Back On The Road

Hope everyone had a great summer.

Well, to pick up where we last left off, we completed an enjoyable trip across the northern US and arrived at our summer spot in Charleston, OR on May 23. The weather there left a lot to be desired this summer. We had many windy days and the temperature only broke out of the 50's a couple of days. For the entire summer, we only managed to get out fishing about 12 times. The days we were able to get out, the fishing was generally pretty good. We didn't do any salmon fishing this year at all. Our friends Irv and Barbara from California came up in late June and fortunately we had 4 consecutive days we were able to get out fishing with them and caught our limits of rockfish every time. We went blueberry picking in Umpqua while they were here and picked 45 pounds of blueberries. A couple of weeks after Irv and Barbara left, our granddaughters Kacie and Kailey came up. While we didn't get out fishing much while they were here, we nonetheless had a good time. We went blueberry picking once again while they were here. On the day they left, grandson Brian arrived. We did manage a couple of good fishing days with him and went crabbing.

We were scheduled to stay until October 1, but by September 16 we had far too many days wishing we could get out fishing, so we decided to wrap it up and hit the road. We have been slowly working our way up the Oregon coast and on Monday, 9/22 will arrive in Centralia, WA for a few days. 

After we leave Centralia, we will probably go over to Hells Canyon on the Snake River to check out a possible place to go with the boat at the end of next summer. We are told the Crappie fishing is excellent there. 

We'll post some updates along the way as we head south. We plan to arrive in So. Texas around Thanksgiving.