We didn’t get very far the first few days after Scenic Beach. Rick and Tina’s is about an hour away and then we met Toni and sisters Pat and Darlene at Ike Kiniswa State Park just off Hwy 12 near Mossy Rock and on Merriweather Lake, just another hour down the road. My apologies if I misspelled any of that. I don’t have the info in front of me at the moment and I’m not inclined to get it right now. The fact is I wrote this segment once already and then lost it to byte heaven and I’m trying to reconstruct it and I’m on a little bit of a role and don’t want to break up, “Breakin it in”! Either that, or I’m just filling space while I’m trying to figure it out.
Anyway, we got to Ike (for short) and got all set up in our new rig and got everything all lit up and running and it was cool, and bright. The Southwind has 50 amp service and just all kinds of bells and whistles, so to speak, and lights. I forgot to relate our first nights experience which is relevant right here. Right after we got the Southwind and on the way back to Scenic Beach we stopped at an RV park for one night just to try things out. It was near dark and we’re in a new rig, in kind of tight quarters setting up and its new and we’re being extra careful and then we realize we’re in a 30 amp park with 50 amp service and no 30 amp adapter. Damn! Kat went to the office but had no luck. So rather than do it somewhere else in the dark in a new rig ( our new rig) we decide to just stick it out. We are self contained and had battery for the necessities but we couldn’t try out all of our ‘bells and whistles’. And back at Scenic Beach we were running on 20 amps, so we just hadn’t been able to ‘light it all up’. Now we did!!
And it is neat! And bright! The rig has about ( I was doing a quick count) two dozen 12 volt lights in the living room/galley area and I swear if you turn them all on you need smoked glass for eye protection, well sunglasses anyway maybe? But wouldn’t you know; we had to put in a florescent light so you can see to do dishes. Go figure? So we’re making ice and playing with surround sound, making things in the convection oven, washing and drying Jade in the combination washer/dryer, and just generally trying things out. Way cool! Nice to look at, and lots of room. I played man servant for all the girls and did breakfast and dinner in the new galley. I guess things turned out OK because Toni was wondering if I had a twin brother. Maybe she was just being nice? But its all pretty neat.
So we continued an down the road and stopped in Woodburn to see Heidi and the Wendy and did a little more breaking in and organizing. We still can’t find stuff we know we put somewhere. We stopped in Lincoln City to see George and Janis on the way the down the coast and had a very nice visit. From there we had to kind of ‘beat feet’ south because of scheduling. Down through Crescent City and the Redwoods over the mountains to Redding all much too quickly. We passed too many places we would have liked to loiter a little longer. Next time! This time we needed to see some friends.
And I was just kidding about Jade.
Anyway, we got to Ike (for short) and got all set up in our new rig and got everything all lit up and running and it was cool, and bright. The Southwind has 50 amp service and just all kinds of bells and whistles, so to speak, and lights. I forgot to relate our first nights experience which is relevant right here. Right after we got the Southwind and on the way back to Scenic Beach we stopped at an RV park for one night just to try things out. It was near dark and we’re in a new rig, in kind of tight quarters setting up and its new and we’re being extra careful and then we realize we’re in a 30 amp park with 50 amp service and no 30 amp adapter. Damn! Kat went to the office but had no luck. So rather than do it somewhere else in the dark in a new rig ( our new rig) we decide to just stick it out. We are self contained and had battery for the necessities but we couldn’t try out all of our ‘bells and whistles’. And back at Scenic Beach we were running on 20 amps, so we just hadn’t been able to ‘light it all up’. Now we did!!
And it is neat! And bright! The rig has about ( I was doing a quick count) two dozen 12 volt lights in the living room/galley area and I swear if you turn them all on you need smoked glass for eye protection, well sunglasses anyway maybe? But wouldn’t you know; we had to put in a florescent light so you can see to do dishes. Go figure? So we’re making ice and playing with surround sound, making things in the convection oven, washing and drying Jade in the combination washer/dryer, and just generally trying things out. Way cool! Nice to look at, and lots of room. I played man servant for all the girls and did breakfast and dinner in the new galley. I guess things turned out OK because Toni was wondering if I had a twin brother. Maybe she was just being nice? But its all pretty neat.
So we continued an down the road and stopped in Woodburn to see Heidi and the Wendy and did a little more breaking in and organizing. We still can’t find stuff we know we put somewhere. We stopped in Lincoln City to see George and Janis on the way the down the coast and had a very nice visit. From there we had to kind of ‘beat feet’ south because of scheduling. Down through Crescent City and the Redwoods over the mountains to Redding all much too quickly. We passed too many places we would have liked to loiter a little longer. Next time! This time we needed to see some friends.
And I was just kidding about Jade.
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