Hey y'all, so we left South Beach State Park on the 9th of May exactly 1 month from when we started this adventure. We have had a lot of fun so far, as well as some boring rainy days too.
We rolled into Umpqua Lighthouse State Park the afternoon of the 9th with the plan to stay one night and then head towards Brookings, OR or Cresent City, CA to hang out until the end of the month..... State Park staying is just spending to much money per night. We are going to RV Park it here on the west coast for the summer, where it's a good bit cooler than inland, then head for the Texas coast come Sept/Oct so we can make central Florida by Christmas.
As far as a review of this Park, Umpqua Lighthouse State Park, it's very small with only 54 spots total half of them being tent or yurts. There is a 1 mile hiking trail around a small lake that borders one side of the park, and a 2-3 mile drive to the fee-parking lot ($4/day or $30/yr). The biggest bonus is that the Oregon Dune Recreation Area is right here with 100's of acres of sand dune riding with ATV/UTV rental places very close. It's pretty nice with clean bathrooms and showers, paved spaces and trails to the bathrooms. Lots of 'skeeters though.....
Tomorrow we head south, I will load this when we have internet.
May 10, 2017
So we are here. 150 or so miles later and we are here. Harbor RV Anchorage in Cresent City, CA. Yup......after 10 YEARS of saying I would never return to Commie-forn-i-stan, I am in the state..... and it's still a messed up state. We were stopped at the border to be asked if we had fruit, veggies, or firewood. Every vehicle is asked this. Shanesta was asked the same thing behind me, and she was in the car. Then we had to show our receipt for chicken and chips when leaving Walmart.... but that was probably because we were just carrying them vs having them in a bag.... we didn't want to pay for the plastic bag...... state law is now that you have to buy the bags. What a jacked up law! But then it is cali.....a jacked up state.
On a different note, the RV Park we are in is right on the beach. We are going to stay here for the summer, space rent is $500/month but that includes electric, water, and sewer, as well as showers and toilets. That's less than half of what state parks run for a month ( and you have to change parks every two weeks) and should let us save up some decent money for the trip East. Oh, and the perks include only a road separates us from the beach. We will be spending a lot of time out there! We are going to stay here until the beginning of Sept., so to my buddies down in Yuba City/Marysville, this is as close as I am gonna get, so if you want to visit, come on up! I hear it's only a 6hr drive, or so. That means you too Battle!
Oh, we saw 2 skoolies today while driving. Both were short buses and while one was just painted white, the other was all painted up and had "Alaska or Bust" in front where it used to say School Bus. They were both heading North while we were headed south, so we didn't have the chance to meet them, but we both beeped and waved at each other! It was the first official sighting of another Skoolie since we talked with a couple who had just started their travels in Manzanita, Wa. Very cool!
May 12th update, we found a really cool surf shop here in town, and the owners let us borrow a few surfing dvd's, so the boys are dying to go surfing tomorrow, and are non-stop watching them! They have a board that would be perfect for Lucas, it would be a perfect belly board for him, as well as a good board for TJ once he can stand up regularly on his board, but we gotta sell some stuff that we don't use so we can buy it. $250 isn't cheap for us!
As always, I will load this when we have wifi access. ( none to speak of here in the RV Park, might have to get a signal booster, to snag some free wifi from somewhere.....there's a McD's just down the road a bit.......) God Bless!
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