Ready to Roll

Ready to Roll

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Ohio, United States
Having recently retired we are fulfilling our long time dream. We began our camping life with a tent in 1969 adjusting as each of our three sons arrived over the years and gradually progressed to a 32' Class A in 2007. Even after our sons became too busy with their own interests, we continued dreaming over the years. The Louisville, KY 2003 Great North American RV Rally and the book "Movin' On" convinced us that a motorhome after retirement was really for us! In 2007 we sold our home and disposed of most of our belongings and awaited the wife's retirement on February 1, 2008. We were out in our first motorhome ten times in our first summer in 2007, with our grandson joining us eight of those ten times. Since he must stay behind with his mom and dad to continue school, we told him he can join us on vacations (by car or plane) anywhere we are as we travel the US. Imagine the history lessons he could acquire! However, Mom and Dad don't look at it that way, especially the flying. Fortunately we don't miss work one bit!! We just miss the friends there. We have many hobbies to keep us busy when we decide to sit still for a day. Hope to see you on the road.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

LINCOLN CITY AND CHINOOK BEND CAMPGROUND in OREGON

Friday's moving day arrived and we drove on south to Lincoln City and located our campground south of the city, surrounded by mountains. It was a pretty setting, but to our dismay we do not have cell service, thus no computer Internet or phones!! This was one home on the road to the campground located along Siletz River. Wouldn't it be lovely to live along the water year around? Well, maybe not when the snow flies or when they feel the high water results of a Tsunami!! This is the office for the campground and their mini falls. They do have wi-fi, at times. They also serve breakfast on Sunday morning. Driving back the long lane to the actual camping area, this is the view. Some of the hill tops have been logged out, but the beauty is still there. The Siletz River runs along between the hills and the campground. Home at last! And this is one of our neighbors! There is a small marina here also, and many boats launched for fishing. It must be good fishing! Going out to the highway, we can see where this river empties out into the big bay right along the ocean. Saturday we went in to Lincoln City to do laundry and to use the computer at the library which had much faster computer service. While in there we also checked out the Chinook Winds Casino and ate lunch there at their buffet. Mistake!!! Too much food for us!!! This was the weekend for try-outs for Wheel of Fortune!! My hair-do looks like Traficant, from the winds!! We were going to try-out for the show to be filmed in Portland. We even got into this line which was moving quite fast, but then we chickened out!! We just could not see ourselves jumping up and down and screaming to win!! It would have been nice to see what their process is and maybe go home with a prize that they were giving away that day. Maybe next time!! Even the RVers were parked in the upper Casino lots. The beach just beyond the Casino and the condominiums was looking a little rougher. The winds were stronger than when we first arrived in Lincoln City. Then the rains rolled in for a couple days. Our next outing was after the rain. When driving on south to Depoe Bay, we stopped to take pictures of the tides. Some change, huh? Take care!!

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