I know that I said I would talk about electronics and our setup but I am going to push that back. I need to update our current path.

We were glad to get out of Visalia and back on the road. Our first stop was in Stockton at Flag City RV. It was still manageably cool. Redding was next for a week to visit with Roxie’s sister. That is when it started getting REALLY hot! We took a trip to Burney Falls to get away from some of the heat:

The overall plan was to get to the Tri-Cities in Washington to look at houses, properties, etc. Our next stop was in Grants Pass, OR. It was a bit cooler, 93°. We looked around the area and feel that it is a good candidate, but it is Oregon and trending toward being another California. We heard that the area we wanted to go was having an uptick in Covid cases. That, combined, with the weather not cooling down as we wanted and the only cool place we saw was the coast. That became the new plan.

We headed to the coast, Brookings OR. It was wonderful! So much cooler, highs in the high 70’s, breezes, some clouds every once in a while. We stayed a week at AtRiver’s Edge Park. It was right on the Chetco river and was very nice. A lot of restaurants were available for dine-in, if you wore a mask. I can play the game. Here is our spot:

We decided, since it is so much fun, we were going to stay on the Oregon coast. Next stop was Coos Bay. We stayed a relatively new RV park, Bay Point RV. Here is our rig there:

We investigated Coos Bay and some other local towns. The RV park is close to the inlet that feeds Coos Bay. We walked down there and saw this jellyfish?

In downtown Coos Bay, they have a mural celebrating Steve Prefontaine:

Heading north, the next stop was Lincoln City, OR. This turned out to be the first real touristy town that we found. It is pretty close to Salem and Portland so the town gets quite an influx from them. On the weekend, the main street (which is highway 101) was bumper-to-bumper. We stayed at the Logan Road RV Park, which is affiliated with the local Casino. The RV park was good for what we needed. It was a bit un-level and I needed a 3 ‘lego’ high platform under my wheels.

As we do in each location, we drive to some nearby towns and try some back roads. We drove down to Newport and back. One thing Oregon has is some interesting bridges. This is the one at Newport:

As we are heading up the coast, our friends are heading to Washington to look at some properties, like we are. We decided to head to Olympia WA and stay at the WA Land Yacht Harbor for Airstreams. This was not too far from our friends and we could meet them. However the drive there was a bit too far for comfort for a single day drive. I found 2 nights at the Fort Stevens State Park near Astoria to break up the drive.

We made it to the Land Yacht harbor. After visiting with our friends and spending our week, we were possibly going to go toward Spokane and Idaho but it was getting hot there also! We spent another week in Olympia, because it was cheap. We decided to head back to the coast but the Washington one this time.

The next, and current, stop is Pacific Dunes Resort in Copalis Beach WA. This is not a resort at all. They are working on it but still have a ways to go. It is nice and cool here, which is what matters. This is another very popular spot for weekenders and it really showed! There are locations that let you drive on the beach here and we took advantage of that one day:

Next stop is north to the top of Washington. Yes, I will make sure to do the electronics post next.