Good Mornin' All!
We have been at Devil's Lake for two weeks now. It's good to be back in Oregon State Parks, the best state parks in the country.
Devil's Lake is not near as busy as it was when we were here last September. You can actually drive in and select just about any camping site you want and if you can believe this, yurts are available, except on the weekends.
The weather has been great for the most part while we have been here, even getting up to 75 deg. one day. It would be usually raining this time of year so we're really lucky. Hope it lasts until we leave on 1 June.
On Monday the 14th, Jim and Jeanne Glaspey came to the park for a visit. Jim and I did a lot of relaxing and the ladies played bingo a couple of times.
Jimmy likes his wine!
On Thursday the 17th, Jim's sister Donna and her husband Dwayne arrived.
Oregon Coast
05/31/2012
Wow, time really fly's when your havin' fun!
The last half of the month at Devil's Lake was fairly quiet for the most part. We did have a few days of rainy weather but later in the month we finally got some sun making our stay much nicer.
We did have the weekend warriors from Portland hit the park with a bang on Memorial Day, filling almost every camping site and all the yurts. For the most part they were all good campers just out for a good time. We did have a some isolated incidents but nothing serious.
Yesterday morning we hooked up and went to Les Schwab's in Lincoln City to have the brakes on the trailer checked. After some troubleshooting time they discovered that the brakes were in fine shape but all four if the bearing seals had blown out causing grease to get all over everything. The technician cleaned everything (using a case of cleaning fluid in the process), lubed the bearings and replaced the seals. He said that the seals were not installed correctly at the factory causing them to blow. Anyway, the brakes work much better now.
We are now at Champoeg State Park for two nights. After getting setup in our parking site we drove over to Wilsonville to have a bite to eat. We found a small pizza joint called Boone's Junction that turned out to be pretty darned good. Not the best pizza we have ever had but the atmosphere was great and the beer was cold. Oh, and Joyce got to win on their Lottery machines.
Last night we got an email informing us that Bobby Bragg, a former 7th Military Airlift Squadron Flight Engineer has passed on to his reward. I flew with Bobby several times, including my first trip to Sydney, Australia back in 1979. Rest In Peace brother!
06/02/2012
After a nice restful couple of days at Champoeg, we hooked up and made the run over the Cascades to Smith Rock State Park.
As she did from Devil's Lake to Champoeg, Joyce rode her scooter ahead of me. It was a beautiful day with very mild temperatures and plenty of sunshine, just the kind of day for a motorcycle ride.
I caught up with her just west of Detroit Lake so we pulled in there and had a great sandwich at the local deli. We met a couple from Houston, TX who were on their annual two month vacation and were very interested in our full-time RVing lifestyle.
More later!
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