OREGON -

-the Pacific Ocean

-beautiful rock strewn rugged coast 

-elk roaming the campground

-white capped waves crashing on to the shore

-heavy traffic at times and fast

-beautiful sunsets which come around much later than at home

-nice national forest campgrounds

-oceans, mountains, hills, fossil beds, flat land, canyons, praires, rock formations, buttes and ancient geological history

-very simple camping experiences

-learning to look at roads through the eyes of a biker

-driving along with a WOW and Thank You in my heart and on my lips

-heavy wind swept clouds

-country/western towns, one street towns, ranches, cattle, sheep, horses

- signs – tsunami zone and warnings, elk, rock, free range livestock, wildlife migration route, speed (I’m convinced that the speed posted must be the minimum since everyone drives at least 15 miles over the posted speed), historical marker ahead (and in my head, take time to slow down and see the sights), gas $4.89

-bikers with tremendous appetites

-roads that wind and climb and twist and turn – sometimes all at once

-pit toilets, vault toilets and some that actually flush toilets

-spring wildflowers that look somewhat related to those back home but are not exactly the same

-birds and look and sound somewhat related to those back home but are not exactly the same

-setting up camp on dirt, dust, pine needles and/or grass