Paws and Friends

Sunrise on the Yellowstone River at Yellowstone's Edge RV Park. We have spent a month here, about 34 miles from the north entrance to Yellowstone National Park. We have taken two raft trips on the Yellowstone with friends from North Ranch. Marcia and Dennis, our neighbors at North Ranch, spent a weekend at Yellowstone's Edge. Steve and Linda, part of  SxS (side by side) group, Desert Tortoises, spent a week. A great time was had by all! Fortunately the sky and air was clear/clean when they were here! You can see from this picture MUCH haze and smoke! We have not been alone in facing this problem. Most of the north west US and western Canada have been suffering from the results of all the wildfires. It is sobering to think of the wide spread damage done across this part of the US! Tomorrow we begin our journey east and south. We will check on fires in Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico as we travel. Here's hoping for rain and cooler weather! Are you won...

Do you remember our story of biking at Redding CA in 2013? Click here to refresh your memory.  The very first paragraph of the 2013 entry will help build the background for this story, particularly the "walking the bikes up the hill" part. Now let me share with you our ride in 2018! Premier Redding RV Resort rents RAD electric bikes . The ones we rented were just like the one in the link! We had GREAT FUN riding! It was SO MUCH FUN to ride UP that hill! Lindy was going just a tad too fast...! She had to slow it down a bit! Sun Dial Bridge just as beautiful! Turtles -- for Turtle Bay.... We rented the bikes for two hours, and thoroughly enjoyed our ride from the RV Park to the Sun Dial Bridge and the trail along the Sacramento River. These bikes would be great to have in Valley Camp, for riding the John Wayne Trail!  Later! Roving Riders, SWIRVIN around North Bend, Washington--wanting to rent those RAD bikes...!

We enjoyed a week sitting on an ocean-view site at Pacific Shores Motorcoach RV Resort. What a treat! The trail to the beach was near, with just a few steps (NOT like the 76 steps down to the beach at Lincoln City!)  Yaquina Head Lighthouse Sunset on the Pacific Did Maddie make a heart...?! We explored tide pools at low tide. We all enjoyed the beach several times. Rupert doing what he loves -- playing with his ball, and Maddie being Maddie--just running around smiling and having fun! Click on any picture to make it larger. One fat starfish! Interesting pink plants.... After lunch at the Chowder Bowl Stairs-and note Rupert the Elder being carried.... Rupert LOVES the beach and playing ball! Later! Roving Riders SWIRVIN around Oregon

Currently we are in Silver City RV Resort, just south of Carson City, Nevada, enjoying the snow-capped mountains out our window! Temps in the low 30's--but sunshine warming both the body and soul! Went to Costco yesterday and returned with the top down on the Beetle Bug! And Mike successfully stowed all our purchases in the trunk, placing the pizza for lunch in the back seat! Yes! We brought it along! While in Beatty we loaded up the dogs, and geocached in beautiful weather! Maddie travels with Lindy behind the motorhome, and LOVES her princess mobile! Mornings when we are traveling, and ready to go, she is READY, waiting at the top step to go in her Beetle Bug! Beetle Bug at North Ranch We were able to dodge the wind while traveling, but did experience it while tied up:  in Kingman where we stayed an extra day; and in Vegas and an afternoon in Hawthorne. We also had rain and snow showers in Hawthorne and over a pass on US 395 coming into Minden. Oh well! Weather is as wea...

We are speechless! How does one describe such a grand experience as a total solar eclipse? Are we ready for another! Of course! Lindy's "Picture", at beginning.... We had to fight with fog to see it. We awoke to fog in the morning. We excitedly watched it became thinner, even allowing the sun to shine through. At 9:04, we watched, with our solar glasses on, the tiny black spot beginning to cover the sun. Click on the picture to the left to make it bigger. You can maybe see the small corner at the bottom right of the moon covering the sun. Remember, I said I was not going to take any pictures--I wanted to enjoy the experience. I did!  Then at 9:41, the fog thickened, blocking much of the sun. At 10:16, however, the special effects of totality broke through! We could see the total eclipse! What an awesome experience! Truly worthy of the description "once in a lifetime!" Temperature at 8:50 AM  ( 61 degrees) Temperature at 9:50 AM (58 degrees) ...

A change in our plans this summer has us back at Lincoln City and we are excited! It looks like the weather is even cooperating! We know that the chance of cloud cover is still "in the cards" but we will take whatever the weather offers us on Monday for we are excited about just being able to experience a total eclipse! This collage of images shows the progression of a total solar eclipse. Credit: David McNew/GettyImage Lindy had ordered a solar filter for her zoom lens, even! She researched taking pictures of the solar eclipse on line, and printed out a few articles. Her research on that lens was not complete, however, as Amazon sent an email stating that the seller could not confirm the safety of the lens. Hence, Amazon would refund the cost of the lens, which didn't need to be returned, along with a warning to NOT use the lens in taking pictures of the eclipse. Okay, fine! After in depth research confirming Amazon's decision, Lindy also discovered advise th...

At the beach in an "Oregon Mist"...just a little rain.... How accurate are your weather forecasts? After a little more than a week here on the Oregon Coast, we have discovered that we really cannot believe the weather forecast! The day after we arrived, we were to meet Beverly for lunch. The day started out with beautiful blue, clear skies, with lots of sunshine! As we sat eating lunch, the fog rolled in! Beverly had chosen that day for lunch and a photo shoot for a new housing listing based on the weather forecast...! The fog stayed around until about 3....! We have had rain, cloudy skies, partly cloudy skies, beautiful clear, blue skies--typical Oregon Coast weather! Often, all in one day! The problem is we part-timers here on the Oregon Coast are not used to that "typical" Oregon Coast weather! We are getting a refresher course in it! And it really is a great experience! Usually, the clouds form in the morning, then burn off by noon. We can sit outside in t...