Still in Oregon, I now head further up the coast, heading for Waldport, a nothing sort of place, but with a nice site overlooking a wide inlet with a long bridge over it. I was shown to a spot with a wonderful view out to sea.
The beaches here are all the same, covered in huge tree trunks, bleached white with the sun and salt water, they look as though they escaped from the tree knacker’s yard but giving the beaches a magical appearance.
My next stop will be Corvallis, the city my grandson & family have moved to, I could not be this close and not see them. I called them and they agreed to visit me on site the following day, we had a good Bar-b-q and Dena and Madisen went for a swim in the nice site pool. It was of course, warm and sunny, I had the awning out, so it was very pleasant in the Shade, a few beers and hot-dogs later, a pleasant way to spend an afternoon.
Near Corvallis, in the town of McMinnville, is an aircraft museum housing the famous “Spruce Goose”, a massive eight engine flying boat made from birch, not spruce. It has a wingspan of 319 feet, greater than a “jumbo” jet, it made only one flight on 2nd November 1947, a flight of about 1 mile and at a height of 70 feet. The aircraft was built by the Hughes Aircraft Corporation, Howard Hughes being one of the designers and the only pilot. Yes of course I had to go and see it.
From Corvallis I head north once more, just seeing Oregon is not now going to satisfy me, I love this way of living, I am well into motor home living, this is for me. I continue up interstate 5, heading for Portland, the largest city in Oregon but not the Capital, Salem is the Capital all I saw of Portland was from a bridge over the Columbia River, it looked nice with its yacht marinas and waterfront, a modern city with its share of high rise office buildings.
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