J'CAPOTE A KLAMATH - PHOQUE

SITTING AT GOLD BEACH, THEY CALLED FOR HEAVY RAINS. WE DECIDED TO LEAVE AND HEAD FOR CALIFORNIA, 75 MILES TO KLAMATH.

UP AND DOWN, CRAZY HILLS AND CRAZIER FOG.

MADE IT TO KLAMATH, AND WHEN WE STOPPED AT THE PARK, A CAR PULLED UP, THE LADY ROLLED DOWN THE WINDOW AND SAID " PARLEZ-VOUS FRANCAIS?" "OUI", I SAID. HER HUSBAND OPENED THE DOOR AND SAID, "BEN, J'CAPOTE, STIE! NOUS AUTRES AUSSI ON EST DU QUEBEC."

THEY WERE FROM MONTREAL, FLEW TO VEGAS AND RENTED A CAR TO TOUR NEVADA,ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON.

SETTLED IN AND WENT IN SEARCH OF A GROCERY STORE. NONE FOR 25 MILES, SO WE BOUGHT BREAD, MILK AND WATER AT SUBWAY.....

SAW A BIG PAUL BUNYAN AND BLUE OX, VISITED INDIAN MUSEUM AND BACK AT CAMP. DECIDED TO GO FISHIN OFF THE DOCK.

THERE IS ONLY SALMON AND TROUT IN THE KLAMATH RIVER. TRIED MY LUCK, GOT A LITTLE NIBBLE AND THEN 3 SEALS CAME IN AND ATE THE FISH, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DOCK, ABOUT 25 FEET OUT.

OUATTE DE PHOQUE.......

ON FRIDAY, IT IS A CLEANUP DAY. IT IS RAINING HARD, AND JUST WHEN YOU THINK IT CAN'T RAIN HARDER, IT RAINS HARDER. GONNA STAY HERE UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING AND THEN HEAD SOUTH TOWARDS FRISCO, MAYBE MAKE IT THERE TUESDAY.

WE SHALL SEE WHAT WE SHALL SEE !!!

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GOLD BEACH, OREGON - WOW!!!

SHORT DRIVE TODAY, 75 MILES. AND A 2 DAY LAYOFF.

COOS BAY WAS LIKE THE BEACHCOMBER TV SHOW. RUSTIC AND A LITTLE RUNDOWN TOWN, NICE SCENERY.

THE DRIVE DOWN HERE WAS DOWNRIGHT DULL.........UNTIL THE LAST 25 MILES. THEN IT WAS WOW, DOUBLE WOW, DIDJA SEE THAT, LOOK AT THAT.

STOPPED AT A HOME MADE JAM PLACE. PEACH BUTTER !! yUM yUM !

WE HAD LUNCH ON THE BEST BEACH WE HAD EVER SEEN. MILES LONG, HUGE WAVES, MAYBE 10 PEOPLE IN ALL. THE DOGS RAN AND RAN. THEY LOVED IT.

CAMPSITE IS REAL NICE, MOUNTAIN ON ONE SIDE, OCEAN ON THE OTHER. WALK TO THE BEACH. HUGE WAVES.

GONNA BE HERE 2 NIGHTS AND THEN ON TO KLAMATH, CALIFORNIA.

COOS BAY, OREGON -

LEFT THE NICEST CAMPGROUND YET. BEST CLUBHOUSE OF ANY, SO FAR. NICE GROUNDS AND PERMANENTS HAVE NICE GARDENS, WITH TOMATOES AND MELONS. LOTSA NUT TREES, ETC.

ROAD WAS UNEVENTFUL AND KINDA BORING, UNTIL WE TURNED OFF AT EUGENE. WE TRAVELED ALONG A RIVER, THROUGH TUNNELS, UP AND DOWN HILLS.SAW A HERD OF ABOUT 50 ELK, CROSSED OVER A HUGE BRIDGE AND INTO COOS BAY/NORTH END.

THE TOWN IS LIKE A MARITIME FRONTIER TOWN, WITH TONS OF WEIRD, LOST SOULS.

THE CAMPGROUND IS ---------PAVED !! 100% PAVED !!

WENT ON TOUR. UP AND DOWN THE COAST. FOUND A GREAT BEACH. NO ONE THERE. DOGS LOVED IT. WENT ON AND FOUND UNEQUALED VISTAS AND VIEWS. STOPPED AT SIMPSON'S REEF AND SAW THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF SEALS, SEA LIONS, BIRDS, ETC, ETC......

UNBELIEVABLE. GONNA TAKE 2 DAYS TO WANDER DOWN TO KLAMATH, CALIFORNIA AND THEN STAY THERE FOR THE WEEKEND.

SH! IT'S BROKEN .........

LEFT OCEAN SHORES AFTER 4 DAYS OF BEACHIN. BUT BEFORE LEAVING, WE HAD TO CLEAN OUT THE TANKS. SET UP, PUT EVERYTHING IN PLACE, AND SHHHHHHHHHHH, IT BROKE AND STUFF WAS FLYIN' ALL OVER. SHUT IT DOWN, CLEANED THE MESS ( AS BEST WE COULD ), AND HIGHTAILED IT OUTTA THERE !!

A LITTLE FOGGY FOR AWHILE, BUT BY THE TIME WE GOT TO MOUNT ST. HELEN, IT CLEARED UP. AND WARMED UP.

84 DEGREES AND SUNNY.

DROVE UP, AND UP AND UP AND S'MORE UP ALL THE WAY TO 9400 FEET.GOOD THING WE LEFT THE MOHO DOWN THE HILL AND TOOK THE TOAD UP. NEARLY TWICE AS HIGH AS ROGER'S PASS. WINDY.

AND THE SCENERY IS UNBELIEVABLE. NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE IT. TWISTED TREES, 50 FOOT PILES OF ASH, BROKEN TREES. LOOK AT THE PICS AND IMAGINE THE DEVASTATION. VEGETATION, AT THIS LEVEL, GROWS ABOUT AN INCH A YEAR.

SOME THINGS MUST BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED. THIS IS HIGH ON THE LIST.

WE ARE NOW SOUTH OF PORTLAND, OREGON. GREAT CAMPGROUND. TOMORROW, THE COAST BECKONS.

PLAN ON A 3 DAY TRIP TO GET TO SAN FRANCISCO.

TTFN