Awake: 7:05am Temp 43 sleep 7+30 sunny overnight @ Newport, OR.
Dick calls early from Arizona: he wants a report on “the almost perfect storm” & I give it to him. He was actually envious & wished that he could have had our experience!
K & I talk it over, watch the weather channel, read the forecast for the next few days from NOAA & decide to leave the Outdoor Resorts of America in Newport, Oregon & head south on US-101 @ 11:40am. The weather & sky are beautiful in spite of what was forecasted from NOAA for today.
The town of Florence, (55) miles away is our 1st stop. We park our bus @ the Three Rivers Casino, detach the Suzuki & drive to Old Town & the waterfront; walk around in the sunshine, take some pictures, visit a few stores & top off the Suzuki’s fuel tank @ Fred Myers gas station (13.3 gal @ 2.99 per gallon). Then it’s back to the bus to continue our southbound travels.
Great viewing day as we travel along the coast; we make a few quick stops en route to take pictures of the coastal Oregon light houses. Our plan included an overnight stop @ Coos Bay but the sunshine was shining right into Kathy viewing eyeballs & that distracted her; I was so excited that we passed through (6) green lights in a row that I forgot to pay attention to our exit ramp. Before we knew it, we were on the south side of town during rush hr. We stop along the road to check our campground books for nearby casinos, etc turning up nothing close for an overnight stay; Kathy found an RV park further south on US-101; she calls & they can accommodate us for the night. We arrive @ the Bandon by the Sea RV Park @ 4:45pm. It’s big rig friendly & shortly we are settled in for the night.
Today’s travel: 130 miles 3+57 hrs 24 gal used 5.4 mpg 32.9 avg speed.
Dinner: Tilapia, brown rice & a mixed salad.
DVR movie: “Frenzy” with Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Anna Massey, Alec McCowen, etc. Hitchcock n high gear, telling story of suave, London strangler (Foster) & innocent man (Finch) suspected of murder spree. All classic Hitchcock elements are here. 1972. The expert murder-mystery watcher, Kathy, highly recommends this one.
High travel temp=60 Lights out: 11:29pm
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