This was a good traveling day. It was cloudy all day and
foggy near the coast.
We spent some time in Orick, California. Doris’s mother
had made a quilt; it was not finished though. A lady in Orick finished it.
Doris had called the lady and they agreed on a time to
pick up the quilt. When we arrived in Orick the lady was not at her store. I
talked to a young man, who lives next to the store, and he told us where the
lady lives. Doris paid her a visit and she told Doris that she would be there
in fifteen minutes. It was fifteen minutes Orick time , which are about thirty
minutes. We finally got the quilt and Doris was happy.
If we would have known that we had to wait an hour we
could have had a leisurely breakfast at the Palm Café.
We continued our journey and arrived at Bullards Beach
State Park in Bandon, Oregon at about 3:30 PM.
Our camp site is a long one with bushes and even a
blooming rhododendron bush. We have water and electricity but no sewer hook-up.
Doris’s daughter made the reservation. Usually I do not care but this time I wanted to clean the black water tank. We have to do it at our next outing.
The motorhome looks good again. I used a lot of elbow
grease to polish the outside with gel-gloss.
Between polishing the motorhome and working on the
sprinkler system I was busy again last week. Moving the motorhome from the
concrete pad was easy. I just drove it out. I had about a foot clearance from
the fence across the alley. Backing in is not that easy. A longer motorhome
will not be able to make the turn.
Doris was unhappy when I took down her potting shed. She
uses the plot now for a vegetable garden and she planted lettuce, peas and some
other vegetables. She is happy again.
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Doris told me that it rains in Bandon every Memorial Day.
I told her that in Germany they have a saying: “When angel travel it does not
rain”. Since I am an angel we should have a dry outing.
This morning we had a fine mist, which does not count.
This morning we went to Bandon Old Town and visited some
chocolate shops. Cranberry Sweets had a lot of free samples. Doris bought some
of their sweets while I sampled.
We also went to the Farmers Market, which was actually a craft
fair, a place where they sell stuff people make.
On the way home we took a short drive along the coast and saw the light house from the distance.
In the afternoon Gayle, Doris’s daughter, arrived. She lives near Portland. She set up her big tent at the camp site across from us. Besides the big tent she had a full size barbeque set in her small car. Her car was loaded.
Late afternoon Lynda, Doris’s other daughter, and her son arrived. They also live near Portland. She parked her tent trailer at the site next to us. Her daughter and boy friend came in his car. Lynda’s husband will come tomorrow.
For dinner we had Tri Tip Steak, baked potatoes and
salad. Gayle’ large barbeque was handy to cook the meat. The potatoes were done
on my small barbeque.
We sat at the camp fire until 11:00 PM. Doris wanted to
stay longer. She is related to the Energizer Bunny.
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We had a big breakfast, pancakes, eggs and bacon.
Gayle cooked lunch. She cut up small potatoes, wrapped them in aluminum foil and cooked them on the barbeque. She cut up the leftover tri tip steak and put it in foil and heated it up.
In a big bowl she put cut up lettuce, avocado, and other
greenery. When the potatoes were done she mixed everything in the big bowl and
added salad dressing. It turned out to be a super salad.
Rick, Lynda’s husband arrived early afternoon with the big family dog and we went to Old Town in Bandon. After sampling the chocolates at Cranberry Sweets we drove out of town and checked out the RV Park where we will have a large family reunion in August. All of Doris’s children will be there and family friends, who were former neighbors.
For dinner we cooked hamburgers. We had a camp fire
again.
Today we had patches of blue sky.
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We went back to Old Town and after the women were done
shopping we went to Face Rock Beach.
We went through a cave.
At the rocks are a lot of gooseneck barnacles. They cover the rocks from the sand line to about three feet high.
We saw a lot of sea stars attached to the rocks.
The sun was shining but it was very windy and cool.
Doris and her two daughters are all bundled up.
Cassy the dog enjoyed a swim.
Doris wore her water shoes and the sand got in and she had to clean the shoes and put them back on with the help of Lynda.
Alex did something what is not allowed in the park. He climbed the rocks.
There were some bicycle riders on the beach. The tires on the bicycles have a very large diameter.
The beach is very beautiful.
In the evening we had dinner at the Lord Bennetts Restaurant. Rick treated us; he knows the owner.
The restaurant is at the second story of the building and one has a fantastic view of the beach and rock formations.
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We are alone here now. Everybody had to go home today and
either go to school tomorrow or go to work.
It was a sunny and warm day. We drove along the coastal
roads and stopped at certain places. We talked to volunteer rangers and had
some interesting conversations.
On the way home we stopped one more time at the chocolate store and I did some sampling while Doris did the buying.
This was a fantastic outing. It did not rain which made a difference. Doris enjoyed her children
and grandchildren. This was the important part of this trip.
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The drive home was uneventful. Getting on the concrete
slab in the backyard is another story. I ripped off a side light on the
motorhome and damaged the rain gutter on the garage. Both can be fixed.
