August 31-September 2, 2013

Humbug Mountain State Park, OR

& Walmart, Medford, OR

Saturday-What a disaster our program was today.  The campground wasn’t as full as we expected it to be on a holiday weekend due to the rain.  We had one grandmother show up with her four grandchildren.  Our programs are geared toward children 6-12 years-old.  One of the children attending was 7 years-old and the other three were under 5.  Within a couple of minutes, the 7 year-old asked how long she HAD to stay.  We cut the program short after only 10 minutes. 

We went into town for the last time to do wash and go to the library. 

Sunday-I had mixed feelings as we presented our very last program.  After being in one place for two months I am certainly ready to move on but doing the JR Ranger programs had become part of our regular routine and I really enjoyed working with the kids.

We stopped to say goodbye to Norm and Cheryl (who are returning to Cape Blanco for another month as Lighthouse hosts) and to Mahlon and Deralyn who were headed home to Paradise, CA.

The rest of the day was spent in doing some pre-departure chores.  Normally, we only stay at the same site for a few days and can be ready to leave in an hour but the chores required when we stay at a place as long as we have been at Humbug takes much longer. 

Sarah, one of the regular rangers and Greg, the Interpretive Ranger, came to say goodbye.  He wrote a very impressive reference letter for us that we could submit with an application if we decide to apply for interpretive hosting.

We have had a great experience both as Lighthouse hosts and JR Ranger hosts but it is time to get back On The Road.

Monday-I hadn’t bothered to set the alarm because we have been naturally waking up between 7 and 7:30 so I was surprised to see that it was already after 8 when I got out of bed.

We began getting ready-taking extra time to make sure we didn’t forget to secure anything and that everything was stowed.

 

Okay-I know what all that packing means and I don't like it one bit! 

Monte checking the tire pressure and lug nuts. 

 

Stowing the bikes.

 

I had wanted to leave by 10AM.  We didn’t end up pulling out of the campground until 11:45-close enough.

Our route took us down 101. 

  

We traveled through Gold Beach 

 and then stopped to have lunch and enjoy the coast for the last time.

 

It was very foggy in Brookings.

But the weather cleared up as we crossed the border into California

After rounding the bend just outside of Crescent City we started north again towards Medford. 

We had big shopping to do at Walmart in Medford and planned to spend the night in the parking lot. 

 

Something didn’t seem right when we arrived.  The parking lot was almost empty.  It turned out that the Walmart was closed for renovations.  We could have stayed overnight but we still needed to do shopping so we continued on 9 miles down the road to the next Walmart.

Two carts and almost $300 later we returned to the rig to stow the goods. 

 

 

 

 

We had planned on having a nice dinner out but the only place to eat nearby was Carl’s JR. so that is where we went.