August 10-17

Did we mention that we had no Sat. TV, Cable, or Cell at our camp.  It was like we had a silo over our camp where there was no communication allowed in our area.  Sort of like the TV program on now that I have never watched.  So, off we went to get our fishing licenses and to find a sports bar to use our cell, jet pack, and watch the NASCAR race.  We went to Flyers, down town Oak Harbor.  Nice place, and terrific food.  Chowder and Crab Cocktail for Steve and a shrimp salad for Renie.  We have found that all we want to order is seafood for some reason.

Then off to the bay for some fishing, where Steve found that Renie had also destroyed his Fenwick.  No fishing for him.  We did not catch anything anyway.

Monday AM found Steve gone to the Charter fishing boat and Renie on the bus to the Weaving Seminar.  We are finally at our destination.

The class is a lot of fun and Renie is learning a bunch.  Every day until Friday for 8 hours a day.  Steve fished 3 days and got no Salmon.  The only good part was the captain stopped off at one of his crab pots and gave us 2 Dungeness crab.  Fantastic dinner.  One day he gave up and bought a new spinning fishing rod at the local Ace Hardware and off to Erie Lake for Trout.  6 hours later, no fish.  This is beginning to get to be a habit. We bonded with our next door neighbors right away.  Their names were Tim and Sheryl and were locals, getting away in a new trailer.  And they were going crabbing.  At least they were successful and we had a fantastic dinner and wine that night.  Friday Renie figured she had enough class and decided we should be leaving the area by noon.  At 1:00, we found our selves on the Ferry heading off the island and to the Port Townsend.  We ran into the famous Seattle traffic when we hit the 5 but kept going until we found the rest side rest we remember on a previous trip that had overnight camps at the back side of the rest.

Saturday AM found us pulling into our next night stay at White River Ranch in Leaburg, Or.  This is Willys Tech invite that Steve was invited to.  Nice place and we met more new friends.  We where hosted to lunch and did an off road trip around the ranch.  This is a working ranch that has timber that is harvested and replanted, blue berry fields, and Christmas Trees.  The Christmas trees are slowly being replaced with blue berrys as there is no money in the little trees.  That night we were again hosted to Dinner.  We had BBQ Salmon and salads.  Fantastic.

Sunday we had breakfast at Vida Cafe.  This is old school cooking.  We did not need lunch if you know what I mean.  At about 2:00 we pulled into the Rogue River State Campground.  Steve's sister and brother in law, Deb and Scott showed up for a visit, BBQ, and drinks.  And another stop at Cabela's for another fishing rod.  He hated the one we bought at Ace.

Today, Monday the 18th is laundry day, grocery store time, wine, booze, and a visit to Deb and Scott's house this afternoon.  Tomorrow, we are off again, this time wiggling our way toward home.  We will see if it will really take us until the 28th to get home. :)