Today was a travel day. We hooked up the trailer, stopped by the waste dump for a visit and headed north on US-101. A mile past the Siuslaw River in Florence, we turned east along the north bank on OR-126 toward Mapleton. At Mapleton we took the turn to stay on 126 for another 35 miles or so before we took a risk and turned north on what is shown in our atlas as \u201cnot RV-friendly\u201d Poodle Creek Road. The atlas is wrong. It’s a good road.
\n\tEventually we turned east again on OR-36 to Junction City where we turned north on US-99. After about 15 miles we jogged east a bit and got onto I-5 northbound to Albany. We have pulled into a big private RV park called Blue OX which has great full hookups, paved spaces, cable TV and terrible wifi. Peggy has some relatives around here and I’ve got a couple, too, so we will spend the next few days seeing if we can’t make them suffer through a visit.
\n\tWe also popped into an oil change place late this afternoon to change Charlotte’s blood. It would be terrific if someone else did all our vehicle and trailer maintenance but I have been unable to find any suckers willing to do my work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today was a travel day. We hooked up the trailer, stopped by the waste dump for a visit and headed north on US-101. A mile past the Siuslaw River in Florence, we turned east along the north bank on OR-126 … Continue reading