A trip down the Oregon Coast Line for us...

Feeling quite grumpy this morning...I don't think I have an upbeat post in me. No reason I don't think other then probably that time of the month. Well, also had no cel service or internet really for 24 hours going down the coast line of Oregon. Did not think that was possible in the states nowadays. The only thing I could think of in my head was the Verizon commercial where it shows how much more coverage there is then ATT. Obviously ATT does not have a lot of presence on the coast of Oregon... Also was on some lovely northern california roads last night which practically shake everything off the damn RV. Then since we may have been on a "freeway" but it was no interstate, we did not find a place to stay until late.

It has been a bit of the "I hate RVING" couple days like "I hate BOATING" days you sometimes get... Since leaving...

- GPS Navigator died so we replaced that
-Realized how HORRENDOUSLY filthy the tow car gets while being towed (not like a tender on a boat!) and quickly got flaps of some kind to put on the RV, but the car is still thick with dirt and grime. I hate to see my paint under it.
-Lousy internet and cel phone service
-Poured incredible amounts of rain going along the 101 on the Oregon Coast. Stopped somewhere just before sunset which had "RV turnaround" to see the water, as it was blowing winds and crashing like crazy. Turned around where we were supposed to without unhooking car, but it was SSSOOOOOO wet, the RV got stuck. Yep, a couple hours ensued of trying to tow it with car, or back it, putting down boards etc etc in the pouring rain, and finally a policeman came to watch over us. Still no luck, so we had to get a larger truck with a cum along to tow the RV out. Continued on looking for a RV park in the pouring rain and I thought the RV just might blow off the highway.
-Pulled up at the Walmart to stay over last night and lined up behind a few other RV,s. just as the one in front of us had had a tire lock and his holding tanks had exploded which we were now sitting in, thank you very much. And did I mention it really smelt? Like wanted to make you gag smell>
-Although there were a couple restaurants around here, I wanted to get far away from the sewage smell so we went to unhook the car and the battery would not turn over...

That was probably part of the reason both husband and i were grumpy and take out sandwiches from Arby's had to suffice!!

Making our way down the I5...Funny this funny little house on top of a bridge just north of Portland and of course it appealed to my quirky sense of humor.






We stopped in Portland for dinner with an old friend of mine from high school. Young high school, like i was 14, in SHAPE Belgium...We have a very large community of friends on Facebook, and it sure has been fun to catch up with them all, and also learn more about people you went to school with but actually did not really know at all then. The shared connections...especially for military brats. Had to really laugh when Beth mentioned touring every military cemetary in Europe with her father and I could certainly relate to that, and usually when it was freezing cold out. She thought she had relived the beach landing on NOrmandy a million times, and all I could think was i felt the same about Vimy Ridge!

Then to top it all off my MOTHER came up with this old newspaper clipping of me (note that it is freezing cold in this picture as well...)



Beth looks still the same as she did in high school I believe, hair just shorter!


She says that Portland has like a 100 top restaurants, and took us to one of her current favorites Clyde Commons, where Bazza had the lamb. How unusual for him!


I had some type of pork shank with friend spatzle, brussel sprouts (misnamed as it was about 4 leaves from brussel sprouts, not really brussel sprouts!)


And we all had a lemon meringue tart for dessert!


Stayed overnight at a RV park just south of town and this picture is just where we had the RV stuck the next night. You cannot see the water pounding up and wind blowing, but the police man told us that was quite calm for here and this time of year! We truly are good time sailors...


The next day was a bit better for seeing the water going down the southern coast line in Oregon. Lots of place where we first went over to the coast that you could not see any water because of the trees...





I have the name of this dredger somewhere, but it was a great setting for photo's!








AND we saw seals and sea lions! So wildlife viewing was good!!








It has finally stopped raining and we have crossed over into Northern California, so we will see what the next day brings!