May 14-15th - OR

May 14-15^th – Gold Beach OR

I am still not back into the routine of posting the blog but bear with me and stay tuned!

We only had 27 miles to go on Saturday so we took our time with coffee & some games before packing up. We checked into Turtle Rock RV park a couple of miles south of “downtown” Gold Beach and got set up in a long site where we can put out the back deck. And we have lots of room to park the truck & the bike. We took the bike into town to check things out and make a reservation on Tuesday for the jet boat tour up the Rouge River. When we returned, a neighbor was having problems backing his long 5^th wheel in beside us due to some trees on the other side of the road. I suggested a different approach and Terry guided him past some obstacles so we have some nice neighbors who are going to be here for a week. We picked up a couple of fresh Dungeness crab in town for a yummy dinner.

Sunday morning we went for a walk on the beach. There are a couple of trails – one for low tide and one for high tide – along Hunter Creek which runs right past the back of our site. The beach makes me wish I was a rock hound as there isn't much there besides rocks & sand! No seals and very few birds. Then we took the motorcycle on a ride to Agness up the Rouge River about 35 miles. The road is very winding and narrow. Terry loved it on the bike and I mostly enjoyed it but got bounced around a lot on dips and uneven pavement. The bumps are a lot worse on the back seat than for the driver. We got a few sprinkles of rain before we stopped for lunch in Agness which consists of a store with a lunch counter. It is actually a neat little store and I enjoyed talking to the proprietress while her husband was cooking our burgers.

We got rain on the way back just before we stopped at Cougar Lodge looking for Denise & Patrick who used to work in the courtyard at VVV. They happened to be on days off so we didn't get to see them but hopefully will do so when we take the jet boat up the river. We got a bit more rain and then it cleared up again. We did a bit more exploring in town before stopping at a grocery store and heading home for another great dinner. Terry was so tickled to grill on our deck!