ROAD TRIP FEBRUARY 2010 Oregon and Northern CA.

After quite a few late-night hours of work "we" have fixed our Verizon connection and are back on line.  And by "we" I mean Bill, completely alone and unassisted.   Computers seem to me to have minds of their own that I don't understand.  I'm glad Bill does! 

We are doing fine in our new little rolling home and adjusting to the small space.  We are putting in more miles each day because the RoadTrek drives like a car -- we can actually drive in the fast lane sometimes. 

Here are some highlights from the first couple of days of the current roadtrip:

  

We stayed the first night out at Seven Feathers Casino in southern Oregon.  The casino is owned by the Cow Creek Band of the Umpqua Indian Tribe.  This is way closer to our Oregon headquarters than we'd usually stop, but we didn't get out of Fern Ridge and Eugene until about 5 p.m.  This is a beautiful RV Park, clean and modern. We didn't use any of the amenities the resort offered, but they are many (beautiful indoor pool, game room, spa plus everything in the Casino).  As usual with Casinos, if you used the facility there were second night discounts offered -- but we were in a hurry to get on the road so we didn't take advantage of that.  We walked along this Creek to go out to breakfast the next day.  The Tribe is using Casino funds to restore it for fish habitat.

In November, when we first learned that we wouldn't be leaving on our roadtrip until February, we knew that if the weather was bad then we could take the slower Coast route south so that we wouldn't have to drive over any Mountain passes. 

Fortunately for us, but unfortunately for Oregon and Northern California, there was almost no snow to contend with.  The Siskyou Pass in Oregon was completely bare and there was very little on Mt. Shasta.

Unlike the rest of the country that is getting dumped on, the West has had little snow and this is probably going to mean a drought this summer.

Here is Mt. Shasta in the distance. 

Both of these pictures were taken through the car windshield as we drove.  They didn't turn out too badly.  It is a good thing the camera has that little shaky hand icon. 

Everything is straight out of the camera, because I really want to try to post as we go along and I don't have much time to edit.

Comments

[Small Reflections]

How fun to see your photos and learn about your travels as you go. I wish I could get my sister to share like this but she doesn't really want anything to do with computers.
Hugs and blessings,

[Chatty Crone]

Love, love your pictures -especially the second one going down the highway.

Does Washington and Oregon want snow?

Brr. I don't.

Glad you are having fun girl.
Sandie

[Lady Fi]

A magnificent view of the mountain! Glad to hear you're enjoying the road trip.