Coos Bay September 13, 2012

I have been lazy the last couple of nights to write on the blog so will catch up now.  On Tuesday, September 11th, we went to Bandon Oregon for the day.  It is a cute little town with an old town section with restaurants and shops.  There is a wharf there in fact that is where we had our Crabbing boat experience the last time we were here.  As I said the plan to go crabbing was scratched due to weather.  We had lunch, I think everyone that likes clam chowder has been getting their fill on this trip.  We looked through the shops and of course some retail therapy was in order.  It was a very windy and cold day, the sun was shining but the wind took any warmth out of the day. In fact we did not even get a walk on the beach that day.

We returned to camp and Ed, Dorothy, Len and Paula provided hamburgers for the evening meal.  We had side dishes provided by some of the gals.  One thing for sure we never go hungry on these trips. 

Wednesday September 12, 2012, I think everyone went in different directions today.  Ed and I went to get the car washed, had to get some bulbs for the coach, a real exciting day for sure .  We found a small shopping mall that I took a stroll through, nothing exciting  so we headed back to camp and was able to spend quite a bit of time walking on the beach.  I have always said if I lived near the beach I would be skinny.  It was a sunny and cool day but the wind did die down.  

We had a catered dinner that evening provided by a local restaurant in Charleston Oregon.  What a feast, brisket that melted in your mouth, BBQ chicken and shrimp, a great salad, rolls and of  course clam chowder.   Dorothy provided desert and no one went away hungry from this meal.  Most of stayed at the yurit and played games.  Paula, Len, April and Dave played 3-13.  Ed, Bob, Steve, Oneta, Dorothy and I played Sequence.  It was the guys against the gals.  Now it seems the guys whupped up on us gals but a game or two should be questioned because there was some jokers played the incorrect way.  No intentional cheating but I think all those games should be voided!! LOL  

Thursday, September 13, 2012.  Butch and Betty left us to head back to California to go to their grandson's football game.  Safe travels to you and we will miss you for the rest of our trip.  Today was another kick back day, folks going their own way exploring.  Dorothy and I went to the mall to check out Macy's and we ran into Bev and George.  George decided to go back to camp and Bev spent the rest of the afternoon shopping with us.  We did find a few good bargains and headed back to camp.  Ed and I took another long walk on that gorgeous beach.  It is so relaxing to walk and hear the surf , watch the kids playing and the pooches running in the ocean.  

We had a heavy snack night tonight, again lots of good food. Since it was our last night here, we finally were able to have a campfire.  The only thing missing was marshmallows...darn it!

Tomorrow we will leave for Lincoln City.  Richard and Shelia will leaving to go home tomorrow. We wish you safe travels and hope to see you soon. The rest of the group will travel about 130 miles to Lincoln City to the Premiere RV park. We will be there until Monday and a couple of us until Tuesday.  Although the plans for Coos Bay fell through, I think we all enjoyed our stay here.  Just to be here at the ocean is well worth the trip.

So until next time......