Macs on the road

 We have spent the last few days exploring the area. Watching waves at high tide, checking out some places we have never been to and been before. We also have been going through stuff we brought with us, thinking we would need, now donating to charity. Roxanne says she finally realizes she does have to go "home". The weather has been great for the most part... it did get close to freezing at few nights and one night had gale warnings (rocked the camper) and a lot of rain.  I am still find it difficult to find spaces at State Parks for reservations. Trying to take advantage of my senior pass before it runs out in April. Some parks are not taking reservations yet. My research will start looking at the private sector, and looking for next fall and winter.

 The weather has been great, mid 50s and sunny. One thing we are running into is camping spots. We are trying to stay in Washington State Parks to take the advantage of our senior pass. With Covid and other people camping, the site selection is small. The weekends are the usually the issue. With some creativity in scheduling, I have places to stay until the first of March... Yesterday we went to Grayland State Park and checked out sites for future stays. Today, we crossed the river and checked out Fort Stevens State Park. I think maybe we will head south into Oregon in March.

Sunny and warm (50s). Still working on finding storage places for all of our stuff.  We have started a donation box.  Cindy and Tom came over and spent the day with us.  We had lunch in Ilwaco outside at the Salt Pub over looking the harbor.  Great food with great company. Spent the evening finding places to stay for the next month. 

The storm was over... on Thursday morning we headed to the coast. The weather was wonderful. We picked up the RV in Vancouver and continued to Cape Disappointment arriving around 5pm. We spent the first night in site 37... the next day we were able to move to site 10, right on the ocean.   We are now in Oregon getting food and drink at Costco, then back to our campsite so we can move all our stuff from the vehicles to the RV.

 We signed the papers to close the deal yesterday. We are still waiting to hear when it has been recorded so the deal is complete... We moved out yesterday, with the help of Trevor (grandson), and it took us to almost 6pm. With both of our vehicles full we checked into the Stratford Suites in Airway Heights. We were tired.  The local news alerted us to expect high winds.. they were not kidding, 71 mph at the Spokane Airport. We did not get much rest last night with all the noise from the wind, and the dogs were very jumpy. This morning, after assessing the local news and the State road reports, we decided to stay another night and head over to the coast in the morning. Hopefully, the road closures and flooding will be minimal then. The winds are supposed to calm down around 4 pm tonight.

With the closing date on the house was moved out to January 15th. And nothing to do but sit and watch the fire place or to go into town and eat. We decided to take a trip to the coast. So, we spent the last 4 days in Lincoln City, Oregon. We stayed in the Pelican Shores Hotel. Very nice room. We did our usual trips to the south to Depot Bay and Newport, then to the north (so we can have dinner at The Schooner). I got a call from the realtor on Thursday and they want to close on Tuesday... So back home on Friday to finish up the last minute items. It looks like we maybe getting close....