Quartzite and Beyond

Monday Quartzite, Tuesday Edwards AFB, Wednesday Sharpe Depot, Thursday & Friday Travis AFB, Saturday Eureka fairgrounds, Sunday Bandon Rv Park, Monday Cape Lookout Oregon State Park.

There, now you know what we have been doing!! Jeff drove to Travis last Friday to bring some shop equipment, visit for a while and have lunch. Otherwise, it has been the three of us keeping each other company.

As you know, you don't make the best time on 101, but it is so much more interesting than driving I-5. We have enjoyed nice weather, although we saw some snow alongside the road coming into the park yesterday.

We have been to this park twice before. The most memorable was about ten years ago with Jeff and Bev. Bev and I arrived before the guys and struggled to set up a new tent that had no instructions with it. As is the norm, we four retired for the night leaving everything out on the table. It was college spring break in the area, and when we awoke the next morning we found that all of our liquor was gone. They had to walk right in front of our tent to get to the ice chest where the beer was, but the scotch and wine was much easier because it was right out on the table. They only thing they left was a bottle that said tonic, but was actually filled with homemade Kahlua.

We figured it was probably payback for some similar moment in our kids' lives when they might have taken advantage of a similar situation.

We have enjoyed lovely weather here with not a spot of rain and barely a puffy cloud in the sky. But it does get down to freezing at night. I am looking out at two sites occupied by folks in tents and realizing why I don't miss that lifestyle. I'll keep the motor home with its furnace!!

There is a quilt shop in Tillamook and another in Cannon Beach so I am looking forward to visitng both. One never knows what treasures are lurking behind those storefronts. My project has been to accumulate fabrics for yet another quilt project I have at the ready.

We had an email from Gary O. this morning saying his mother has suffered some mini-strokes although the CT scan shows no sign of anything. She is in the hospital awaiting more tests. I hav emailed to let him and Carolyn know we are thinking about them.

There are lots of dogs who have brought their families here to camp. My favorite is a little eleven-month-old Corgi. He is very cute. For the most part everyone keeps their dogs in good control, but there is always the one who thinks the leash laws don't apply to him or her.

To be continued from Cannon Beach.

Ciao