Blogs from Oregon, United States, North America - page 11

Day 7 - We were a little late leaving Klamath Falls today, as when we purchased out National Parks pass in Bakersfield, the lady got the cards mixed up, so we had to visit the forestry office early to get it sorted. We were helped by Joan, great lady, who helped us out of trouble, so we left her with an Australian tea towel with our thanks. She thought it was terrific. So once on the road, we headed for Crater Lake. The temperature was down to 49*F at its lowest as we climbed the mountain to 8500 feet. We had our extra shirt and winter gloves on. Nifty had his heated vest and heated grips on, so I insisted he lead today, least he could do seeing as he was warmer than Ange & I. ... read more

We made it to the Pacific Ocean today! We started the day in Yuba City, California and arrived In Newport, Oregon just after sunset. We drove through the beautiful Central Valley region of California, enjoying the lush, green orchards of fruit and nut trees. It was amazing to see the contrast between the bright green, irrigated rice paddies and the dry, golden fields of grasses native to this chapparal climate. We drove through this landscape until lunch time when we began to enter the mountain passes near the beautiful Mt. Shasta and continued to wind through southern Oregon toward the coast. Our first glimpse of the ocean was at Hobbit Beach where we stopped for dinner. It‘s hard to believe that less than a month ago we were camping with friends at Cape Henlopen on the ... read more

" And then there is the most dangerous risk of all - the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later." Randy Komisar Routing Seattle- Ocean City SP- Nehalem SP- Carl G. Washbourne SP and Harris Bay SP. Distance: 912 kms. Total distance to date: 4300 kms. Once again applying travel logic to thinking, it seemed to make eminent sense that heading south on Memorial Day would “work” as many people would be heading home from the south where the holiday week end had been spent. A good call as the compass, after being firmly stuck in a northerly mode, spun around and HW 5 South was confirmation that we had the direction correct. The basic plan was to allow “Doris” ... read more

Getting ready to leave! We are cleaning and organizing. Stuffing all the nooks and crannies of our camper with as many belongings as we can manage. We are aiming to leave tomorrow afternoon. Our first stop on the way to Knoxville, TN will be Klamath Falls, OR to see Karen and Justin. ... read more

Although everyone thinks it rains all the time in Portland we have a relatively dry day here, and it’s not until late afternoon when we need to don our rain jackets. We hear it isn’t actually as wet as they make it out to be and it’s become a bit of a myth the Portland folk like to peddle so to keep away all those southern sun seekers. We have come here via the Columbia River gorge where we found another boondocking site to pull up deep (well 5 miles) into the state forest. It’s certainly not the best time to tour Washington, many of the attractions are not yet open for the season and the main appeal of the area are the outdoor activities which the current weather rules out. We pull up for petrol ... read more