Jun 17, 2012 - Oregon Coast Aquarium/Albany, OR

On Friday, the 15th, I went to the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport, just a little way outside the park. I was a little disappointed as it was quite small and I was lucky enough to have seen at least the seals and seal lions in person. So to see them in a tank was almost sad. The shark tank was very interesting as people walk through a tube like structure as the sharks and fish swim around the sides and over the top. Very amazing. And then I got there at feeding time, along with lots of others. This was both interesting and gross!! The...

Jun 10, 2012 - To Albany, OR

It is a beautiful, sunny day again. Can this be Oregon? We travel north to Newport for breakfast. We have a “favorite” restaurant here. We turn east onto Route 20. In little more than an hour, we are in the Albany/Corvallis region. It is a scenic drive through the forest. We cross the first summit at 337 feet. We cross the second summit at 900 feet. These mountains are not the Rockies. We will disconnect from the trailer and take a day trip tomorrow to Silver Falls State Park. After that, we will head south and west to the Umqua River....

Jan 23, 2012 - Albany

We stayed Two nights at the Blue Ox RV park. It was a nice park located on the east side of Albany to Lebanon. We were able to visit with Loren and Kathleen Koller and of course get in a few games of cards. They hosted us and provided excellent meals. The hospitality was great and we had such a good time. We were also able to have lunch with Mike, Margi's brother, at the Calapooia Brewery, we had a great lunch and good time visiting with him. On Monday we were surprised when Ken and Connie made it all the way down to Albany and met us...

Oct 7, 2011 - Historic Albany & Covered Bridges

Albany is a cute little town in the middle of the Willamette Valley, close to the college town of Corvallis, home of the Oregon State Beavers. Folks around here take their college football seriously. There is a game tomorrow and Albany is full of orange shirted fans driving around with orange flags flapping from windows. We opted for more budget oriented accomodation here and are at the Holiday Inn on the edge of town, relatively cheap and cheerful. Not very convenient to the "historic downtown" area but very convenient for hitting the...

Jul 26, 2011 - What we did in Corvallis/Albany

Today is Wednesday, July 26th. Yesterday Alan and Katie came over and we took a road trip and went to Cabela's, of course. That is like the candy store for campers. Somehow we got out of there without spending a lot of money. That's a first. After that, we took a drive down hwy 228 in search of covered bridges. There are a lot of covered bridges throughout Oregon. The first one we came upon was called Crawford's Bridge. It is closed to traffic but we were able to walk across and take some pictures. Next we followed the country side and came...

Jul 24, 2011 - We made it to Oregon

Wow, what a long day. We drove 567 miles, 10 1/2 hours but we are all settled in at the Albany KOA. The park is pretty nice but we are right next to the playground and pool. It could be a little noisy. The drive up was beautiful. It's nice to see trees and green. It was actually warm however. We saw 92 degrees at one point. It was in the mid 80's when we got to the campground. We passed a Cabella's on the way up here. I guess I know what we will be doing tomorrow. That's it for tonight. I am writing this on my Blackberry. My thumbs are...

Jun 3, 2011 - FMCA

FMCA is Family Motor Coach Association. We joined this organization so we could join the Winnebago owners group - it was required to belong to FMCA to join the Winnebago group. It was required to belong to these groups in order to belong to the WorkHorse group. WorkHorse is the chassis the Winnebago motor home (ours is a Winnebago motor home) is built on to be manufactured. Good? NO!, it was hundreds of rude people. Our reservation fee covered two dinners. The first dinner we were served turned out to be a baked potato. They were huge...

May 15, 2010 - 82 degrees in fine for camping!!!!

Hey Folks We are home already, in Albany. Wahoo!!! Actually it is Albany, Oregon. We are just getting over the colds - yes, being such a generous soul that I am, I shared it with Mr Cameron. Anyway, after travelling 2000 miles in about four days, he is shattered and we have set up camp here in Albany for the night. Just had icecream as the campsite put that on for the campers here - just like Butlins. It was fun and the servings were huge. The weather got warmer as we left Wyoming and headed into Utah - just the top for a brief couple of...

Feb 23, 2010 - Ready to Go

Early Feb 23rd 2010 Loaded and ready to go - CJ is still sleeping and Rascal and I are ready - Just like the Disney comercial - We're to excited to sleep - Our first stop is to visit kids and grand daughter in Ashland area - Larry...

Jan 13, 2010 - A trip to Albany

While the coach was having the furnace repaired(yes the parts arrived on time) we headed out to the town of Albany north of Junction City. Oregon has over 400 covered bridges and we had learnt from the tourist guide there was a drive you could do to visit a number of them around Albany. We visited the tourist information office and got the map for the drive. While we were there they highlighted another place we could visit in the town. This was the Dentzel American Carousel Museum. The museum not only houses the largest public collection of...

Oct 23, 2009 - The truck is out of the hospital!!

The truck is healthy once again! A high-pressure oil line leading to the Turbo had come loose from the pump. The tech fitted it with a 'keeper kit' which should prevent that from happening ever again!! We returned the little (real little) Chevy to Enterprise and now the truck sits by the trailer. Had a wonderful BBQ steak dinner at Ed's and watched Chey and her friend Shayla dance and clown around. Nice evening. We're going to pack and clean in the morning, then go to Chey's school carnival and perhaps watch the Oregon State VS USC...

Oct 22, 2009 - Hanging out in Albany

The truck is still in the shop, the problem has been identified but not the cause. It seems that the high-pressure oil that should be in the Turbo is'nt there. The service fellow has now opened up the right side of the engine and removed the valve covers to expose the lines that should have the oil in them. We rented a car today, went to the laundry, washed clothes, went to visit the truck, shopped for groceries and went out to dinner. (WHEW!!) After dinner we bought a WI fit setup to do some 'older folks' exercising in the trailer. Have...