May 6, 2013 - On to Washington

We left Beverly Beach about 10:30 this morning. We enjoyed the peeks of coastline & the forests on our drive. It was very interesting to see the lumbering industry forest management - logging, previously logged, & growing tracts in the forest. And we saw a lot of loaded & empty logging trucks on the road. We stopped at the Tillamook Cheese Factory for lunch. We'd taken their self-guided tour in the past & watched the cheese blocks moving around on conveyer belts & being cut & packaged so we just had lunch (Judi had the grilled cheese & ham...

Nov 22, 2012 - WorldMark Long Beach

Stayed at WorldMark Long Beach in Long Beach, WA, for two nights in one of our timeshares; we stayed in a 1 BR suite. We love WorldMark and we love staying in timeshares!!! Note 1: On Thurs., 11/22/12, Deb and I enjoyed a very nice Thanksgiving dinner consisting of Turkey and all the fixings at the club house of Thousand Trails Long Beach before we drove over to WorldMark Long Beach which is less than 3 miles away.

Jul 23, 2012 - Long Beach /TT

Long Beach TT park small quiet place.Sue and Wes Bailey came to Long Beach on their way south so we got to spend some time with them. They have a new Jeep so we all went riding on the beach,Wes made a few circles and a figure eight what fun. Wes and Rob went to breakfast at the Cottage Bakery a few times. they said they were looking for car parts(Ha Ha). We all went to the sand carving on the beach Saturday.Good friends Kit and George Howard drove for down to visit with us and we went out lunch at Dooger's very good Clam chowder

Jul 11, 2012 - Washington State Parks

Long Beach has evolved in the time since our first visit here in 2005. It has become less a beach getaway and more a tourist trap. The nearly pristine beach of 2005 now is littered with horse manure to the south and heavy vehicle traffic to the north. While the economic motivation for these changes is obvious, it is less attractive for us today than it was in the past. The weather has been generally overcast with steady cool winds out of the north and high temperatures in the 60s. We managed to catch only a couple sunny days during our...

Jul 6, 2012 - Long Beach, WA

Highway 101 provides beautiful scenery throughout its route along the Oregon coast but it also a slow going highway. Anticipating this we departed Bullard's Beach shortly after 8:00 a.m. As it turned out the route was especially slow with backups in Florence, Newport, Lincoln City, Tillamook, and Seaside. We enjoyed the scenery though and stopped for a beachside lunch and a DQ in the afternoon. It is a beautiful road to travel. We finally arrived at the Sand Castle RV Park in Long Beach around 6:00 p.m. Shortly thereafter I screwed up! I...

Jun 21, 2012 - Long Beach TT/park

Our first time at TT Long Beach. Nice park easy parking and about 300 ft from the beach.Long Beach is like a 1950 beach town,small and no major stores but it is the worlds longest beach. We found a place in town called the Cottage Bakery good food and donuts.Saturday we walked the boardwalk and went down to the beach,water to cold to go in. Sunday we went to church then to Oysterville a very small town founded 1800's for a Vesper Music Service at the Oysterville Church. Drove around some stopped to visit some oyster farms and learn about...

Jun 8, 2012 - Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center

We hiked to lighthouses today and toured this wonderful museum, based on journal entries by Lewis & Clark. We took raincoats and enjoyed the stormy weather -- huge waves, lots of surf, beautiful clouds. Since Cape Disappointment was not crowded today, the ranger let us drive the RV to the museum and to the North Head Lighthouse. Without a "toady" we would have been hiking up steep hills today. We learned that people from Washington are very upset that they cannot visit state parks unless they pay $10/day or $30/year for a Discovery Pass....

Jun 8, 2012 - Rain, Rain and more Rain

Did I mention that it rains a lot in the Pacific Northwest? When you are in a cozy RV with the furnace on, it just hampers your style. Doug plans to spend the day trying to upload two programs on his iPad. I like to read and do needlepoint on rainy days. I made an itinerary on this journal site yesterday and signed up for a premium journal ($29 for 60 days). Good Sam had an introductory offer to get us started but then the journal disappears if you do not sign up. Would you believe I helped Doug parallel park in two spaces on a side street...

Jun 1, 2012 - Day Trip: Long Beach, WA

We are in Oregon. We wake up to showers. Fortunately, the pancake breakfast is inside. Some days we go exploring and find wonderful places by accident. Some days we just go exploring. We drive to Astoria and cross the Astoria Bridge. The bridge looks higher and longer from the ground. After crossing the bridge, there is a long causeway across the Columbia River. We head north on Route 101. The drive to Ilwaco is scenic. We are on the Pacific Ocean. However, it is raining so there are no pictures. We head to the Lewis and Clark Interpretive...

Oct 5, 2011 - Southern Washington Coast, Long Beach WA

I spent some time fishing on the Quileute River on the Northern Pacific Coast of Washington to no avail, then after having a good dose of rain and wind headed for drier places. Pacific Beach was a really neat place, warm sunny day's and good bike riding with varied terrain and light traffic on 101. Great oyster country (oysters on the half shell~two dozen count) can't beat it especially if you cleanse the pallet with white wine, improves the stamina! More oysters (breaded and lightly seasond) at Long Beach and a bakery with fresh home made...

Sep 29, 2011 - Day 18 Long Beach WA

movin' on up, we ended today's trip in long beach washington... while our pixs are fuzzy, you get the idea of, what up! keeping a bug/spot free windshield along the coast is impossible, reason for fuzzy pixs... salt water affect... today's pixs https://picasaweb.google.com/106561095600031071594/Day18LongBeachWash# ron & bebe ipad sent, "movin' on up" our stops and where we are: http://fms.ws/666Gn/45.90871N/123.95135W http://fms.ws/667P9/46.16096N/123.90031W http://fms.ws/668iV/46.17591N/123.86868W...

Aug 15, 2011 - Furtherest West we will go

Since we have changed plans to return, we had to move out of the RV Park at Poulsbo. So we went to Long Beach, WA in southwest Washington, just north of Astoria, OR. We took Vanessa and the grand-kids. They tried to camp out in a tent, however it was pretty uncomfortable. They went back after one miserable night in a tent. It didn't help that Chris was a toot and wouldn't go to bed. Chris and I went to the beach on the Pacific the night of the 12th. The whole family went the next morning. The water was freezing cold, so there was no...