Blogs from Oregon, United States, North America - page 15

Susan and Pam meet me at SAS and we load up Susan’s van with my stuff and head off to the airport. I tell Susan and Pam I actually was driving out of my neighborhood this morning and realized, I didn’t have my phone. I was lucky I didn’t have to drive back too far. Well, I did forget the maps. Oh well, we will find some along our route as we know we will be in areas where we won’t have reception. I guess I was stuck on stupid this morning. We park at the extended lot and lugged our luggage to the shuttle. The airport was non-eventful, but our flight took off a bit late. No big deal, we made time up in the air. Susan and Pam told me about their adventures driving ... read more

We arrived here in Coburg, Oregon on Tuesday and settled in at Camp Marathon. We always enjoy staying here as we have made many friends here since purchasing our bus in 2013. We spent Wednesday visiting and catching up with everyone as well as driving around to some of our favorite spots. I took some pictures of all of the beautiful flowers that they have around here. I would go crazy with the flower baskets if I lived here. It is too hot at home to have them but the climate is perfect here for them to grow. We also went to our favorite fruit farm, Deterings. They have all kinds of fruits and vegetables as well as jams, pies, and canned items. It's kind of like a mini Casa de Fruta. We have some shopping ... read more

We awoke to the sun filtering into our lofty abode, with the faint sounds of surf rushing to shore and a crisp breeze rustling the blinds as it refreshed us. We started cleaning up and rearranging things to be sure that we repacked everything later in the morning. It was then that I noticed that Sharon was mostly already packed while I still had much to do. Sharon spotted several deer next door, which seem to have an affinity for the garden flowers to be found there. “There are three, no four, I see three, no there ARE four!” Sharon exclaims. “Shoot them,” Sharon orders me as I’m about to do my morning Sudoku. Sharon claims that “she hasn’t had time” to keep up with our daily challenges, so I’ve racked up a nice little streak ... read more

The Pacific Shore has a later sunrise than we experience in Vegas being farther east and in the same time zone. Sharon got up more than once during the night to check on her mom downstairs. And every new noise seemed to spawn the automatic “What was that?” How am I supposed to know what that was? After all, I was sound asleep. We went to a local diner for breakfast; but, four of its five tables were already full, and the fifth was a tiny table for two. The waitress estimated a twenty-minute wait, with no place to wait and especially nowhere for Sharon’s Mother to sit. There was another café just around the bend; but, we were up for a coastal drive and drove a few miles south on 101. The GPS said that ... read more

Geo: 44.9332, -123.043Buonasera:Somewhere over the Atlantic right now, 3499 miles out of Atlanta. On the way home. Yea! First food service on this Delta flight just completed. Had pasta for lunch . . . Ha! Couldn't get enough in Italy, I guess. Goo Goo Dolls on the iPhone. Landed in Venice 10 days ago wide eyed and ready to explore places not seen or experienced before, except for a one-day trek on the trails and rails of the Cinque Terre five years ago during our trip to Florence.Had four wildly different experiences in the four places visited. It was like four separate mini-vacations, connected by train rides.Venice was intriguing; wouldn't go so far as to call it romantic. Its canals are its lifeblood, spirit, and intertwining thread. Tight, labyrinthine streets and alleys made for constant disorientation ... read more