Back to the Coast

We left Junction City after the wedding and headed back to the coast. The road we took to the coast was not made for RV travel. It was very narrow and winding in spots, we were much relied when we finally made it to the coast. We spent the next two days camped at Tillicum beach at a Federal Forest campground. It was very nice and right on the ocean. The first day we got together with my brother John his wife Barb and daughter Jessie. They had rented a house on the beach for the week and were only six or seven miles from us. They stopped over to see our site and we had a BBQ lunch and then took a walk on the beach. It was chilly on the shore but the sun was out. Later that afternoon Chris and I drove over to their rental. They had a very cute two bedroom round house right on the ocean with wrap-around views it was very nice.   

We drove up to the town of Newport which was large enough for a Wal-Mart. I needed to refill a prescription and that was the nearest place. On the way back my sister Judy had arrived with her family for their week at the beach. She had rented a large five bedroom home on the beach for the week. The views were fantastic. We stopped for a short visit and to say our goodbye’s as we were leaving in the morning and would not see them again until everyone was back in Minnesota.

We left this morning at 8:00 in the thick fog. There were spotty section along the coast where the Sun was out and no fog to areas of very foggy. Didn’t travel very far and were off the road for the day by 11:00. We are inland from the coast a little ways at a state park. We have a nice site and it’s much warmer than the coast and less windy as well.  

 Narrow bridge on scenic highway 101

light house keepers house

people enjoying the beach at one of many pull offs

Another view

Tillicum Beach campground

Tillicum Beach

Tillicum Beach

Tillicum Beach

 Jessie Barb and John

Jessie Barb and Chris

Beautiful Wedding

Katie and David had a beautiful day for their beautiful wedding. What a gorgeous location. The catering, flowers and music were perfect for the event. Everyone had a wonderful time.

Wedding Time

We are heading inland to Junction City where my niece Katie is getting married tomorrow. Most of the out of town visitors are staying at the Guest House Inn, I've gotten permission to park the RV in their lot and we will stay there for tonight and tomorrow. We will head back to the coast on Sunday, Wallport Or, where a lot of family members have rooms for a couple of days. We will leave there on Tuesday and continue traveling down the coast. No real plans after that.

The temperature has been all over the scale, from cold chilly evenings to hot days. Close to 90 here today and tomorrow. It is an outdoor wedding and no mention of rain so that's a good thing.

 Trying to blog has been very frustrating because of poor Internet connections. I'll update when possible.

 Forest camping in Montana

Our first look at Mt Hood

Mt St Helen's

 Canyon Beach Oregon

 Depoe Bay Oregon coast

 Beverly Beach State Park

 Beverly Beach Oregon

 Camping along the Siletz River

Catching Up

Burr……..

Last night just before going to bed the rain started and it started with a BANG. One clap of thunder that was the loudest we have ever heard. Along with the rain a cold front moved in and the temperature this morning was in the mid 50’s, we weren’t expecting that...

Shelby North Dakota

                                                                  Beautiful North Dakota

Despite the cooler temperatures the sun was out and it was a beautiful morning until we were just outside of Williston, the oil rich boom town of this century. The lack of road construction that we had enjoyed up to this point ended abruptly. Williston is being redone from the inside out to accommodate the rapid population growth that is underway. There is such a lack of housing for the oil workers that we even saw steel storage containers stacked on top of one another and people living in them. You would think that with the economic boom and all the oil being pumped out of Williston that they would have decent gas prices. Wrong, prices range from $3.69 to $3.79 a gallon.

Heading to Williston ND

 Fender bender

 Wide open spaces

 Could be a country school house

The weather was threatening all day but never did storm or even rain. It cleared up entirely and we are enjoying a nice cool evening. 

We are in Shelby Montana at a very nice city park and again it is a very chilly morning with bright blue skies. We decided that instead of spending any time in places we have seen before like Glacier National Park, we would head for head for Washington and Oregon and maybe have some time on the coast. So we will see what happens, there is a chance our plans may change again.

 

WOW what temperature changes, it went from 52 degrees this morning to 96 degrees this afternoon. We are in Superior Montana at a federal forest campground. It’s 9:00 pm and just starting to cool off.

This morning we left for Washington. We are currently staying in Ellensburg Washington. Western Montana and Idaho both have spectacular scenery.  This part of Washington is quite pretty too, very green and hilly with a view of the snow capped mountains. We are camped at the Yakima River RV Park it is part of a ranch that raises bulls for rodeos. The weather here is windy, sunny, and cool, our views are beautiful plus this park has WiFi, couldn’t ask for much more.

 Scary exit from our campground, yes we did make it through in one piece

 Crossing the Columbia River

 That's Mt Rainier way way off in a distance