Adventures With Ruby

Today is June 29, but since I have limited internet, days have passed since my last post. 

We camped at Lane County's Richardson State Park outside of Eugene, Oregon. Glenn has family (second and third cousins ) that he had never met except through Facebook, so we met a few of them for dinner. Glenn's granddad had a lot of brothers.  We had a nice visit. Thanks to Edie for arranging everything. 

Yesterday we headed back to the coast of Oregon to travel the 101. Oregon is so beautiful.

We found a campsite early because I wanted to see the Sea Lions Caves. 

We could see the Heceta Lighthouse from the caves but the fog had rolled in. It made an interesting photo. I somehow captured the lightbeam and a sea gull through the foggy air. 

Actually, the Lighthouse is visible at different turnouts along the highway. It is a beautiful old lighthouse. 

This was taken from the front truck windshield. 

The lighthouse is closed for repair but you can hike up to the grounds. We didn't because it was getting late and Brindle had been left back at camp.

Today we drove on up to Newport without towing Ruby. We wanted to see more of the coast line and make a few stops along the way. The coast of Oregon is breathtaking. Pictures just does not capture the beauty. 

Adventures With Ruby

 We found a beautiful little BLM camp ground on the Sixes River. 

Our neighbors were a sweet and friendly couple from Coos Bay. We enjoyed a couple of nights sitting by the campfire with them.  

We visited the Light House and the Hughes House at Port Orford. The most westernly point in the continental US. The Hughes House  is a beautiful Victorian house. Here are a few pics. 

Loved the parlor room. 

  The old kitchen wood burning stove was impressive. 

I have an old ironing board like this. It was Glenn's mother's. 

I love the way they displayed the vintage clothes. 

We walked up the 64 steps to the top of the Cape Blanco Lighthouse.   The views were beautiful.  History of the Lighthouse can be found in the link. 

https://www.enjoyportorford.com/capeblancolighthouse.html

We are enjoying Oregon. 

Adventures With Ruby

We crossed the border from California into Oregon on June 19. We stayed one night at Valley of the Rogue State Park. It is a very nice park with full hookups. 

We came this way because we wanted to see Crater Lake. 

We were fortunate to get a site the next day at Joseph Stewart State Park with electric and water.  We had a beautiful camp site. 

We set up and then drove to Crater Lake.  It is true. The first time you see it, you will go "wow"  It is so beautifully blue.

We watched a short video at the visitors center about how the lake was created. It is mind boggling how high the mountain was before the volcano blew and the huge crater it created, and that the water is from snow melt and rain. The water does not flow out nor does water flow in. 

Brindle seemed to enjoy the views. 

We drove part of rim road but some of it is still closed because of snow. They plan to open it up in July. 

Today, June 21, we are heading back to the coast to continue our travels up the coast of Oregon.

We enjoyed our visit. It was worth the little detour. 

Glenn planning the next days travels. 

Adventures With Ruby

Ruby our little Retro camper has followed us from Texas, to White Sands, NM, across Arizona, to five National Parks in California  and from San Francisco up the coast of California on Hwy 1 and now on the border of Oregon. It has been an amazing trip, and it's not over. 

We have seen many beautiful sights. The coastline of California up Hwy 1 is an amazingly beautiful drive.  Almost at every turn, the road reveals more beautiful Views. 

The road led us to rocky cliffs to dense forest. 

We traveled the Avenue of the Giants.  It is a drive not to be missed if you are in awe of the Redwoods. 

We camped at Burlington Campground in Humbolt State Park under the tall redwoods. The tree tops swayed in the circulating wind high above us.  Is there music in the wind?...oh yes!  it is a beautiful sound. 

We walked among the giant trees through Stout Grove. The drive was a 6 mile dirt, one lane road.  It was once an old stage coach road. It did have turnouts for on coming cars.

 No, we didn't take Ruby on this drive.  She was resting back at the Redwood Meadows RV Resort and our sweet Brindle was resting also. On many of the trails, dogs are not allowed. 

This area was ok for fur babies. 

We estimated we have traveled almost 7000 miles.