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In three days (Thursday), 88 of us from the Newberg/Dundee area are headed to Mexico to build four houses over spring break.
Taking a look at the weather forecast this rainy evening, I am reminded of the HUGE climate contrast between Dundee and Yuma. (Yuma is right across the border from San Luis Rio Colorado where we will be working.) Take a look at these:
Dundee 10-day forecast:
Yuma 10-day forecast:
When I graduated from High School, and had no plans for college, a friend of mine, Paul Heibert, and I decided we were going to ride motorcycles from Oregon to Costa Rica where I was born. He was a few years older than me, and had a Moto Guzzi. I was ready to sell my car and get one too. Well, the trip didn’t happen. I don’t remember exactly why, but I decided to go to Europe instead. I’ve always wondered how it would have been.
When I was a kid in Bolivia a couple of guys rode Harleys from the states clear down to La Paz, Bolivia. I think they even stayed with us. My brothers and I thought they were very cool, with their long hair and beards, awesome bikes, and really worn-out jeans.
So—I have a fascination with long motorcycle trips that goes WAY back. Earlier this year, while looking up stuff about Bolivia, I came across this blog. It’s really become a favorite of mine. Here’s was a guy that rode not only to Bolivia, but at the time he was on his way from Alaska to the tip of South America! He has since gone up through Africa on his way around the world!
I got hooked on his posts—great descriptions of his adventures and interactions with people, and lots of stunningly beautiful pictures. He’s in Turkey right now (I think!), but his current posts (when he has time and an internet link I guess) are describing his trip up through Africa. Over 700 days on the road! Almost 55,000 miles, 1000 gallons of gas, and 27,000 pictures!
Check it out! It’s great for those uf us that probably won’t, but wish we could!
This past week we traveled down near Coos Bay, Oregon and stayed 3 nights at Sunset Bay State Park. It was all wonderful! Of course Oregon’s parks are always very nice, and the wildlife, scenery, and weather were spectacular.
If you haven’t seen the southern Oregon Coast, I highly recommend it. We decided to leave the Jeep and tent trailer at home (gas prices!), go by car and stay in a Yurt. It was a bit tight in the car with 6 of us, but we all enjoyed the trip anyway.
I’ve posted some panoramas here which are slightly distorted, but give a good idea of this neat little bay. I’m guessing it’s around 1/2 mile across, and has wonderful tide pool areas with lots of marine life.
There’s a lot to see in this area! The land these parks sit on was donated to the state of Oregon by Louis Simpson, a lumber and shipping baron. A couple miles south of Sunset Bay are the Shore Acres Botanical Gardens (7 acres of beautiful gardens), Cape Arago, and Simpson Reef, an outstanding wildlife viewing area.
Here is a slide show if you are interested in seeing more!
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