May 6-10, 2024 Cape Blanco to Eugene, Oregon

 High of 52, cloudy, intermittent rain and windy.

The wind and rain let up mostly this afternoon so we took a long walk on the beach. It is approaching low tide so there was a wide beach. At high tide there is no beach. The beach was covered with a bunch of blue By the Wind Sailors (Vella Vella- Latin name). They are related to Portuguese men of war. They float around on the ocean and the only way they move around is by the wind. Certain times of they year the wind is right and they blow up on the beach. Close up of a vella vella and a bunny in the campground.

Beach looking north. Storm clouds reflected. 

Beach looking south. Puddles left on the beach when the tide went out. 

Vella vella's in yellow sea foam. I think it is yellow from all the pollen falling from the trees. More sea foam.

I added a row of beads around the outside of these pendants. I though they need a frame around them. The direction I had said to put the bead row on, but I thought it might look too garish, still deciding. The bus is having electrical problems. The house batteries are not charging as they should when we are plugged in. John is not sure if the batteries are bad (they went bad in about a day if so) or there is a problem with the charging system. The lights and water pump only run off the batteries.  Mostly everything else works on shore power. The heat pump runs on shore power, but it has a short in it and only works intermittently. The diesel furnace needs the battery to run the fan on it. John has a charger on the battery that is having very little effect. We are conserving on the use of bus lights. Fortunately on Friday we will be at Oregon Motor Coach for our annual maintenance work, so it will all be fixed soon. 

Change in plans. John called Oregon Motor coach and told them about our electrical problems and they said to come today instead and hopefully tomorrow they can fix it. We canceled our last few days of reservations on the coast ( boo) and headed to Eugene. Mossy green trees on the way to Eugene. The bus at Oregon Motor coach. They put John's same charger on the battery and it charged it up. They will trouble shoot it, hopefully tomorrow.  They doubled the size of the parking lot. John says there are 36 coaches in the lot and there is room for 10 more in the bays. 

I finished this basket on the drive here. It started out  dark an then color exploded into it. It is made from natural and dyed pine needles, polyester thread, glass and metal beads and an arrow head. The center is a piece of slate tile that I sandblasted and painted the raven on to. It is 11 x 2 1/2 inches.  We had our dinner on the deck at Oregon Motor Coach.

Sunset tonight. 

We visited our good friend Leslie and Scott. We are enjoying the new deck that Scott just finished. Rhododendrons and forget me nots in Scott and Leslie's front yard.

Mural on the side of Springfield Rec center while we were out walking the dog. I got some RV wear. These are leggings. 

High in the high  80's and intense sun. The front AC does not work. Boo. I made wire wrapped a couple more pieces of my fused, beveled and polished pieces of dichroic glass. I finished this basket today. It is made from natural and dyed pine needles, polyester thread, glass and clay beads. The center is a piece of selenite that I sandblasted and then painted the raven on. On the front is a small lizard. It is 6 x 7 x 2 inches.