03-15-22 Oregon Dunes, Oregon to Crescent City, California

- March 16, 2022

03-15-22 Tuesday

Crescent City, California

Crescent City

Jeeps in Parking Lot: 0

Drive Time: 3 hours

Miles: 136.8

Arrived: 3:23 pm

Weather this morning was nice, no rain just cloudy. Seeing a bit of blue sky was a pleasant surprise from Mother Nature. I decided to make mushroom and cheese omelets for breakfast, yummy. Quick cleanup and get the RV ready to move out this morning. We needed to get air in one tire, but Barry’s tire inflator was not enough. This KOA has an area you can pull up to for air. This park caters to the OHV crowd, so it makes sense they have air available.

On the road again.... well for one and a half miles. I wanted to stop at the Myrtlewood Factory. All items are handmade, carved or milled. The cutting boards were a work of art. I ended up buying two ornaments, a bowl, a key rack for the RV and a cheese board. Back on the road for real.

The drive down the coast was absolutely beautiful. Some of Hwy 101 was a bit rugged and a few construction zones. This past storm over the weekend looks like it did some damage to this part of the highway. We drove through a town called Coos Bay and loved it. Pretty coastal town. We passed 3 RV Service Centers and at home we only have one in San Jose.

We stopped in Bookings for gas at a Fred Meyer station. This guy with a mask tapped on our window. He said to Barry, “Hey, I own a Motorhome and have points that I’m not able to use. If I don’t use them, I’ll lose them so do you want them. I’m happy to give the attendant my code and you can have whatever the amount is." Barry was stunned and told the guy, “That would be awesome.” Barry got out of the RV to unlock the gas cap for the attendant and the gentleman already gave the attendant his code and was gone. It was $0.40 less a gallon which was significant when it cost $150.00+ to fill this beast. By the way, in Oregon you don’t pump your gas. The station attendants do it for you. Like in the old days.

As we are getting ready to leave, we hear someone singing to us. It was the attendant, “My country star, that’s what you are.” The name of our motorhome model is Kountry Star and it reminded him of the song. He had a great laugh and kept singing as we drove away. What an awesome human being.

We passed over the border from Oregon to California at 3:23 pm. I felt bummed about this. It meant we are on the last leg of our trip. I love the coast of Oregon.

About a half-hour later we make it to the KOA and pull into our site and Barry hooks us up. Our home for the next two nights. The site is a large one and great distance between each site. We are right next to a huge redwood tree. The park is surrounded by redwood trees and some are quite large. We took a walk around the park and through the woods, just beautiful. There is a stream that runs through it with a little log bridge. The air was crisp and clean. Great walk.

I made Amanda’s White Bean Chili for dinner and Barry cooked biscuits. Dinner was hot and yummy. After dinner cleanup, Barry set up the firepit and we sat around the fire and made smores. Great way to end the evening.

Just in case you’re wondering, almost every town we drove through had a Dollar General or Dollar Tree. If any town had an Ace or True Value hardware, one of the Dollar stores, a Walgreens or CVS and a Safeway the joke was we could live there. I would then look up real estate to check out housing prices. Hey sometimes you just have to entertain yourselves while on the road.

Night all!