Well, I think today is Monday, June 25. We're at the Lincoln City library and this is the first chance to get on-line for a few days. The top group of pictures were taken when we were geocaching near Florence, Oregon and staying at Honeyman SP. We made a few treks into the woods/sand and found 11 caches. We did stop at our favorite clam chowder place in Florence...............bummer, they either changed cooks or their chowder recipe 'cause their clam chowder absolutely sucked. It was tart.......told the waitress and she said it was probably the lemon juice they put in the chowder. Who in the hell would ever put lemon juice in clam chowder??? Needless to say the Fire Station restaurant in Florence is no longer on our eatery list. Prior to leaving Florence we made a short jaunt up the coast to Sea Lion Caves. I've been there before so Becky had to tour the cave by herself. She took a bunch of pictures of the sea lions and of Heceta Light House.........supposedly the most photographed lighthouse in Oregon.
We stayed in Lincoln City overnight on the 21st and then drove to Sand Lake for the weekend. Arrived early on Friday morning and couldn't find a campsite.......everything full up so we ended up parking in the parking lot. Kinda noisy and it poured down rain on Saturday night but the days were overflowing with sunshine. Doug, Tami, Cassidy & Trace showed up with my Rhino and we managed to get it into the sand dunes although the Rhino was running kinda ragged. Should have it hitting on all four cylinders by the time we go to Coos Bay after the 4th of July. Saturday afternoon Becky and I continued our quest for clam chowder and ended up at a little cafe east of Tillamook. The chowder was "OK". We just kicked around the campsite, fed our faces and watched the world go by. Sunday morning we were packed up and ready to return to Lincoln City but couldn't get out of there. A jeep hit a motorhome on the narrow road so we were delayed several hours while they hauled the wrecks away. Finally made it to Devil's Lake SP, where we are now, got set up and discovered that a Kite Festival was being held on the beach. We got there at the tail end of it but managed to see some kite demonstations that were, as Becky put it, "COOL". Found our favorite fish 'n chips place, the fish is still good, chowder so-so and then made a small contribution to my red brothers at the local casino. It cost us about $15.00 for two hours of entertainment so guess that wasn't too bad.
Downloaded some "easy to find" geocaches so as soon as Becky gets done with her email we'll probably go looking for some. We'll be leaving tomorrow sometime and either stay at the Spirit Mountain Casino for overnight or else drive on to Vancouver. We have reservations for 10 days at Paradise Point SP north of Vancouver, WA so we'll be settled for awhile. I'll be able to hook up the internet satellite dish there so Becky will be able to forgo withdrawals for awhile.
Later..............Wayne & Becky
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