Work, Work, Work

We have finished our initial assignment as surveyors.  Our goal was 400 surveys in 6 weeks and we have already finished.  Now we belong to Cape Lookout State Park Campground.  Travis, our ranger contact here at the campground, has assured us that he'll find enough work to keep us busy.  We're not sure yet what we'll be doing but some of the possibilities are cleaning up vacated campsites or picking up trash along the hiking trails.  Either is fine with us.

We really enjoyed our survey job.  We just hung around Cape Meares Lighthouse and asked people to fill out the surveys.  Not too tough but on those days when we had a north wind it was a challenge.  I only had to chase a stack of surveys one time that was swept away by a wind gust.  We got to talk with people from all over the world.  Pretty cool!!  This little lighthouse is about 15 miles off the Coast Highway so it is a specific destination.  Most people were very cooperative and willing to complete the survey. Several were curious enough to ask if they could do the survey. We didn't even have to beg them!

We've gotten a chance to put some miles on the Scooters.  It was 12 - 15 miles from the campground to the lighthouse and most of the time we rode them.  We learned pretty quickly that vacationers are waaaay more impatient than they should be!  We'd just find a spot to safely pull off the road and let them pass.  No sense adding to their road rage cuz we're traveling 5 miles under the posted limit.  They're not  nearly as aggressive when we're in the truck going 5 miles under the posted limit.

Every day we watch the national weather and see the sweltering heat throughout the country and consider ourselves fortunate that we're here on the Oregon Coast where the temps have rarely been above 70.  Our tans are fading.  lol

Wild along the roadways

On a very sad note, we had to make a quick trip to Boise last week.  We lost a very dear friend, Jay Murphy, to pancreatic cancer.  Very sudden and shocking.  We miss you buddy.

Gail's 85 year old mother made a road trip out from Idaho with a neighbor. They traveled to Oregon sites along the coast and enjoyed some Tillamook ice cream. Her sister is out for a few days now and guess we will have to have some more ice cream! YUM. Guests in the RV is a challenge, especially without a hide a bed. The weather has been pretty nice, for the coast, pretty sunny most of the day but still not hot.

We've now moved in cleaning campsites. Not too tough, pick up litter, scoop out the firepits. We do get some odd things occasionally and the majority of campsite "litter" is peanut or sunflower seeds (I hate them and leave them), trying to burn food, especially egg shells and candy wrappers. Overall, the sites are pretty clean. Not too tough duty in exchange for the camping  and the coast.

We're looking forward to our next assignment in Utah, after a couple of weeks in Idaho to finish the snow roof project and visit friends and family.