Hi All

Sorry for taking so long to get back to this blog....finally got internet service, now have an IPAD with cell data plan, so no more hunting for a signal....We finally made our way to Oregon, stayed at the RV Park at Mill Bay Casino, Coos Bay, wasn't a free park but very nice, right next door to the casino.  After spending a fair bit of time on the phone with Apple and Verizon trying to get the IPAD up and running,  John and I went over to the Casino for an hour or so, played a few slots and came out... up $18.00... where a couple of  big spenders eh!!  We still have not found a tire store that has US tires...John really doesn't want to buy chinese tires..so.were going to keep looking, I bring this up only because it will rear its ugly head later in my story.

Really enjoyed taking highway 1, couldn't have nicer views of the ocean, a twisty trail to take but worth it.  Stopped at a number of viewpoints. Below is a couple of shots of Westport Oregon.

Headed of to California the next day and ended up at Benbow, California about 65 miles south of Eureka arrived in the late afternoon. Made it as far as Anchor Bay along the Mendicino Coastline.  The campground was right on the beach, so we decided to stay a few days.  Here are a few pics

 

It was awesome, beautiful beach, weather was awesome, broke out the shorts and met some nice folks.

After setting up camp here, John realized we were getting a flat tire....his guess about the state of our tires was proving correct, so he spend a hour or so, making phone calls and switching to our spare and decided we would have to go inland to find "any kind of tires" so left for Petaluma, California, where we found a Big O Tire store where we ended up buying a whole set of "chinese" tires. Stayed at a KOA while in Petaluma, boy that was expensive but got a chance to get my laundry done and then we peeled out of town for San Francisco the next morning. We arrived in the early afternoon and settled in.  John really earned his cocktail at happy hour that afternoon as it was a beautiful drive but wow was it a twisty road, we had to put our table and chairs upside down in the RV and bungy closed all our cupboards as everything was bouncing all over the place.

Arrived in S. Francisco and checked into S/F RV Park in Pacifica, California, about 15 minutes south of the city and spent that afternoon relaxing... it was in the low 60's sunny and we made our plans to go on a bus tour the next morning.   The tour was great, started at Fisherman's Wharf, took us all over town, over the Golden Gate, and then through all the different sections of the city, reminded me of the tour I took 40 year ago when I was here with my folks.

Today we drove back to the city and walked through Little Italy and Chinatown, then drove up to Leavenworth Ave, which we think is where my Grandmother used to live back in the 50's.  Above is a picture of the place we believe was her apartment. 

757 Leavenworth Ave

Had Lunch at Alioto's

Can't get over the architecture in this town, here are a couple of pics of some of the "painted ladies" which is what they call the heritage homes painted with more than 3 colours .


Were hitting the road tomorrow, heading further south, looking to explore some more of the coastline.  Not sure where were expecting to be by weeks end (Dec 8th) but will fill you in, in a weeks time. 


Miss you all!  Gerry & John