We had a nice time visiting with Rick and Patty Stills at the Dixon May Fair Campground last week. One of the highlights was meeting Misty, the new Golden Retriever member of the family.
Last Friday evening we all went out to dinner with Joe and Lori Martin at Cattleman’s Steakhouse. We had a great time reminiscing about the “old days” at Travis AFB. Joyce and I had breakfast with Joe and Lori at Bud’s Bar and Grill on Saturday.
April 13, 2018
After a delicious breakfast made by Rick and Patty, Joyce and I hooked up the towd and headed up the road toward the Winn-River Casino in Redding, CA. When Joyce called for a reservation for their RV park she scored us a free night of camping vice a free room in the hotel. It was also military appreciation night so we got 15% of our dinner in Elements Restaurant and $10 free play.
We got up early on Tuesday morning and after stopping for some fuel, we jumped on I-5 heading north for Oregon. I hated to buy fuel in California (3.60 a gallon) again but we wanted to make sure we had enough to get over the hills without having to buy some in Yreka.
It rained most of the way up through Shasta but the driving was fairly easy over the passes and down into the Ashland area. We decided to stop in Central Point to top off our propane tank and fill up with diesel again. This time we paid $2.99 a gallon, a much more reasonable price.
After fueling up it was just a few miles up the road to Valley of the Rogue State Park where we will be spending a couple of weeks. Although this park is right on the interstate it is beautiful and you adjust to the highway noise pretty quickly.
A couple of hours after getting set up in our site we welcomed the Glaspey Clan to the park. It is great to see Jim & Jeanne, Ron and Tisha and Dwayne & Donna again.
April 15, 2018
On Thursday evening Jim, Jeanne, Joyce and I were invited on to Gary and Marcia Stevenson’s home in Grants Pass for dinner. Gary and Marcia moved to this area from Oakridge this past year to be closer to their daughter Stephanie and her husband Jimmy and the new addition, Zane who is now four months old.
Marcia made a delicious Chicken Parmesan dinner which was topped off with her homemade mud pie that was amazing. Thank you Gary and Marcia for your hospitality and even more for your friendship.
On Friday Joyce, Jim, Jeanne and I met Gary and Marcia at the Taprock Northwest Grill in Grants Pass for drinks and appetizers. The Taprock has several nice beers on tap and some of the best fried oysters I have ever eaten. To make it really good it was happy hour so they had $1 off beer and half-price appetizers. After appetizers Gary and Marcia joined the whole gang at the campground for a steak dinner.
The Gang
On Tuesday morning Jere and Janet Scott came by for a visit. Joyce has known Jere for may years, back to the days when she was in high school. We drove over to Cave Junction for lunch at Taylor’s Sausage.
Tuesday afternoon we welcomed Rick, Parry and Misty Stills to the park. They are on their way home to Rathdrum, ID after a seven month road trip that took them all the way to Florida. For supper I made some Taylor’s brats and Joyce fixed a killer German potato salad.
On Wednesday we more or less just hung around the park. Rick and I did make a no-notice inspection on the Rogue River VFW. Gotta make sure they are keeping the beer cold don’t ya know.
Rick and Patty brought some beef, chicken and pork fajita meat with them so we had a really great dinner.
Rick & Patty gettin' their Two-Step goin'
The Stills’ left yesterday morning and we moved over to spot F27 here at Valley of the Rogue. We’ll be here until the 23rd when we’ll head up the road to Oakridge, OR.
April 21, 2018
Last evening Joyce and I visited Jere and Janet Scott at their apartment in Rogue Valley Manor, a beautiful retirement community in Medford. The Manor has every amenity you can think of including three dinning rooms, exercise facilities, two golf courses and much more. Jere and Janet treated us to dinner in one of the dining rooms and it was delicious.
I took a little road trip over to Brookings, OR
Harris Beach State Park
This is where Joyce and I get our mail delivered
On Sunday evening Gary and Marcia had us over for supper again. They had prepared a delicious prime rib with all the fixings. Thanks again Gary and Marcia for the hospitality while were were in southern Oregon.
Monday morning we packed up and made the short drive up to Tri City RV Park near Myrtle Creek. After getting setup in our site we drove down to the Seven Feathers Casino for supper.
After a good nights sleep we hooked up and headed up the Jim and Jeanne Glaspey’s RV Park in Oakridge, OR. Jeanne is down in California so Jim, Joyce and I went down to Mountain Pizza for supper.
On Wednesday Jim and I tackled replacing the motor for our entry door steps which quit working on our way up to Oakridge. I had ordered a new one a couple of weeks ago from Amazon (it actually is made to fit the drives window on a 1886/87 Thunderbird) but when Jim got under the coach and and looked at the old one he discovered I had actually received the on for the passenger’s window. After turning the motor around Jim thought it would actually work if it was mounted 180 degrees and by gosh it did. Problem solved.
Yesterday Joyce played a round of golf while Jim changed the back right brake on his toy hauler. Me? I gave him a lot of moral support.
Done for now. later.
Barry & Joyce
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