Our first night was at the Klamath River RV Park in Klamath, CA. This is the view from our camp site.
Next stop, Coos Bay, OR. A beautiful small town with flower baskets hanging from light poles along the streets. We stayed at the Mills Casino RV Park, and after getting settled, we went to the Sharkbite Cafe and tasted one of Tom & Debbie's favorite Margaritas, which were made from scratch. After enjoying the Maggie, we headed over to 7 Devils Brewery, then back to the casino for a little bit of unsuccessful gambling.
Next morning, we were off to Newport, OR. We stayed at the Newport Marina & RV Park. The weather was cool, so we grabbed our sweatshirts and headed to the historical town of Newport. These 3 willingly posed for this picture in front of the Historic Barge Inn, which was a dive bar, and then a visit to the Rogue Brewery where we enjoyed some brews.
Workers are not very motivated. I suppose doing the same thing day in - day out would be pretty boring.
These ladies were aligning the blocks of cheese for slicing.
No tour would be complete without samples, so off to the sample line where we sampled several types of cheese. Nothing bizarre, just your run of the mill samples. Then, of course, the sample line ended in the gift shop, where we bought more cheese and some ice cream.
After a lunch of cheese and crackers, we headed east towards Portland. We stayed for 2 nights in Wilsonville, OR which was south of Portland. Debbie and I wanted to go to a store in which we have ordered fabric on-line. Fabric Depot is a huge fabric store in Portland, so we spent some time there, while the boys went to Home Depot. Once we were all finished shopping, we went over to The Portland Brewing Company in the industrial area of Portland. We had a nice appetizer and a round of micro-brews. Right after we got back to the motorhomes, Bill discovered he left his sweatshirt and the motorhome keys in the pocket of his sweatshirt, so back to Portland Brewery we go. The time was about 3:30 p.m. in the afternoon as we headed back, and got back home between 6:00 and 6:30 p.m. The traffic in Portland was horrendous! Never imagined.
It is Wednesday, and we are headed to Albany, OR where the FMCA Rally is located. FMCA is Family Motor Coach Association. During these rally's, the Association has several classes on different subjects related to RVing. The rally began Thursday and ended Saturday night. These rallies include dinners and evening entertainment. One night, we saw Hypnotist Tammy Harris. This was sooooo funny watching people from the audience get hypnotized.
During our stay, we visited Covered Bridges, and also the historic area of downtown Albany.
There are a few Covered Bridges tours around Oregon. You drive yourself following the route that you wish to take.
Here are the covered bridges we visited:
Of course, we visited a brewery here and there. So here us enjoying a beer at the Growler Garage in downtown Albany.
We also visited downtown Albany. The city received a donated Carousel through a project started by anAlbany resident. This Carousel dates from 1909 and was in operation at an amusement park in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. This mechanism is fully operational but only has four completed animals on it for balance. When complete, the Carousel will hold 52 animals. All which will have been sponsored by a family or individual. Each animal is carved with unique details about their owners. As an example, Neal, a greyhound, is modeled after a real dog that was a rescued race dog and loved to sprint through the grass behind his family's Albany home. Grizzly Berry is a bear adopted by a family of optometrists that wears glasses and carries an eye chart in his basket. The Berry's granddaughters named are carved into his fur.
Here are pictures of some unfinished animals as well as one of the volunteers who started 10 years ago and knew nothing about wood carving.
The city is in the process of constructing a new carousel building, which will house the fully restored mechanism with all 52 hand carved and painted animals. The museum has postcards of what each animal will look like, and they all have a unique name. The animals that are completed are on display around local businesses in the historic downtown area. There are so many awesome animals, it is hard to pick a favorite. I will look forward to returning to Albany to see the completed Carousel.
Sunday was here before we knew it, and it was time to head south. We traveled from Albany, OR to Lakehead, CA and stayed at the Trail Inn RV Park. It was a small park, and felt like you were in the middle of the forest even though we were only a few miles off of Hwy. 5.
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| Mt Shasta in June |
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| On the road home |
Our vacation was officially over the next day, which was Monday, June 27, 2016. What a great time we had!
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