Washburne Weekend

We headed out Friday AM in route for Corvallis, as Bill had an eye appointment. He's been having a lot of eye pain, and the Dr wanted to rule out eye pressure before attempting any further diagnosis. Thankfully, it all turned out OK there, and the Eye Dr feels that it is a muscular issue, and not ocular migraines as the Dr feels it might be. He has enough migraine issues, and we are praying that this is not yet another form for him to deal with. The Dr called on Friday to discuss some ideas, but we were gone, so will see what she has to say tomorrow. Please keep this in prayer!

We arrived at Washburne around 4, to find the park had a fair amount of people in it. Word has spread that they park's electrical (which used to be only 20 amp service) is now upgraded to 50! We found a spot on the back loop where we like, and then went to visit Harry & Flo. We were sad to learn that this will be their last year hosting at Washburne, for various reasons, but mainly due to park rule changes, and not being allowed to keep up the park as they were used to doing. After a good visit with them, we headed to Florence to get our usual Friday night Taco Bell fix, and pick up donuts for morning.




Saturday, we woke to beautiful sunshine, and a surprise in the cupboard. The mouse that I caught two days prior to leaving had ventured farther than I suspected--so Bill helped me tear the top cupboards apart and clean them. It was an all morning venture....and between the two of us, we came up with a much better layout when we figured out we didn't need 24 coffee cups!!

Just as we were about ready to put everything back in the cupboard (we had a mess everywhere!), my friend Connie from Ford Credit, along with her husband Jeff showed up. They said they figured anytime they were on the coast, they had a 50/50 chance of catching us at Washburne!! We had a great visit, and had I not had so much to put back together in the trailer, we'd have loved to invite them in for a longer visit. As they left, we looked at each other, and Bill said we could have met them for supper in Florence, and Ryan tried to catch them, but they had already left the park. Bummer...next time!! Hopefully, we will eventually get together to camp and have a good long visit!

Sunday brought another beautiful day. After a faucet leak, and a trip to Florence to see if we could find part or another faucet...we met Harry & Flo for lunch at a great Chinese place in Florence. It was YUMMY!! Needless to say, the portions were huge, and we had enough for supper last night and lunch again today!!

After a good meal...we headed to the beach. Bill and Ryan did some metal detecting, and Flo, Kristin, the dogs & I had a great walk on the beach. The kids ended up at their favorite place, and of course got soaked in China Creek!

We had a nice evening of games and then Bill & I had some quiet time after the kids headed to bed. We woke this morning trying to decide whether to stay another night, head home EARLY and drop Bill off on the way, or head home and get a good nights rest. We had a good walk to the old Washburne homestead, where we played in the field, and Bill did some more metal detecting.




After our walk, we visited with Flo & Harry, said our goodbyes, and headed back to the trailer. After lunch, we had a quick nap, and hooked up to head home around three.

The ride home was nice, and it was beautifully sunny. The temps got much cooler as we got toward home...but still nice. We arrived home to a belated Christmas gift from Tam & Eric....via the O'Hara's. Boy were we surprised, and we can "Feel the Love"!! Still missing you guys.

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