- Greetings from the beautiful Oregon coast! We left the Sacramento area on Saturday, April 9th. Had a great visit with Brenda and Bob Kearns on their small farm in Anderson...south of Redding. Brenda and Andrea were classmates at Corona HS. Brenda attended the small church where I played the piano back in the early 60's. The Kearns grow veggies and fruit for the Redding area farmers markets. We took a nice ride with them and popped in to see Jerry and Jeanetta Trotter who live in Montgomery Creek. Two days later we arrived in Newport, Oregon and had dinner with Carl Sahlin overlooking the beach. I served with Jerry and Carl at El Camino Baptist for many years so it was a pleasure to touch bases with them!
- We worked our first three days this past weekend, learning our jobs and trying to stay cool in the very hot lighthouse. We have a 30 minute drive from our campsite to the lighthouse and have to open at 11 am. We close the doors at 4 and arrive back at Cape Lookout at 5:30. We had 260+ visitors on Sunday!
- Most of you know we adopted a boy in November...his name is Bailey and he's a Beagle, about 9-10 years old. I often call him "Bagel" for short. He's a typical hound dog who gets on scent and takes off like a rocket! Last evening he was off leash on the beach. I had to run a huge circle to get around him and corral him back to Andrea. Both of us were panting...slightly, of course, but I won! He slept like a baby last night...
- Our new 40' Jayco Northstar is almost perfect. Most of you are probably aware that our Montana was totaled in January. In early December, a limb broke off an adjacent tree and came through the roof. We were immediately homeless, but were graciously taken in by Diana and Bob and our grandsons for about five weeks. Dick & Mary Jane Roberts, our friends of 42 years, then blessed us with their motorhome until we were able to move into our new fiver in late February. You might be wondering about the above "almost perfect"...well, our first ding to the new Jayco happened down the road in Lincoln City when I tried to squeeze into a gas station that wasn't receptive to a 40' RV...oh well, it had to happen and I learned a good lesson.
Until next post...
David & Andrea
