Oregon has an impressive state park system, and some of the best are along the coast. Trish and I stayed at this park last summer and returned this year to hook up with friends Ron and Holly, from Portland. Trish and Holly have been close friends since their college days at OSU in Corvallis, the home of the ferocious Beavers (beware: they’ll gnaw off your leg before you know it). Trish is an honorary aunt to R and H’s 5 children.
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R and H have 2 exchange students living with them for the high school year, one from South Korea (Alan) and one from China (John). Both have spent a prior year of study abroad, Alan in New Zealand, John in Georgia, and both are fluent in English. This is an intriguing situation for the boys, given that South Korea has poor political relations with China; SK is understandably intimidated by the proximity and military power of their huge neighbor.
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On Thursday morning, Trish pulled a muscle in her back. It’s improving slowly but she has to limit her activities for a couple days at least. We were hoping to golf at a course that’s adjacent to the park but that’s not gonna happen.
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I finally got the replacement RV radio from Camping World. One of the complications of this transaction was that the outfit that supplies the radios doesn’t install them: that’s done at the (Heartland) RV assembly plant. If I had worked through a Heartland dealer, they would have obtained the radio and installed it. Trouble is, most states have only a couple Heartland dealers and the locations are seldom convenient. I could have had CW install the radio at a cost of $75, but I did it myself, took 5 minutes, end of story.
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The top 4 pix were taken in Shore Acres SP, a nearby day-use park which is the former estate of Louis J Simpson of Simpson Timber. LJ had a grand mansion on a cliff overlooking the ocean, and also had formal gardens, a separate rose garden, plus numerous varieties of plants and trees scattered about. In the mid 1900s, LJ fell upon hard times which ultimately resulted in the estate being donated. The bottom 2 pix are of Charleston Boat Harbor, south of Coos Bay.
R and H have 2 exchange students living with them for the high school year, one from South Korea (Alan) and one from China (John). Both have spent a prior year of study abroad, Alan in New Zealand, John in Georgia, and both are fluent in English. This is an intriguing situation for the boys, given that South Korea has poor political relations with China; SK is understandably intimidated by the proximity and military power of their huge neighbor.
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On Thursday morning, Trish pulled a muscle in her back. It’s improving slowly but she has to limit her activities for a couple days at least. We were hoping to golf at a course that’s adjacent to the park but that’s not gonna happen.
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I finally got the replacement RV radio from Camping World. One of the complications of this transaction was that the outfit that supplies the radios doesn’t install them: that’s done at the (Heartland) RV assembly plant. If I had worked through a Heartland dealer, they would have obtained the radio and installed it. Trouble is, most states have only a couple Heartland dealers and the locations are seldom convenient. I could have had CW install the radio at a cost of $75, but I did it myself, took 5 minutes, end of story.
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The top 4 pix were taken in Shore Acres SP, a nearby day-use park which is the former estate of Louis J Simpson of Simpson Timber. LJ had a grand mansion on a cliff overlooking the ocean, and also had formal gardens, a separate rose garden, plus numerous varieties of plants and trees scattered about. In the mid 1900s, LJ fell upon hard times which ultimately resulted in the estate being donated. The bottom 2 pix are of Charleston Boat Harbor, south of Coos Bay.
Love the boat harbor pictures. We didn't eat at the Charleston Fish and Chips opportunity...
ReplyDeleteThe drive back along the river was very beautiful, and we did have a stop at a DQ in honor of the last day before school. (And today is the first day of school, so we will need to celebrate again...)
Hope Trish's back is unkinked and that the bike fittings won't aggravate it.