Ready To Go

We got started a little later than planned yesterday because we met Terry (VP Operations, and the boss) in the office when we went in for our breakfast. He showed us an easier way to get to Lincoln City than the Mapquest route we were going to follow. The original route had us going over some small mountains and his route, although slightly longer, was much easier for hauling a big rig. It was only 112 miles so we arrived at Lincoln City at 1 PM. We were very thankful that we had beautiful weather the entire trip. The rain has moved in - .28" yesterday and .22" so far today. We anticipated that it would be wetter and also windier.

After setting up in our space, we took a couple pictures before heading out to the nearest Wal Mart for some supplies. This first shot shows our rig, situated in space #1 next to the office/lodge:

And this picture looking up the small hill to the campground:

It is a very nice campground and is directly across the street from the ocean. The first problem we encountered after we got set up was pulling out onto Highway 101 to go to the Wal Mart for some supplies. We were told later that it can take up to 20 minutes to pull out on the road, especially during the summer months and holiday weekends. Most people do their shopping after dinner when the traffic slows. Anyway, we headed south toward Newport and found the Wal Mart and also a nice Fred Meyer store that we haven't seen in probably 10 years. Josie took several pictures along the way and below is one of the ocean:

We are meeting with Terry at 8 AM this morning, assuming he makes the drive up from Eugene on time. We are anxious to get our assignments and begin this new chapter. One thing is for sure and that is that this is very different from anything else we've done. Stay tuned...