Day 4: Gold Beach, Oregon to Lincoln City, Oregon

There is something to waking up to river front property on a quiet morning and realizing your over a thousand miles from home, ha ha. This is awesome, Matthew and I and the dogs slept in, but not long enough for the other campers to have awoken yet. We are learning that RV campers, because they are usually older, are quiet and for the most part can’t hear or hear you, either. It’s a win- win situation and makes for good living! The Rogue River is long about 281 miles and for the most part its major fish species is Salmon, they run up the river in September but for now anglers are settling for the 30-50 pounders, these suckers get even bigger when the “hogs” chase the females up-stream. That’s another thing, people are really friendly up here and are really casual, Matthew and I are very comfortable here. We got on the road to head up to Newport “early” so we could spend some time checking out the local towns along the way. The weather has been perfect which makes for nice driving. Each town is similar but has its own uniqueness to it, we got to look thru some little local diners at the old pictures to see some history and charm. On the way we stopped to check out Bandon Dunes, a top ten upscale golf course in Oregon, and took some pictures. The property was beautiful and there were families of deer all along the sides of the road. We eventually made it up to Newport after another epic drive; the views and trees are not getting old which makes the drive go by in a snap. Clam chowder was in order so we stopped and checked out their cute downtown, which was really yummy, however “downtown” felt very fabricated to appease tourists, so we decided to check out some of the local thrift stores and local neighborhoods before skipping up to Lincoln City. Lincoln City we liked better. More local. The next stop after a beach jaunt was the casino. They have a resort casino with a roulette table we thought we’d team up against. 20 minutes later and $80 bucks richer we decide to find our local digs for the evening and head to the Siletz River at Chinook Bend. We found another perfect RV park right on the river and we have our own dock to fish off, there motto is “a serene paradise for the fortunate few“. As evening settled in to night the summer rains started to fall, thankfully we have the option of coming inside to snuggle up with some blankets and watch a movieJ Another successful leg, Washington or bust tomorrow!