Edgewater Inn Coos Bay

We started on Highway 101 and traveled down the coast. It is incredibly beautiful here and the ocean views are stunning. Its amazing how far out to sea you can actually see from this coastal road - its breathtaking. The pine forests are huge and its non-stop scenery for the whole trip.

We started on Highway 101 from Lincoln Beach in ...

... at the Mill Casino about 4 miles from Wild Mare. Then, Saturday night we dry camped at Wild Mare, but returned to the RV park at the Mill Casino, this time with full hook-ups for Sunday night.

The time at Wild Mare was full of great food, campfires and great company. They rode horses a couple of times a day and also had a bunch of ATVs for fun on the sand dunes.

... the dunes, but it did not work for us. Hiked through and rolled and ran down them instead. Headed next to Cape Arago for a picnic lunch and found an incredible high vantage point where we could watch the gray whales spouting and rolling as they fed. We ate as they ate. Even better viewing than yesterday. Saw masses of Harbor Seals, California Sea Lions, Stellar Sea ...

... I had been used to about $2.25 a gallon in the Midwest.

I got home to a veritable jungle of weeds about chest high surrounding the raised beds, the grape, berry and blueberry rows, the front ornamental beds, the drive way, and the shady area under the big maples in back of the house. My daughter met me at RiverHome with my Cassie Cat and her accoutrement's; we unloaded a little of the truck, pulled a few of the weeds, and went to dinner at the local tavern-inn. All in ...

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We arrived at about lunch time we stopped in at the tourist information and spoke to a lovely old man who gave us a map and told us to go on a drive around the coast to see the seals and national park coastline... which we did. However, compared to what we'd already seen it's not much to write home about.

After some more driving (not like we hadn't done enough) we arrived at our motel. We were staying ...

... that we choosen.  As soon as we clicked over to Diesel our Westy kept trucking. No biggie, thought we just change out the oil at our next chance. We arrive in Seattle and it was time to fuel up with Diesel. Panic attack number two begins... I fill up the tank and Diesel begins to drip quite steadily from the bottom of the tank. What the Hell!!!   My first reaction was to go straight to a mechanic, but it quickly becomes apparent that at 5:30pm everything is going to be closed ...

... family when they were down on the docks catching crabs. Isa was completely fascinated watching to pot get thrown out empty except for bait and brought in full of crabs. Every two minutes she would ask Andrew, would you bring it in now?? Andrew was so sweet, he brought us a live crab to eat. Isa asked him if he would please cook it first so he took it home to cook it and brought it back. What a wonderful treat that was.  Isabelle made a present for Andrew, a picture, a ...

Day 16 - October 2 Hills and rain are all today held for us. It rained as we conquered 7 Devil's Road.(Each hill is numbered a different devil as you make your way up a windy ridge) We arrived here in Bandon around 12:30 and decided we would stay at a hostel for the night being that we're about to get wet for the next three days ...

... get a chain ordered and make an appointment for Monday to have it put on. BUT, when I arrived at the Suzuki dealer, I was waiting for the parts fellow to finish with a customer before asking him for some help. As I waited, the cashier came from the front of the store and placed a package on the counter and told the parts guy that the customer had returned the product. It caught my eye, and unbelievably, it was the exact ...

... the miracle anti-fogger that I had purchased at a NY bike shop, so I couldn't see too well either. There were no rest stops or gas stations, just scenic turnouts. At one point I stopped at one to take a break but found the gusts just as bad. I had both feet planted to keep the bike upright, and for a minute couldn't get moving again because I couldn't lift my leg to put the bike into gear, for fear of getting blown over. (which, just for the record ...