So it was that the OLD VOLKS & FOLKS headed toward Gold Beach from Bear Mountain Overlook. Whereas I said before the plan was to try and keep a bunch of senior citizens up after dark and fill the sky with lots of fireworks.
Gold Beach is on the Oregon coast and as usual the wind was blowing. Not quite at hurricane force, but definitely strong enough to make some birds fly backwards!!!!!!! I can't complain, well I could, but it would do no good so I will just say that I was wearing a hooded sweat shirt and gloves when we rolled in to town........ But the sun was shining so it was not all bad...
Arrival time was about 3:30 in the afternoon so there was time to do a little sight seeing, but since there is not a whole lot to see except the Rogue River and the Pacific Ocean and I have seen both!!!!!!! So I decided that a bottle of wine and a view were the thing for me to do..... I did go out for a few minutes so that some pictures could be taken, but then a nice comfortable seat and a glass of wine solved all the worlds problems for me!!!!
Along about 5:30 it was time to start the barbecue!!! Did I mention that it was a potluck with chips, dips, salads and DRUM ROLL please!!!!!!! STEAKS!!!!!!!
After a fine meal and a few glasses of wine it was time to head for the beach. It seems that if you want a fire on the beach {which is legal} then firewood must be gathered and so the gatherers gathered to gather wood....... {say that fast 3 times} and just after dark the fire was lit or maybe we were lit??? All I know is that there was a fire and shortly after that the fire works began!!!!! Unfortunately I did not take my camera so the pictures were sent to me from another participant......
The fire was big and spectacular and the fireworks were better than a lot of commercial shows!!!!!! The finale was something called a battleship which consisted of 78 mortars which all you had to do was light one end and it was time delayed and really lit up the sky!!!! {see picture}
Thursday morning I took a walk on the beach and found where we had been. The leftovers from the fire.......(see pictures) It was a cool and damp morning, but no wind so it was a good walk....{see pictures}
Then it was time to check out, saddle up, turn em on and head south to California and the way home!!!!! By the time we were ready to go about 11 am the weather was about 65 degrees and sunshine, but I had been this way before and what the weather is in one spot is not what it is further down the road!!!! So I decided to put on my pull over sweat shirt and then my hooded sweat shirt and my gloves, again dressed an NANOOK of the NORTH which turned out to be a good idea since 10 miles down the road the temperature dropped to 42 degrees which is like ZERO when you are riding in a vehicle with no doors and no top!!!!!!! {see picture}
As luck would have it or not have it depending on your idea of cold weather and your comfort zone it stayed about that temperature until east of Gasquet, Ca. With only 3 cars of the original caravan it was decided to take a break at a rest area on 199. So upon arrival the temp was up around 80 degrees and thus required that I slip into something a little more comfortable like a pair of shorts and a t shirt!!!!!!!!!!
The rest of the trip back to the Chateau to Go was uneventful, but a great time was had by all and like I said the fire works were GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am in the process of building a PALLET BUILDING {never done that before???}. So who knows, that may be the next story or maybe my class reunion????? or whatever else happens to come along????? So many choices??????
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