Don't Miss Otis!

Otis is not very big, but it is big enough to have a post office. The post office isn't the reason to stop in Otis, but if you find the Post Office, you're getting close.

Right next door to the post office is the world famous Otis Cafe. Not very big, and there's a chance you'll end up waiting, especially on weekends when Portland foodies come to visit.

They're known for their homemade breads and pies and something they call German potatoes - think loaded hashbrowns. I ordered the "Dutch breakfast" which was supposed to be a fruit & cheese plate plus (there is white cheddar buried under all that fruit)

a cinnamon roll. If this is a Dutch breakfast I think I want to move ... Enough food to share but BJ had her own bacon & eggs breakfast to tackle so I had to eat it all myself. If you stop in Otis for breakfast, make sure you're hungry!

With plenty of time, we decided to drive back to Tillamook one last time for this trip. I had to stock up on the Blue Heron Smoked Brie. It wasn't exactly the direct route to Newberg, but it was an important deviation. The gal at the counter kindly informed me that it can be frozen for up to six months and that they do ship. Maybe Tillamook won't be an essential stop next year...

Had we gone direct, we wouldn't have seen this very rare 1963 Eriba Faun. The trailer is German built and very few were imported. There is a slide show of the extensive rebuild of this trailer on YouTube. The owner often tows it with his restored 21 window VW bus.

It rained all night last night but by the time we started getting into the vineyards around Yamhill the sky was clearing and the temperatures were warming up. I suspect the wool shirts are done for this trip.

We're moochdocking in a friend's driveway for a couple days. Their yard was full of color - this is just a sample.

Logan Road & Chinook Winds

I was toying with looking for a NFS site or a casino, but was getting mixed messages. Late July is high season and I didn't want to have to search for a place so we sprung for reservations at Logan Road RV Park. (If you're worried about tsunamis, the park is an evacuation point.)

The park is organized in the typical, "we know you'd like to borrow Grey Poupon from your neighbor," layout with a painted yellow strip separating one site from the next.

Each pad is poured concrete with a parallel space for a vehicle. Most spaces (except ours) has a picnic table, and almost none of them are level. Nearly everyone has a couple inches on one side or the other to level up.

The bathroom was spotless and the showers clean and large. The laundry was clean and adequate.

Logan Road is owned by the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. Rumor has it that a shuttle is available to the casino about three blocks away.

At the casino, there is a lot reserved for dry RV parking. If you're fortunate enough to get the front row, you'll have an ocean view when it's not foggy.

The signs are explicit. Parking is for guests of the casino only. The large lot has some significant slopes. People park at all sorts of angles to try to minimize the slope,

but just about every rig has some sort of leveler in use. Even during the busiest month of the year there was more room in the lot, assuming you had enough leveling blocks.



Strong Verizon 4G signal at both locations without the antenna or booster.

Last Pacific Sunset

It’s time leave the Pacific coast for the last time this summer. We took Turk to the beach but it didn’t take too long and he was ready to head back to the truck. The wind was blowing and he didn’t find anything worth inspecting.

I came back later for some sunset pictures.





Until next time…