We were able to stay the weekend at the South Beach campground. Some days the surfing was pretty good, other days it was pretty rough. There was actually a competition on Sat. and Sun. and they were using the best area of the beach for it, but we still had fun. Joe's makeshift fin fix worked for the two days we needed it. We decided we would just head out on Sunday.

We aimed for the forest above Florence. We found a road that looked promising. It was gravel, then when it came to an intersection, it was paved... . . . We decided to go up the mountain, and it remained paved. Very bizarre. We found a neat hunter's site, unfortunately there was no internet. We stayed there the night so the cats could go out for the rest of that day and the next morning. They had been getting pretty ornery. This morning we left and found out that we apparently hit our limit for our roaming usage with our Sprint modem.. . . Considering everywhere but the towns seems to be roaming for us, that's kind of a problem. We may talk to Sprint to figure out our plan or even look into Verizon to see if it's better. Who knows.

While in Florence, we tried to call some vets that specialize in animal eyes. The first one wouldn't be available until possibly Friday. The second one works in both Corvallis and Eugene. We were already straight west of Eugene (the Newport vet had mentioned this veterinarian and we assumed she was in Eugene most of the time since it's the larger city). Unfortunately, when we called, we learned that she is only in Eugene on Friday!! We called the Corvallis office and got an appointment for Pickles tomorrow. That meant an 85 mile drive back north... Whoops. Hopefully this vet can help her and this can get taken care of.

Tonight we're just parked on the site of a street in Corvallis. It's a college town so we're doubting there will be any problems.

-Miranda

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We woke up in the middle of the night to very loud rain on the RV... The trees we were under were apparently catching the rain, then saving it up in order to drop very large, and loud, drops onto the top of the RV. Also, the vent right above the bed may have a leak. Uggg We have a towel there now to prevent the comforter from getting any wetter. The front window also leaks, but we already knew about that. Really frustrating.

We basically just drove today. We stopped at a Fred Meyer to pick up a few things. I found a cute hat in case we go an extended period of time without a shower again. :D I've never been much of a hat person, but it's pretty cute, so we'll see. Oh, and it's possible the guy that filled our gas (in Oregon you can't fill your own gas, an attendant -has- to do it) may have forgotten to put our gas cap back on.... I can't remember for sure if I did at the last place in Washington, but considering I was always the one that filled the gas, it was pretty automatic for me to put it back on, so I can't imagine that I forgot, but who knows. So, we have to go find an auto store to get a new one, again (Joe forgot to put it back on once).

The rest of the day was pretty boring. We stopped in Manzanita to go to a cute little natural foods shop that we remembered was there. We checked out a state park campground there, but they wanted $24 for it and we really didn't need anything, so couldn't justify paying that much. Especially since we would just be hanging out in the RV all day since it's raining.

We made it to Rockaway Beach and stopped to see Betty. She's the lady who had a parking spot that we stayed in the last time we were here. We chatted with her for quite a while and plan to stay a day or two here again. Hopefully it's supposed to stop raining tomorrow. We'll see.

-Miranda

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Headed to Lake Quinault and took a quick Nature hike, and then another short hike to see the largest spruce in world. It was a biggin. 12' across?
Continuing on we looped back out onto the coast and in Moclips, we drove out onto the Beach sand for a nice view with lunch. Found a nice YMCA near Aberdeen for jog, weights and a swim (they even had a waterslide?). That was refreshing. Camped alongside 101 sneakily outside a lumberland gate.
-Joe

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Woke up in our dank, dark, depressing location. The kitties were let out early for fun though, so we stuck around until 2ish, then headed down the coastal park of Olympic Park. Just stopped for views and a tiny hike at Ruby Beach.
Then coasted over to a Gas station in Queets with $3 showers. Having almost been a week, Miranda was ecstatic.
We went 4 miles up a forest road (2180) and camped in an existing site right on the side of road. The original plan was to go to the end of the road to a campground and do a hike or two there, but once we got to the section of road that was unpaved, we decided it would be too rough and long, so we found the spot right off the road instead.
-Joe

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We headed back into Forks early, Having lunch at pacific Pizza Along with a good block of work. (game update).
Then headed south on 101 to see the Hoh Rain Forest. We did the three nice hikes at the visitor center then decided to head back out since the campground was busy. We saw 3 different Elk near the road while driving through the park. We found a nice overnight spot down a State forest road along the Hoh river. Although it was very thick-brushed and dark it looked safe to let the cats out in morning.
-Joe

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