May 15 - 21, 2026 Eugene, Oregon

 High of 59 and sunny.

A field of white meadow foam on our walk. They use the oil from it in cosmetics, moisturizers etc. Sunset.

We are now at Oregon Motor Coach to get maintenance done on the bus. We are the one way in the back, facing forward on the left. The place is VERY busy. Another masterpiece finished. It is made from dyed pine needles, polyester thread, glass, gem stone, metal, wooden and bone beads. The center is slate that I sandblasted and painted petroglyphs on. It is 8 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 2 inches. I only had one of the large bone bead and wanted to use it, so the basket has an unique  shape. 

John cooked Scott, Leslie and I a wonderful shrimp dinner. Nice to see them. Sunset.

Sunset with the waxing crescent moon and Jupiter. The bus spent the day in the shop. It is now parked in front of the bay for more work tomorrow. The large living room/kitchen slide had the wood trim removed from over the cupboards exposing the slide mechanism. The top part of the slide has been creeping in, so they are working on it. They also fixed the electric water heater, some lights and a drawer that was stuck shut and probably more. 

We saw this kestrel, scrub jay and PBY out walking today. The PBY is a WWII float plane. I made yummy taco salad and we ate on the deck here. 

The moon with Jupiter above and Venus below. The slide with the top tipped in. They are working on fixing that. 

Another masterpiece. It is made from dyed pine needles, polyester thread and glass beads. The needles are a really dark purple and only look purple in bright sunlight, more like black inside. The needle caps were brighter purple, so I left them on. It is 6 x 4 inches. We went to Scott and Leslie's house and did laundry. John and Scott are sitting on the patio behind all the cool flowers. 

The bus inside the shop, being worked on. Still here at Oregon Motor Coach Center. 

Sunset. The bus is up on the lift for maintenance work. 

Finished this basket today. It is made from dyed pine needles, polyester thread, glass beads and the center is glass that I fused.  It is 11 x 2 inches. I started it Tues afternoon and finished this afternoon, Sitting around waiting for the bus gives me lots of time.

May 10 - 14, 2026 Florence, Oregon

 High of 62 and sunny.

We are now at Harbor Vista campground outside of Florence, Oregon. Our site is surrounded by rhododendron bushes in bloom. 

Dinner at our picnic table. Sunset over the harbor. 

View of the harbor from the campground. I walked down the trail to the harbor and saw all these sea gulls.

False lily of the valleys. Sunset with a rhododendron bloom. 

Sunset. We walked a few miles on the beach today. 

It was cloudy, but very pleasant.  We had to move to another spot. This one has even more rhododendrons. 

Cool clouds on the beach. Vultures on the beach.

Beach strawberries, vulture on the beach, sand castle and art at the marina in Florence. Beautiful, downtown historic Florence. 

Marina in Florence. The Rhododendron festival is this weekend, so they have a carnival. 

Sunset, kind of through the fog. And sunset tonight.

May 8 - 9, 2026 Cape Blanco State park, Oregon

 High of 59 and beautifully sunny. 

Ice plant on the cliff over looking the ocean. We walked to the light house on the open windblown  trail lined with flowers. 

Iris and ocean below. The Cape Blanco Light house, It is on the western most part of Oregon. 

A field of cow parsnip near the ocean.  Iris on the cliff looking down on Needle rock.

Beach deer during the day and at sunset. Wild iris, catchfly, field  chickweed, rattlesnake master and  clover. 

Iris over the beach. Sunset. 

We hiked a horse trail we found last trip here along the top of the cliffs to the beach. John in a tree tunnel. 

Sitka spruce trees. Silky beach pea, scorpion weed, sea rocket, beach  morning glory and a clam shell. 

At the end of the trail we had to basically slide down a sand dune to get to the beach. The hike was pretty short so we hiked down the beach a ways. 

Raven at the ocean. Don't see many of them here at the ocean. John waiting for me on a driftwood stump. 

Seagull in the waves. The road back up to the campground. You can drive on the beach here.