I'm glad we didn't find an ARK to buy yesterday. We woke up today to the peaceful sound of NOTHING.....it had FINALLY, after 2 SOLID DAYS, quit raining and it was so so QUIET!
We decided look for shells on the beach before we left Bandon since we hadn't been able to get onto the beach the last two days due to the weather!
Judy found our 1 and ONLY shell.......BUT we did enjoy the walk on the beach. It was mild with no wind.....a perfect spring morning on the beach!
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The little brown pebble is stuck tight in the rock...it's a pretty cool rock~ A cute little neighbor at the RV park. He (?) was so cute; I would talk to him and he'd duck his head down like he wasn't supposed to talk to strangers....when I quit talking, he would look up at me again and wag his tail......adorable!!  Getting ready to leave...an easier process with our new 5th wheel  Me at one of the many places we pulled over to see the ocean while driving south on Hwy 101. Our GPS made us laugh several times today. I call the lady that lives inside the GPS "Sybil" because she sometimes forgets who she is and what her job is. Today, I think she must have been drinking.....again......she kept telling us we were driving down "Virgil Street" Where the heck did she come up with THAT????? We crossed the Thomas Creek Bridge today which the sign said was the highest bridge in OR. (who knew) I couldn't see to the bottom over the side of the bridge but the glimpse I had made me queasy. We saw some AMAZING redwood trees today but there wasn't any place to pull over and get pictures which is a shame. They really need a couple pull-outs where you can get some photos. Those giants are so special! When I was a kid, we usually just visited family for our "vacations" but once, when I was in grade school we took a trip from Florence, OR to Northern CA, going down HYW 101. We drove past The Prehistoric Gardens just outside Port Orford, OR I'm kicking myself because I didn't pull over and have Judy take a picture of me in front of the dinosaur out front. My brother and I posed in front of it on our trip. *sigh* Maybe next time through..... Later, we drove past Trees of Mystery and didn't stop but we visited there on that trip. The girls have been excellent traveling the last few days. They seem to enjoy traveling in the truck with us. We have plastic dog crates for them to ride in and Judy used cords to secure them to the seat so they won't be flying objects in case of a mishap. We haven't heard "are we there yet?" once! I almost forgot to add the street names we've seen the last few days.......some are OMG!! Bruce's Bones Creek Tom Cat Hill Wonder Stump Road and the all time worst road name we've seen yet..... Suicide Creek Road We had seen signs to watch for Elk serveral times but other than a few deer, no critters sighted. We also saw a sign that gave a radio station to tune to for information on elk herds. I'd never seen THAT before. After seeing yet another sign, I said "I wish we would see some elk but not on the road" I no sooner had those words out of mouth when we saw a herd of probably 30 elk....in the grass in front of an RV park, across from Humboldt Lagoon....they were free to come and go......some were laying down, others were munching on grass. I wish I had the same results when I say "gee, I wish I would win the lotto this week" |
Oh my gosh!!! That photo of the rock with a tunnel in it reminds me so much of the scene in the movie "Count of Monte Cristo" (with a bit of photoshop editing) where Edmond found the treasure!!! How fascinating :-)
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