Off to Pacific City

We both love the Oregon Coast and so we were able to stay on plan and be at the Oregon Coast, the park that we bought into the Thousand Trails system back in 1979 - Pacific City.  We were at Oregon MotorCoach getting items finished on the RV until Thursday afternoon and then we drove to the beach.    They still didn't have all the info for the security system, so we'll pursue that later.

We left August 15th and were able to stay til the 27th.  Overall the weather was great, only one day of a little wind and the day before we left it felt like winter - wind and heavy rain.

We did have quite a time finding a place large enough with good power - so we ended up moving twice while there, but on Tuesday the 20th, we found a great site that also had 50 amp service.  It's amazing the things you have to be concerned about - power, water, no sewer at this place, limited satellite service, length, somewhat flat so the motorhome will level up correctly and then lastly a strong enough phone/wifi connection.  The entire time we had very limited service and if we wanted to send emails or make phone calls, we would go into town.  Therefore, I'm a little behind in updating the blog.

We again just relaxed - Craig got the motorcycle out a few times, we spent time on the beach, if there was enough wind, he would fly his kite.  The "girls" would just sit wherever there was shade (Kyna in the grass trying to stay cool below).  We went on lots of walks, played miniature golf, etc.  It's amazing how fast the day goes bye doing whatever you want to do - and probably not really accomplishing a thing. It really is so much fun. We tried out a few of our favorite eating spots and a new barbecue place, went to the Air Museum in Tillamook, went to the Pacific City and Lincoln City Farmers Market, buying fresh salmon, flowers, berries, vegetables, etc. and then spent the last day in Canon Beach.

I've also spent time learning to do baking in the motorhome.  I didn't do much real baking when we went out for just a week or so.  So I baked a carrot cake for the picnic while in Salem and while in Pacific City I baked a blackberry cobbler.  The carrot cake turned out great (good recipe) but didn't quite get done in the very middle but still edible.  The cobbler cooked great and I'm ready for the next baking project.

Wish we could have spent longer - but that will hopefully be next time.