Been off the grid for awhile if you haven't noticed. It was fun & very productive setting up in one spot for a month in Roseburg.
Safari RV Park is A-MAZING! So glad we got the last spot & decided to stay for a month. Their laundry facilities were so cool. All you needed was to put you credit card in the slot, push the button for what washer or dryer you wanted & BOOM! you were washing & drying...so easy. Only place we found that set-up.
Most of May has been getting ready for our last, yes, I can finally say it, LAST Scrapbook Fun Fest. Bittersweet? Somewhat.
After a month in Roseburg & one place, we both got the bug to travel again. We made plans to go to our favorite camping place on the Thousand Trails list - Florence. Sooooooooo, we get there & realized we are not camping with a tent trailer. It was the perfect place for a small tent trailer 3 years ago, but not a 26" trailer with a truck. Our favorite lady who cooked breakfasts & special dinners & candy bar Bingo, etc. left 3 years ago, no gift store & small supply store & it is very rundown. Potholes galore, & really made the driving around hard.
We drive around & around trying to find a camp spot in the other parts (A,B & D) of the campground we have never even seen. The spots were either too small, no sewer hook-ups, or really muddy. It was very disappointing. We decided that we needed to move on & tried another campground. It was YECH!
Rod remembered there was a campground near the docks downtown - Port of Siuslaw Campground. OMG! It is amazing! We have a view of the Siuslaw River, it is a short walk to Old Town Florence & all the antique stores. LOVE IT! We are staying here for the week.
It is a good thing we found this place because it poured & we had high winds that night. We are snuggle buggely on a cement pad.
We got a surprise email from friends of ours from CA that moved to Idaho. They met up with us today & staying until Saturday. Fun!
Mo's restaurant in Florence is famous & there are others up the coast. We have never gone there in all the years we have been coming to Florence. We went there last night & tonight. It is AMAZING & not expensive for a seafood restaurant. It has the best Clam Chowder & they sell a clam chowder frozen base. All you do is add milk. We will be bringing some with us this Summer.
Enough rambling for now. Later.
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Home...
We are back in Roseburg & it was a little whirlwind coming home.
After Lake Topaz we stopped in Verdi, NV. We were going to stay only a couple of days, but thanks to the "Weather Bug" App, we saw it was going to snow & snow it did. One day hail, two days snow. One morning we woke up to 1 inch on the ground. We ended up in Verdi for a week before WB told us it was clear to go.
Next stop was in Likely, CA. It is a very small town south of Alturas. We stayed at a wonderful campground off the beaten path, but huge with a golf course & lots of sites. It doesn't open until May 1, but they did have 10 sites open. It turned out to be a Passport America campground so it was only $16. Score!
Next, Merrill, OR. We actually stayed at the Stateline RV Park for two nights which was in CA. If you went across the road you were in Oregon. Ate at Pappy Ganders twice. It is sort of a tradition with us. Met up with a friend from Clearlake who owns property in Merrill and had BBQ & went over old times & new gossip.
From Merrill, we ended up in Gold Hill for two nights at the Cypress Grove RV Park. Highly recommend it. It is just off Exit 45A on Hwy 5. If you are a Good Sam member it was $25 a night.
Now we are in Douglas County, actually, Winston, OR at the Safari RV Park. I never in all the 13 years we lived here knew about this park. It is wonderful & evidently a lot of people know this because we got the last spot. We were going to stay only a week, but looking at our calendar Rod made the brilliant decision to stay the month & the price is very reasonable so we are. Yeah!
We have a beautiful spot under the trees & the weather so far has been warm.
Already met up with friends in the area & went by our old house today. The new owner has made a lot of changes some good, some we question, but it is their house.
Love being back! It is the start of another adventure!
After Lake Topaz we stopped in Verdi, NV. We were going to stay only a couple of days, but thanks to the "Weather Bug" App, we saw it was going to snow & snow it did. One day hail, two days snow. One morning we woke up to 1 inch on the ground. We ended up in Verdi for a week before WB told us it was clear to go.
Next stop was in Likely, CA. It is a very small town south of Alturas. We stayed at a wonderful campground off the beaten path, but huge with a golf course & lots of sites. It doesn't open until May 1, but they did have 10 sites open. It turned out to be a Passport America campground so it was only $16. Score!
Next, Merrill, OR. We actually stayed at the Stateline RV Park for two nights which was in CA. If you went across the road you were in Oregon. Ate at Pappy Ganders twice. It is sort of a tradition with us. Met up with a friend from Clearlake who owns property in Merrill and had BBQ & went over old times & new gossip.
From Merrill, we ended up in Gold Hill for two nights at the Cypress Grove RV Park. Highly recommend it. It is just off Exit 45A on Hwy 5. If you are a Good Sam member it was $25 a night.
Now we are in Douglas County, actually, Winston, OR at the Safari RV Park. I never in all the 13 years we lived here knew about this park. It is wonderful & evidently a lot of people know this because we got the last spot. We were going to stay only a week, but looking at our calendar Rod made the brilliant decision to stay the month & the price is very reasonable so we are. Yeah!
We have a beautiful spot under the trees & the weather so far has been warm.
Already met up with friends in the area & went by our old house today. The new owner has made a lot of changes some good, some we question, but it is their house.
Love being back! It is the start of another adventure!
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Walker River RV Park and Lake Topaz
Walker River RV Park is so beautiful, 600 acres located on the...wait for it...Walker River (duh). The only thing is that unless you have AT& T you will be in technology he--ll. No phone unless there is an emergency, no WiFi, no TV...AHHHHHHHHHHH.
OK I lived through it & it was OK. We watched a lot of movies & now Rod is a "Bordertown" fan. I watched it back a long time ago late at night & found a DVD with 10 - 12 episodes. They now have all 78 episodes on DVD at amazon.com so I am going to get it for our next foray (like that big word?) into no technology.
The series was set in the 1880's on the border of the US & Canada, therefore the name "Bordertown" which was run by a Mountie & US Marshall with a lady doctor they both were in love with. Anyway, it is a real good series.
We did some exploring for 2 days in Yerington, NV which we both absolutely fell in love with. It is the county seat for Lyons County in Nevada. about 74 miles from Carson City, 30 miles or so from Gardnerville & Minden, Nevada which we also explored Saturday & fell in love with.
We moved to Lake Topaz, Nevada for 6 days. A real nice RV campground & we have a great view of the lake. Very windy today so we had to pull in the slide out so the wind wouldn't rip the cover over the slide out. We had it put on when we bought it so nothing could accumulate on the flat roof.
We are planning for a few nights Verdi, NV & then take a week to creep back to home. Well Roseburg we still call home.
Kilo went for a walk as soon as we got to Topaz Lake & started pawing around a bush. Rod thought it was a rat he was trying to get, but it turned out to be a tennis ball. Go figure. That dog can find a tennis ball no matter where it is & who leaves it. He really would have been a great drug dog.
He is old & his legs are hurting so we give him an aspirin when they do, but when he is in the water, Rod says he turns into Johnny Weismuller. He loves swimming in the river or ponds or lakes.
Woke up to snow. We knew it was going to snow because of the Weather Bug App we have on our phones & computer. Right now we are following the weather reports & when we read snow we decided to stay put for awhile.
We looked at homes in Yerington a couple of days, & found a couple we really liked, but they were manufactured & not on foundations which the bank does not finance. There was one we would have bought yesterday, but it was not meant to be. That's OK, we are still loving the nomadic life.
OK I lived through it & it was OK. We watched a lot of movies & now Rod is a "Bordertown" fan. I watched it back a long time ago late at night & found a DVD with 10 - 12 episodes. They now have all 78 episodes on DVD at amazon.com so I am going to get it for our next foray (like that big word?) into no technology.
The series was set in the 1880's on the border of the US & Canada, therefore the name "Bordertown" which was run by a Mountie & US Marshall with a lady doctor they both were in love with. Anyway, it is a real good series.
We did some exploring for 2 days in Yerington, NV which we both absolutely fell in love with. It is the county seat for Lyons County in Nevada. about 74 miles from Carson City, 30 miles or so from Gardnerville & Minden, Nevada which we also explored Saturday & fell in love with.
We moved to Lake Topaz, Nevada for 6 days. A real nice RV campground & we have a great view of the lake. Very windy today so we had to pull in the slide out so the wind wouldn't rip the cover over the slide out. We had it put on when we bought it so nothing could accumulate on the flat roof.
We are planning for a few nights Verdi, NV & then take a week to creep back to home. Well Roseburg we still call home.
Kilo went for a walk as soon as we got to Topaz Lake & started pawing around a bush. Rod thought it was a rat he was trying to get, but it turned out to be a tennis ball. Go figure. That dog can find a tennis ball no matter where it is & who leaves it. He really would have been a great drug dog.
He is old & his legs are hurting so we give him an aspirin when they do, but when he is in the water, Rod says he turns into Johnny Weismuller. He loves swimming in the river or ponds or lakes.
Woke up to snow. We knew it was going to snow because of the Weather Bug App we have on our phones & computer. Right now we are following the weather reports & when we read snow we decided to stay put for awhile.
We looked at homes in Yerington a couple of days, & found a couple we really liked, but they were manufactured & not on foundations which the bank does not finance. There was one we would have bought yesterday, but it was not meant to be. That's OK, we are still loving the nomadic life.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Closer...
Left Pahrump for a stop in Beatty, NV. Cute little town. We went to Rhyolite ghost town today. Rod got caught trying to go into the ruins of a brothel. LOL.
Tomorrow we will head for Hawthorne. Following the weather & it looks like thunderstorms this weekend so we want to get closer to Carson City.
One of the things that has been really fun, at least for me, is the book exchanges that are at about 99% of the RV Parks we have visited. I have read lots of books over the past 7 months. Found some new authors & read fave past authors. In fact, I read one mystery novel, & there was a part of it I quite couldn't figure out. I emailed the author & she wrote me back. Seems it was a novel she wrote a long time ago & couldn't remember how she had worked out the part I had a question about. It was cool that she wrote back though.
Plans for after Hawthorne will depend on the weather. We would like to go to Walker River before we head in to Carson City. We'll see.
Can't wait to see everyone back in Oregon. Don't forget to root for the Ducks tomorrow night. They are playing Louisville Friday night. Wouldn't it be cool if they upset the #1 team predicted to win the NCAA championship.
GO DUCKS!
Tomorrow we will head for Hawthorne. Following the weather & it looks like thunderstorms this weekend so we want to get closer to Carson City.
One of the things that has been really fun, at least for me, is the book exchanges that are at about 99% of the RV Parks we have visited. I have read lots of books over the past 7 months. Found some new authors & read fave past authors. In fact, I read one mystery novel, & there was a part of it I quite couldn't figure out. I emailed the author & she wrote me back. Seems it was a novel she wrote a long time ago & couldn't remember how she had worked out the part I had a question about. It was cool that she wrote back though.
Plans for after Hawthorne will depend on the weather. We would like to go to Walker River before we head in to Carson City. We'll see.
Can't wait to see everyone back in Oregon. Don't forget to root for the Ducks tomorrow night. They are playing Louisville Friday night. Wouldn't it be cool if they upset the #1 team predicted to win the NCAA championship.
GO DUCKS!
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
...we are on our way...
Do you all remember the movie "Paint Your Wagon"? Clint Eastwood was in this a musical. He sang the song "Mariah"? As in they call the wind... Anyway one of the other songs that started the movie went:
We are now back in Pahrump & what amazes us right now is it is so quiet. There is no constant traffic, planes flying in, sirens, which by the way seems to be a constant in Las Vegas. All I hear right now is Kilo's heavy breathing & Rod starting his snoring. It is soooooooooooooo quiet.
Tomorrow, for grins we are going to get in touch with a realtor to see what kind of property is available. We have kicking around the thought of finding some base place for the winter & go north to Oregon & Washington for the Summer or base it in Oregon for the summer & travel south in the winter. We also want to look in Carson City since we have narrowed those two areas as our faves & about as far south as we want to go.
Since gas prices continue to rise we have had to rethink how far & how much we want to travel. I would have loved to go across the country, but that is probably NOT going to happen anytime soon. There is still a lot to see in Nevada, Oregon & Washington, even Idaho. California, not so much.
Gas is the highest that we have found.
We plan to roll in to Roseburg around April 24 or so. Lots going on in May so it will be a very busy & fun month.
- Where are we going?
- I don't know?
- When will we get there?
- I ain't certain.
- All I know is we are on our way...
We are now back in Pahrump & what amazes us right now is it is so quiet. There is no constant traffic, planes flying in, sirens, which by the way seems to be a constant in Las Vegas. All I hear right now is Kilo's heavy breathing & Rod starting his snoring. It is soooooooooooooo quiet.
Tomorrow, for grins we are going to get in touch with a realtor to see what kind of property is available. We have kicking around the thought of finding some base place for the winter & go north to Oregon & Washington for the Summer or base it in Oregon for the summer & travel south in the winter. We also want to look in Carson City since we have narrowed those two areas as our faves & about as far south as we want to go.
Since gas prices continue to rise we have had to rethink how far & how much we want to travel. I would have loved to go across the country, but that is probably NOT going to happen anytime soon. There is still a lot to see in Nevada, Oregon & Washington, even Idaho. California, not so much.
Gas is the highest that we have found.
We plan to roll in to Roseburg around April 24 or so. Lots going on in May so it will be a very busy & fun month.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
A Little Delay...
They say the best laid plans are...going to get messed up? Well, ours did & I did it. I contracted some bug with a 103 degree fever, swelling on the right side of my face to chipmunk size, a very swollen glands.
It started Sunday night & we both knew I was sick when I couldn't stay up to watch "Once Upon A Time" or eat! When I woke Monday it was at its worse with the fever so we went to an Urgent Care. They said I needed to go to the Emergency because what they would have done for any normal person, they couldn't do for me. I am allergic to tons of antibiotics & they only had penicillin, my worse nemesis.
Off we go to University Medical Center. We got there at 3:30 pm & we were finished at midnight. Yep - 8 and a half hours, blood test, CAT scan, 7 stations, and God only knows how much we will be billed for, I can safely say everything is AOK. It is cellulitis of the face & where it came from...Who Knows!!!???
Today is Tuesday & since I have to have a follow up check in with a doctor, so we are staying an extra week.
On the happy side?...it is so heating up. Rod broke out the shorts & his "Jesus" shoes/sandals. Today - 79 tomorrow - 80's, they are even talking 90 this week. Air conditioning here we come.
It started Sunday night & we both knew I was sick when I couldn't stay up to watch "Once Upon A Time" or eat! When I woke Monday it was at its worse with the fever so we went to an Urgent Care. They said I needed to go to the Emergency because what they would have done for any normal person, they couldn't do for me. I am allergic to tons of antibiotics & they only had penicillin, my worse nemesis.
Off we go to University Medical Center. We got there at 3:30 pm & we were finished at midnight. Yep - 8 and a half hours, blood test, CAT scan, 7 stations, and God only knows how much we will be billed for, I can safely say everything is AOK. It is cellulitis of the face & where it came from...Who Knows!!!???
Today is Tuesday & since I have to have a follow up check in with a doctor, so we are staying an extra week.
On the happy side?...it is so heating up. Rod broke out the shorts & his "Jesus" shoes/sandals. Today - 79 tomorrow - 80's, they are even talking 90 this week. Air conditioning here we come.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
6 Months
I can't believe we have been full-timing it for 6 months. Where has the time gone?
Our last weekend here in Las Vegas & then off we go back to Oregon. We will take about 6 weeks & have decided to go back through Carson City & maybe look at some property. Actually there are a couple places we will look at property this Summer. Maybe a winter base & then north for the Summer or a Summer base & south for the winter. So many possibilities!
Nascar fever is here in Las Vegas so we are going to wait to do anything until the "tourists" are gone. LOL
I have been doing some crafting & have made some samples for the classes I will be doing in Roseburg in May. I am getting quite adept at making a huge mess, but everything is back in place when I am finished.
My new passion is Pinterest. Who knew. I have found lots of great recipes I can actually cook in the RV. Our favorite is Sweet & Sour Chicken. Check out my boards. I can also pin my photos from my phone to my boards & then upload them to the computer. I really want to do some kind of a memory book about our first year travelling. I plan on copying my blog entries & mixing in photos of what we have done.
More later...we have a lot to do in the next week to get ready to hit the road hard. Rethinking what we really need & getting rid of some stuff & adding other stuff. One thing for sure we are going through the storage unit in Roseburg & getting rid of boxes of "I think I might need these things someday" when we were packing up. It is amazing how little you really need & everything else is just stuff.
Our RV is our home & it really does feel homey. There is stuff on the counter, photos & a calendar on the refridgerator, pillows on the couch, Kilo's blankie on the floor, you know the usual. There are so many nooks and crannies of storage that we have everything we need & want. It feels natural to live in the RV & call it home.
I don't know how much travelling we will do. I know going across country is pretty much out because of gas prices, but there is still a lot to see in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, and maybe Arizona. California, not so much because it is so expensive, especially gas. I have an app (I love apps) called the Gas Buddy. All I have to do is type in the city and state & it tells us where the cheapest gas is at. Then, we plug in the address with OnStar & we can go get cheap gas. Cool huh?
Another fave app is theWeather Bug. We will use this a lot on the way home to check out weather conditions in any city. Again, plug in the city and state & you have the weather for 7 days.
Our last weekend here in Las Vegas & then off we go back to Oregon. We will take about 6 weeks & have decided to go back through Carson City & maybe look at some property. Actually there are a couple places we will look at property this Summer. Maybe a winter base & then north for the Summer or a Summer base & south for the winter. So many possibilities!
Nascar fever is here in Las Vegas so we are going to wait to do anything until the "tourists" are gone. LOL
I have been doing some crafting & have made some samples for the classes I will be doing in Roseburg in May. I am getting quite adept at making a huge mess, but everything is back in place when I am finished.
My new passion is Pinterest. Who knew. I have found lots of great recipes I can actually cook in the RV. Our favorite is Sweet & Sour Chicken. Check out my boards. I can also pin my photos from my phone to my boards & then upload them to the computer. I really want to do some kind of a memory book about our first year travelling. I plan on copying my blog entries & mixing in photos of what we have done.
More later...we have a lot to do in the next week to get ready to hit the road hard. Rethinking what we really need & getting rid of some stuff & adding other stuff. One thing for sure we are going through the storage unit in Roseburg & getting rid of boxes of "I think I might need these things someday" when we were packing up. It is amazing how little you really need & everything else is just stuff.
Our RV is our home & it really does feel homey. There is stuff on the counter, photos & a calendar on the refridgerator, pillows on the couch, Kilo's blankie on the floor, you know the usual. There are so many nooks and crannies of storage that we have everything we need & want. It feels natural to live in the RV & call it home.
I don't know how much travelling we will do. I know going across country is pretty much out because of gas prices, but there is still a lot to see in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, and maybe Arizona. California, not so much because it is so expensive, especially gas. I have an app (I love apps) called the Gas Buddy. All I have to do is type in the city and state & it tells us where the cheapest gas is at. Then, we plug in the address with OnStar & we can go get cheap gas. Cool huh?
Another fave app is theWeather Bug. We will use this a lot on the way home to check out weather conditions in any city. Again, plug in the city and state & you have the weather for 7 days.
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