The Road to Charlies

Going Over the Bridge to Florence

The Umpqua River

The Road to Florence, Oregon

Carol's Brother Charlie

Charlie and his friend Carrie

Today we are leaving Florence so I wanted to fill everyone in on the trip here.

We were held up one day longer than we expected in Canyonville, OR so we could get the truck worked on. It turned out to be some kind of fuel sensor.

We left there and took highway 5 to the turnoff 138/38 over to the coast. That road is great and the scenery is wonderful. The Umpua river runs along the road the whole way. We got to Reedsport then turned onto 101. We got into Florence in the early afternoon.

Charlie came over for dinner that night. It was really good to see him. I think it's been about 7 years since we have seen him. He hasn't changed much, just older (aren't we all?). There is a botanical garden here called Darlington. It has big plants that eat bugs, just like a venus flytrap. This is one of the only places it grows. We are staying in the Elks RV park. It is only $15 a night.

The weather has been beautiful. Yesterday it was a sunny 66 degrees. If you go towards the ocean 1 block, it is foggy. Last night Charlie brought over some wild salmon to grill. It was yummy.

Today we are leaving for Lincoln City to go agate hunting.

Hope all is well with you.

David and Carol

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

Well, we are back to traveling for awhile. We really enjoyed our last stop. We worked for almost 6 months and loved the job but felt we should be on our way. Durango RV Resort was a great place to work. Thanks to all the people working there for making it a fun job. Bri and James, thank you for the laughs. A special thank you to Donna and Bill, the managers. You made us feel welcome and when it was time to go, made us feel good about our decision. Thank you again Donna and Bill, see you on the road.

We are now in Oregon. We are at a RV Resort called Seven Feathers in Canyonville, OR. It is really beautiful here, nestled in the mountains. David wants to get the truck looked at before we move on so we'll be here for a couple of days. Next it's on to see my brother Charlie on the coast. Hopefully, we'll make it to Canada soon.

I'll write more later but now it is off to the casino.....

Happy Campers once again,
David and Carol

FAST AND FURIOUS

Ryan, Michael and Kristen at Sundial Bridge




















David, Ryan, Kristen and Michael

at the Big Foot Museum

Samoa Cookhouse in Eureka, CA
































Ryan and Kristen at the top of the tram at

the Trees of Mystery

David and Michael playing the Dulcimer

This week was a wonderful treat for us. Michael (our Son), Ryan and Kristen (our Grand Kids), came from Texas to visit us. Michael was on a tight schedule so we fit all we could into 2 days.

They got here on Monday afternoon. We all went swimming (it was soooo hot), went to dinner and then sat up at the lodge watching a movie and playing Mexican Train.

We all got up early on Tuesday and left for our road trip by 8 AM. Of course our first stop was breakfast. We started over highway 299 towards Eureka. The road is very winding but a nice ride. On the way we went to Willow Creek, home of the Big Foot Museum. There have been many spottings of Big Foot in this area so we were pretty excited to go there. As is our usual luck, they are closed on Tuesdays so we just got to look in the windows. Michael told us a great story of his own spotting of Big Foot and we were all drawn in to his story.

Next stop was an Elk Crossing. There were tons of Elk laying around so we stopped to get pictures. Soon, we were in Eureka. It was a lot cooler there since it is right on the coast. Our friends, Bill and Donna told us about a good place to eat, Somoa Cookhouse. The building is the oldest cookhouse in CA. It is a huge rambling building with rows of tables where everyone eats together. They have one meal per day on their menu. The meal is served on platters and in bowls so you can serve yourself and eat as much as you want. Our meal consisted of bar-b-que ribs, beans, soup, salad, vegetables, potatoes and chocolate cake. I think the kids had 3 pieces of cake each. It was a pretty good meal and something different than the normal eatery.

We continued up the road to the Trees of Mystery. Outside of the main attraction there is a huge Paul Bunion and Babe statue. God has made magnificent things for us to look at and this area is one of them. There is a path to walk up, I think it is 1/3 mile long. You then arrive at the tram station. The tram goes almost straight up through huge redwoods. Ferns grow wild and the forest floor is full of plants. When we got to the top, we could see forever. On one side is mile after mile of forest and on the other is the ocean. Beautiful. It was pretty freaky going up in the tram. The tram cars hold only so much weight so we tried to figure out the whole way if we were over the weight limitation.

After we left there, we continued up the coast to Cresent City. The kids got to go into the ocean and freeze their feet. The water was really, really cold. Our motel room for the night was in Cresent City so it was eat again and go to bed.

The next morning was up early again. We continued up the road into the most majestic sight ever. There are redwood trees almost as big around as a house. The sun was shining through the trees and it was stunning. There are no words to describe what it was like. All I can say is how could anyone not believe in God and the beauty He has given to us. We traveled on to Oregon. We went through Grants pass and of course, ate again. Then we headed back south towards Redding and Red Bluff. We were back home in Red Bluff by 4 in the afternoon.

Michael and the kids had to leave and go back to Sacramento so we had to say good-bye.

Just a little bragging note: Ryan and Kristen are really fun to be around. We laughed alot, sang alot and just had a good time. They are so nice not only to us but to each other. You can tell they really love each other and they get along so well. Michael of course is a good father and is doing a good job with them. But, my praise is for their Mom, Celeste. Thank you Celeste for being such a great Mom and raising such wonderful Grandchildren.

We will miss Michael and the kids but feel blessed we got to spend the time with them. I hope they had a good time, we did.

David and Carol

Happy Campers

I would like to have something wonderful and exciting to say...but there is nothing like that.
Of course, since my last post lots has gone on but mostly just day to day stuff. I try to see my Mom once a week. I do call her every day and occaisionally take time off just to spend with David and get things done that need to be done.

The kids are all out of school now so families are traveling which means more business at the RV Resort. Yes, we are still here. We figure we may as well make a little money while we can. It really is a nice place to work so we will stay for awhile longer.

Molly has been sick again so we have to be careful she does not run or jusmp. She has a bulging disk in her back. She is on drugs so maybe she will get better soon. Anyway, thats all for now. When something really exciting happens, I'll let you know.

Happy Campers,
David and Carol

Nicky's week with us

We brought Nick to spend the week with us. He got to go to work with us and make a little money. We had a great time and I'm sure Nick did too. He rode the golf cart with David all day, cleaned toilets and picked up trash.

We bought him a sucker at Casa de Fruita that had a scorpion in it. He ate it all until he got to the scorpion and then had us take a picture of him. We also took him up to the snow. We did not have to drive very far. He was suprised it was so cold. And as you can see, he was pooped out after a week of work.

Nick made a lot of friends here and everyone really liked him. They told us what a mannerly, nice boy he was.

We really miss him now that he is gone. Thank you Nicky for being such a good, fun boy to be with.

Happy Campers

David and Carol

A ROAD TRIP

These pictures are from a recent road trip we took. We drove up to Mount Shasta and on to Shasta lake. It is sooo pretty up there and not very far from here. The snow is so pretty(as long as it is there and not here).

We took a trip home this week. We had some things to do and we also got to pick up Nicholas. He is going to spend a little over a week with us. So far it has been great. He worked with David all day today. He got the pleasure of cleaning bathrooms, lighting fire pits and escorting RV's to their site. We made him a little uniform shirt so he looked really cute. He held up from 2 in the afternoon to 8:30 when he came home with me. He is so excited to have a job that he will get paid for.

While we were home, we had Paula and her new husband up to the house for dinner. It was nice to finally meet Arnold. He is a very nice person.

A week from this coming Tues. Michelle is going to have surgery so I am going there to see if I can help her out. The week after that is our 30th anniversary. Who would have known?

It is late and my brain is dead so until next time...Happy Camping

David and Carol

Still Crazy after all these years

No big news from here. We have been going to Sacramento now every day off and making the trek back to the RV. We got home last night around 11:00 after going to my Moms and doing more clean-up, bill paying, etc. We would like to make a trek home pretty soon but we'll see how that goes. We are both working 3 days a week and both of us just got a raise !! Today the weather is nice but of course it's laundry, cleaning, ironing and washing the truck for us. David had his bike stolen so he is really unhappy about that. It wasn't an expensive bike but he used it every day. Now all he has is his Trikke. He can ride that pretty good. I can't even get it going. Well, guess that's all for today.
Hope everyone is doing good.
David and Carol