About Me

Lee Creek, North Shuswap near Chase, B.C, Canada
We went full-time Rving in October of 2005! We retired from full time to part-time as of the end of 2015. Our present "small but comfortable" Wagon is a 2008 Camper trailer(TravelAir Rustler), pulled by a 2008 Dodge Dakota, 4X4.l. Our home is now a Gated Community Park, in Oliver, British-Columbia, Canada. I retired in 2005 and my Life Companion, Valerie, retired October 1, 2006 from nursing. We invite you to follow and share our new adventures and mishaps. Life is but an adventure full of dreams yet to be fulfilled!

Thursday, April 21, 2016

April 17 to 20, 2016; Exploring Eugene and to near Portland

APR 17, SUNDAY; Cycling tour
We were gone by 10 am and drove to a park that was to be the beginning of our ride.  When I got out and went to take the bikes off the rack, I realized that I didn’t have the key for the chain lock so back in and back to our MH where I got the keys and drove back to the Park.
We got on the trail ok and cycled East to the last bridge then crossed over to the north shore of the Willamette River and cycle back.  The scenery was great and there was lots of young people and families along the trail.  We stopped in a huge area where there were covered picnic sites and had lunch.  We continued on to the next bridge where we crossed back to the south shore and cycled back to our starting point.  What a fantastic day, the sun is shining and it is warm…almost 80*F.
On the way back, we stopped at a “Beer Garden” near our place and had a couple beers.  Back at home, we sat out for a while then in for dinner and “60 minutes”, “Madame Secretary” and “The Good Wife”


APR 18, MONDAY; To Florence
Once again up at 7 and out by 9 am.  We decided to go to Florence to explore.  First, we had to go next to Monaco at Coach RV Glass to pick up the window for the door; boy is that a heavy glass, looks solid too!  Anyway, we got back on Hwy 126 W and drove towards our destination.  It sure looked a lot different than our last drive through here especially with the sun shining.  We stopped at a small roadside café and had breakfast/brunch and it was delicious!  We arrived in Florence and to our disappointment, there was no traditional downtown but just a spread out town on Hwy101 so we decided to head south and explore.  We made it as far as Winchester near Reedsport and visited the area.  Lots of sea food restaurant but we were still full from our brunch.  We did however drive to the Pacific Ocean and walked the beach.  The tide was out and the waves were roaring and crashing.
Like all good thing however, we had to head back.  We took Hwy 38 back for something different and found this road followed the Umpqua River most of the way and it was mainly flat meaning that there were no hills to speak of and fairly straight.  We stopped along the way at a pub north of GRAIN and had a late lunch.  We eventually came out on I-5 south of Cottage Grove and made our way home arriving around 4:30 pm and learned that the jack didn’t come in today so another night and day here!


APR 19, TUESDAY; Taking it easy & Bad news
I swear I have a black cloud following me!  We heard in the early afternoon that the jack didn’t arrive.  I told them that if it wasn’t here tomorrow we would leave; it’s been a week now that we have been here. The jack was supposedly ordered last Thursday from southern California shipped via UPS!????
Anyway, today we went shopping for groceries, had an oil change done on the Jeep and a haircut for me.  We sat around the MH enjoying the sun and just read our books.


APR 20, WEDNESDAY;
We have now been here seven days.  If the jack doesn’t arrive today, we are leaving.  We saw the UPS truck come in across the street but then continued on.  I was really disappointed.  We sat around for another half hour and just when I thought he wasn’t coming back this way, he pulled in the yard and we finally got our jack!  The guys were really good and went to work right away.  They were done by 2pm, we paid our bill and were on our way by 2:30 pm.  We got on Hwy 369 (the Beltline) to Hwy 99 where we got off and headed north.  We drove through a few towns and the scenery was incredible.  By 4 pm I started looking for a campground and we found one just before Portland in Tualatin.  We paid $39 with the discount from Good Sam and settle in for the night.  I washed the windshield and the front of the rig then we sat out for a drink.  That was short lived as it began drizzling and we even had thunder and lighting.  WOW, what a quick change!

We travelled 109 miles in 2.5 hrs @ an average 43 mph with a 15-minute stop in there for bathroom breaks.
N  45* 23.5581’
W 122* 48.1700’

ALT: 133 ft

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