Oregon Coast

Everyone loves the Oregon coast, here are a few more

Rogue River

Before we left Oregon , we went to Gold Beach, about
35 miles north of the Calif border.
The Rogue River empties into the Pacific ocean there.
We stayed at Turtle Rock RV resort. Two Tour companies operate jet boat scenic tours up the River.
It was great fun!!!!!!!Most likely you will get wet, we sure did.

We took Jerry's Rogue Jets boat.

Salmon to Salem

We made the trip from Salmon, ID to Eastern Oregon via Hyway 21, pretty country
but it is one crooked road. We stayed at the Prineville Reservoir where our friends were
Crawdad fishing.
We are able to visit with Merle & Jan. I helped Merle a couple days setting and pulling pots
, it is similar to crabing.
Then Merle insisted on buying us dinner, just because Aug 18 was Jerry's birthday;-)
It was a wonderful meal and good company.

We moved on over here to Salem and will be here until the 26 of Aug. Staying at the Salem Elks. They have a nice little RV park here.

Geocaching & more.

Geocaching... A worldwide group of GPS users. Users place 'caches' in locations all over the world. These can be anything from a small magnetic key box to something larger. There are rules and guidelines for individuals to follow. Some caches are placed in easy location , some are more difficult which may require a hike to get to. There are also Earth caches , which are simply landmarks the person placing the cache think may be interesting.
With our travels all over we decided to see if we could find a few. So far this trip we have found two. It is simple process, online we go to the Geocaching website , put in the zip code s and get a list of caches in your area.
http://www.geocaching.com/

We input the coordinates in the GPS and follow the map.

This particular cache pictured here was a location in Idaho called the Pirimids, this was a location where Lewis & Clark passed by on there expedition out west. These are formations created over millions of years.






Further up the road we met a fellow way up in the hills, who, we found out later, is a well known artist, engraving and carving. We stopped in front of his home(studio) and he invited us in for a tour. He showed us many of his creations. He had been in a high stress government job dealing with chemical warfare, and had taken up carving years ago. We were impressed, and no , he didn't try to sell us anything.

Small world

A friend of a friend invited me up to the R/C flying field the other evening. This fellow pictured to the right was also passing thru Salmon, ID, and had parked his motorhome at the R/C field.
We sat around BS'ing, an earthquake was mentioned in the conversation, I told them about when I was on a flightcrew back in 1964, flying relief & supplies into Kodiak Is, Alaska. This fellow says, 'really, so did I' , he was a young LT assigned to the Naval Air Station at Whidbey Is Washington. Same as me. I said LT Weatherly?? He replies 'thats me'.........
Turns out he was my plane commander(Pilot ) on several flights. While not flying I was assigned to maintenance shop. He was officer in charge of maintenance.!!!!!!!!
We didn't hang out together of course, I was enlisted and he was an officer. We knew many of the same people stationed there.
We both served in Vietnam in different squadrons.
I have met many people along the road over the last few years, this was one of those memorable
times.
yep thats me taxing my plane and the road going back down the hill to Salmon. This field was BLM land adminstered by the Dept of the Interior.




A groupof R/C flyers petitioned for use of the land some 20 yrs ago and was awarded the land.
It is a great place.

And of course a shot of Molly posing;-)

After spending 10 days in Oldtown , ID we headed for Polson, Mt (Flathead lake).Picture of moho taken just north of Plains, MT.
Unlimited Light Hydroplane racing. I stopped by the pits to say Hi to Vinny, the X man, boat driver and owner
He gave me a crew shirt and put me to work for the weekend. had a lot fun, but was hard work;-)

Today didn't go to well, as while testing, the boat 'skid fin' broke and tonight Vinny is
trying to find someplace to fabriate a new fin.

Monday we will head south to Salmon, ID.

And of coarse Molly lounging around.

Family,Friends & Travel on way to Idaho

We finished our Camp Hosts commitment June 30, moved up the hyway 50 miles to Tom & Sherry Hooks place. before we lefted Lincoln Rock we went to a big Hot Rod show in Wenatchee.

Went to a small rodeo in Chesaw,Wa ,a small town in north central Washington.
Hooks grandkids were participating in various events. It was your typical small town rodeo.

We made a quick trip to western Washington to see the McDonald 'boys' Chase & Aden who were down from Alaska visiting their other Grandparents, Larry & Marge in Lacey, Wa. and to celebrate Haley's 16th birthday at Karen & Walters.

Sunday, the 6th, we traveled to Keller's Ferry on Lake Roosvelt, we went up river/lake on Tom & Sherry's boat, tired up at the beach all day and lounged around all day long. Today we traveled about 130 miles to Oldtown, ID.
Will be here a week then go to Flathead Lake, MT.

Lincoln Rock State Park

We are about to complete our one month volunteer camp hosting duties for the Sate Of Washington. Our first weekend here we went to Chelan for Lillie Hooks 100th birthday party.

They provided us with a great site and (see pictures)....
We have enjoyed having the kids, grand kids and friends stop by. The campers who stay here at Lincoln Rock like the cleanliness of the park and most try to keep it clean by picking up after themselves before the leave camp.

posting some pictures now, more later

Molly

Wating to go somewhere.

LasVegas/Freemont Street

Here we are in Las Vegas. We will be here a week. Cindy, Patrick,Nathan and James will be here Monday. Also Susan.

From here we will head north to Washington state, Lincoln rock state park, just north of Wenattchee.
The photos are of Fremont street in downtown Vegas . The CMT awards are goin on in Vegas, so there were several bands playing thoughout Fremont.