Saturday - Sunday, June 7 & 8, 2014 (Newport, OR)

Saturday

We got up early to get everything packed up and loaded back in the truck and headed to the storage unit to get the 5er.  We got the batteries back in the 5er and got everything hitched up without any more incidents, that's always a relief and then we were off to Newport.

We had a pleasant drive to Newport and arrived at the Port of Newport Marina & RV park shortly around 1:00 p.m.  This is the first time we've stayed at this park and it appears to be a nice one.  The sites are level which is always a plus and there is plenty of room for our 4 slides, though there are no picnic tables, which is OK for us. 

It took us a bit longer getting set up because we had so much extra stuff to unpack.  It sure is nice being able to travel with your home because there is none of this packing/unpacking of suitcases. 

It was pretty windy out and our slide toppers were definitely flapping around....hmmmm hope the wind quiets down or it will be a tough night for sleeping.  That is one disadvantage to slide toppers, when it is windy, they are very noisy. 

We took a walk around the park and the docks and checked out some of the boats.  I'm definitely a land traveler, I don't find the idea of living on a boat appealing at all, especially on the Oregon/Washington coast.....much to cold and windy and wet for me. 

We walked over to the Rogue Brewery and split a Rueben sandwich and watched the boats in the harbor come and go.  It's free fishing weekend and the public dock which is next to our park and the brewery was quite busy with people fishing and crabbing.  Maybe tomorrow we'll go check it out. 

Sunday

Rich researched local churches and we decided to visit the Radiant Foursquare Church here in Newport.  We got to meet the pastor and visit with him for a bit before the service which is always interesting and pleasant.  The thing I liked about this service was after the message, the pastor had a "what did you hear" session, where people from the congregation could share what they heard from the message.  It was interesting to hear the different perspectives.

After church we went to lunch at the Chowder Bowl and had a bowl of chowder, yummy.  We both really enjoy the chowder recipe at this restaurant vs. Mo's. 

After lunch, we went back to the 5er and got Gracie and went for a walk on the public pier and watched people crabbing for awhile.  Then we walked down the south jetty to the beach.  The beach on the south jetty was beautiful, the water was so much calmer and there wasn't as much wind.  We were bummed, but Gracie more so, because when we started out on our walk we didn't think we'd end up at the beach and so didn't bring her ball.  Let me tell you, she knows when there is sand around that her ball must be around too, she just kept looking at us, like I know you have it, where is it?  Oh well, next time.

For dinner, we decided to walk back to the Rogue Brewery and split a Crab Louie salad.  Watching all those people catching crabs had made us hungry for some crab.  The salad was OK, I thought for the price that it should have a lot more crab on it than it did....but it was still good and a nice treat.

Tomorrow we pack up and head north.  Originally we were going to head north along the coast, but the forecast is for more wind which is not good when you are pulling a big 5th wheel, so we will go back and go up I-5.  Not our favorite way to go, but we are tired of this wind.

We will be in Washington for about a month, visiting with our kids/grandkids, so again, I probably won't be posting regularly.  Until next time.....