Moving Day

Today we moved farther north to Mallard Creek Golf & RV in Lebanon, OR, just east of Albany. But let me back up and catch you up on our trip to Crater Lake on Friday. It's a beautiful drive, we took the southern route there then came back the northern route, so was able to see more of the countryside. It turned out to be quite cold there, at places only 46 degrees, so needless to say, we looked, took pictures and high tailed it out of there to some warmer weather.

 The lake is quite scenic, but what attracted Jim was the snow. He just had to stop and play.

The water is so clear and even turquoise in spots around the island.

 On our way back we passed by Diamond Lake with Mt. Baily in the background.

This is looking back towards Crater Lake and the next pictures tells you what this point is.

 There were several falls along the way, so stopped to get a look at I believe was Watson Falls.

 Once we got back to I5 we toured a couple of wineries in the area.  We were impressed with a couple, so did purchase a couple of bottles. At the end of the day, we drove 287 miles all of them just beautiful scenery. Everything is just so green, with trees everywhere.

This morning we left Canyonville about 9am and got into Mallard Creek about 11:45. The previous people had not vacated our space yet, so what was there to do except play golf. The course is right next to the RV park, nicely maintained but the fairways are narrow. So Jim spent time looking for his ball on a few holes.

Had an enjoyable round of golf, got the RV parked and we settled in to BBQ chicken for dinner. The weather was perfect this afternoon and hopefully will continue while we are here.

Golf for the Day

Yesterday turned out to be a beautiful, sunny warm day - perfect for golf. The local course, Mrytle Creek GC, has a special every Thurs. for $40 including cart, a savings of $12. The course is quite scenic nestled in surrounding tree filled mountains. Had an enjoyable round of golf, Jim had a 87 and we won't mention what my score was. Situated in the mountains made the course quite up and down, which we don't play very well due to the fact that we are use to AZ courses that are mostly flat. But a good time was had by all. Here are some pictures along the way.

 We found plum trees along the way and of course we had to sample. There were also berry bushes but the berries are not ripe yet.

After we arrived back at the RV Park, we needed a walk so over to the casino we went. This time we left winning only $30 after 1/2 hour of hard work. Our goal is to walk out of their when we are ahead. I would also like to mention that it has been my expertise at the slots that have gained us all this abundance. Got back to the RV just in time for wine time. After filling our wine glasses, Jim starting the BBQ, we sat back for a relaxing evening and a fine meal of BBQ turkey breast.

Coos Bay Day Trip

Here it is Thursday morning already, where does time go when on the road? To catch up a little let's go back to Tues. evening. We were enjoying a glass of wine out on the patio gazing on the surrounding tree filled mountains when the sky just decided to dump. Needless to say that by the time we got the chairs put away and got into the motorhome it rained so much that my wine was a bit watered down. It rained off and on the rest of the evening (it doesn't get dark here until after 9pm) and night. But around 7pm the electricity went out in the park. Luckily it was cool enough that the A/C was not required, so we faired quite well even though the coach is all electric there is enough battery power we can survive for quite some time, except A/C that would really draw the power. But if need be, we always have a generator. The power did come back on around 9:30. Never did hear why it went out.

Yesterday since it was still overcast and cool we decided that a trip to the coast would be in order. Sorry no pictures of the ocean/coast as we really didn't see it except all the bays. We started out at Bandon, drove through town, not much. But as we were driving up Hwy 101 we saw Bandon Doons Golf Course, so we drove in just to check it out. Really not much to see there, but we can now say we saw the place (it's a highly rated course).

On up Hwy 101, took a side trip through Charleston then through Coos Bay. Nothing really caught our eye so kept driving. Now we are getting hungry, so Jim found a listing for Ungers Fish & Chips in Winchester Bay. We found the road it was on, but I guess we missed the turnoff, so we kept driving down this road quite aways until we figured out we must have passed it, so turning around we went back.  It still took us quite awhile to find the place, but we finally made it, so glad we did as the fish-n-chips were delicious.

Drove up the coast a little bit further before heading back inland to the RV park. A total of 259 miles for the day and even though the drive was beautiful, I wanted to see the coast/ocean which we didn't even get a glimpse of it.

Here is the Seven Feathers Park we are staying at, which I highly recommend. The park is rated #10 and I totally agree, they only need to trim their trees.

Jim is trying to fix our little plastic side table that a leg broke off, but didn't work, so off to the garbage it goes.

 Here is a look eastward from our space.

 Here is a look westward from our space.

Oh, after we got back from driving all those miles yesterday, we needed some exercise, so of course we walked over to the casino where we proceeded to win $59 then left and walked back. Another productive day at the casino.