A Nice Walk on the Beach

This morning, we took a nice walk on the beach. We are still at TT Whaler's Rest park, South Beach, OR, just south of Newport. It was very foggy. This looks like a rainbow, but we called it a fogbow!


Here are some photos of our new dog. He's a bit bigger than Marquis. Click on photos to enlarge.

There's a new addition to our family

Yesterday, we drove down Hwy 101 along the coast to Bandon, OR. It was so beautiful. Here's one spot we stopped at along the way in awe of the view.


There was a Cranberry Festival going on and the area Greyhound adoption agency, Homes for Hounds were having a 'Meet N Greet' and we wanted to see how Marquis liked being around other greyhounds. She ignored a couple and some ignored her. Then, we saw one that was so friendly and sweet and had such a gentle spirit. We decided to bring him home and they are getting along fine.


I'll try to get some good photos of them tomorrow.

Now visiting South Beach, OR

Yesterday, we moved to TT Whaler's Rest park in South Beach, OR. It's a beautiful area. We will be here till the 17th and then head to Salem to the Monaco combined Rally (Beaver, Monaco, Holiday Rambler, Safari).

Enjoying the Pacific City area

This area is very pretty with wonderful views of the ocean.









At the Thousand Trails RV Park, there are domestic bunnies just everywhere. Marquis is very interested, so we keep her on a short leash!



Our friends, Larry & Carolyn are here also and we are enjoying spending time with them.

I picked huckleberries one day and Gerald fixed huckleberry pancakes one morning.

From Seaside to Pacific City, OR

Today we drove down the coast to Pacific City and stopped along the way several times to enjoy the view and take pictures.






We are at Thousand Trails Pacific City. It is a beautiful park.

OK, I have photos now!

On Tuesday, we drove to the beach and then up to Astoria and across the Columbia River to Washington up to Long Beach, WA.

This crane was at our campground.


Next, we stopped at the beach in Gearhart where we could drive the Jeep out onto the sand. We walked on the beach and Marquis got a little exercise in the sand.


This is North Head lighthouse in Washington, near Ilwaco. Gerald is standing in the lower left of the photo.



The view of the Pacific was just beautiful!


The water was swirling all around the rocks.










The ferns were growing everywhere, like a rainforest!


Yesterday, in our campsite, we saw the biggest slug we have ever seen! It's a banana slug and was 7" long.

On the Beach at Seaside, OR

When FMCA was over, we drove to Bend to get new tires put on our motorhome and then headed to the coast. This is Marquis lounging next to my seat while traveling.



This is Mt Hood. We took Hwy 26 and it was a beautiful drive.


We are at Thousand Trails Seaside campground. It has been raining the last couple of days. We have been cleaning up from the dusty conditions at Redmond and doing some shopping. There is an outlet mall there and also a great yarn shop.

We took Marquis to the beach and she loves it.

Back to Redmond for the FMCA Convention

After the Beaver rally, we went back to Thousand Trails Bend/Sunriver for 4 days and are now at Redmond at the FMCA Convention. They are expecting 2500 motorhomes to attend.

We are volunteering security with the Beaver Ambassador Club. Mostly we check to make sure everyone has on their badges and things like that. The weather is great, high 70's to low 80's in the daytime with a nice breeze and 40's at night.

We will be here till Friday.

Beaver Rally in Prineville

Here we are at the Beaver Ambassador Club (BAC) Rally in Prineville, OR. There are 200 Beaver coaches here, what a beautiful sight!!

I took a few photos of the coaches parked near the tent; others are in the adjacent campground and some are under the barn covers (one photo). We are parked near the arena. So, we are scattered all over, but the tent is close to all.








It's been great to see our friends and catch up on where everyone has been. We will be here till Monday.

Relaxing at TT Bend/Sunriver

We had a great time at The Rally in Redmond, and are glad to get to a spot to relax and clean up and get our mail. The park here is wonderful, with great sites and friendly folks. We have least chipmunks, huge grey squirrels and lots of birds that frequent our site.






Does anyone notice what's different about the back of our coach?



We will be here till we leave to go to the Beaver Ambassador Club Lead-In rally on the 30th.

We are at THE RALLY

We got to The Rally and got parked easily. It's a huge complex with about a dozen parking lots. We met up with some friends for dinner and catching up and that was fun.

Wednesday, the new coach display opened and we checked out the 2008 Beavers. Wow, I found one I really liked, a teal color.

Today, Misty and 2 grandkids are going to spend the day with us. Here are some pix of the rv's here.

Heading to Oregon tomorrow

Well, our relaxing time on the Columbia River is over and we are heading out tomorrow to Oregon, first to Bend to TT Bend/Sunriver for one night and then to Redmond to The Rally for 6 days. It should be fun and is our first time at this rally.