. So we stopped just shy of Portland near Salem to camp out for the night. The Spruce Goose http://www.sprucegoose.org/aircraft_artifacts/exhibits.html will be visited by the Becker Bunch tomorrow morning…okay who are we kidding, lunch time.
We wanna throw a shout out to some friends who just took a step closer to their dream of RVing. They bought a Nissan Titan, next will be the RV. Congrats, we hope to see you on the road soon.
Also to some other friends who bought 2 trailers and a hitch to fix up to sell to finance their dream to RV too. (Just don’t ask him to turn off your car alarm) See we are not the only crazy ones!!!
Next stop, McCord A.F.B. to hang with Brad’s sister and her husband. See you soon Cindy and Dan.
Hola Beth from the rojo woods, my title es bueno??? Tu gusta my skills?? Hasta, Jillbert
Last night Brad went out to help some late arrivals get into the site across from us. He got to talking to the husband. They were traveling South on 199 when they were stopped by the highway patrol to let him know the road was temporarily closed due to a rock slide 10 minutes prior. This is the same 199 we planned on heading North in the morning. We pulled out this morning and found the road was open but only one way at a time. As we passed the area of the rock slide we could see crews cleaning the area. There’s nothing like a rock slide to push ya over the edge of the road, down the tree speared cliff to the jagged rocky river bed. I am little on edge from the lack of guard rails on these roads, can ya tell??
The kids got to playing with the family that pulled in last night before we left. The have 5 kids, 4 girls and 1 boy. They are living in WA but will be returning to Canada very soon. They were helpful in giving tips on our trip through Canada and places to stop and explore. Good luck with your move back to Canada Ross, Sara and gang.
We crossed into Oregon just before lunch. We pulled into a little gas station. Diesel was $2.65 a gallon. You would’ve thought we had just won the lottery by our reaction! We saw the lowest price in California at $2.89 when we first pulled into CA. And it didn’t get any cheaper than $3.03 after that. When you are buying 108 gallons at a time that makes a huge difference. Propane was $1.90 which was much cheaper than we were buying in CO. It’s crazy how within 40 miles the price can differ so much.
We had to make a pit stop in Eugene for a little pick me up by the name of Starbuck’s. While explaining our detailed drink I got to talking to the espresso kings. Again, we hit the jackpot of informative people because the guy grew up in Seattle. He began listing the highlights we must see, including the 1st Starbucks and the restaurant Starbucks had. I make the comment that Brad would like to see the “Spruce Goose” in WA. Luckily, another customer recognized the name and corrected me to say that it is actually here in OR. So we stopped just shy of Portland near Salem to camp out for the night. The Spruce Goose http://www.sprucegoose.org/aircraft_artifacts/exhibits.html will be visited by the Becker Bunch tomorrow morning…okay who are we kidding, lunch time.
We wanna throw a shout out to some friends who just took a step closer to their dream of RVing. They bought a Nissan Titan, next will be the RV. Congrats, we hope to see you on the road soon.
Also to some other friends who bought 2 trailers and a hitch to fix up to sell to finance their dream to RV too. (Just don’t ask him to turn off your car alarm) See we are not the only crazy ones!!!
Next stop, McCord A.F.B. to hang with Brad’s sister and her husband. See you soon Cindy and Dan.
Hola Beth from the rojo woods, my title es bueno??? Tu gusta my skills?? Hasta, Jillbert
2 comments:
Hola Jill! Tu title es MUY bueno! mucho skills. tu estas dorky. haha just kidding :)
holy crap i just checked out that picture and DENG! that's a huge tree!!
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