Florence, Oregon

Yesterday we got two new tires on the RV and then headed to Florence.  It was another beautiful drive! We drove by Fern Ridge Lake which has six parks, including Perkins Peninsula, and offers a variety of day use recreation  such as picnicking, swimming, sailing, powerboating, jet skiing, skiing, fishing, and hunting. The lake and surrounding extensive wetlands provide habitat for several species of wildlife and waterfowl. This Wildlife Refuge is home to an assortment of fish: crappie, bass, trout and catfish, carp; over 200 varieties of birds; and a lot of beavers, muskrats, nutria, otters, raccoons, opossums, deer and ground squirrels.

We drove through many beautiful pines, saw a deer on the side of the road and caught up with the Suislaw River.  The river followed us all the way to Florence and to the Pacific Ocean.  We are about 2 miles south of Florence and our campground is very wooded with lots of pine trees.  I was reading the campground info and they had two notices about bears; what to do if you run across one and how to keep the garbage bins closed so they can't get in.  This surprised me, and Max and I will not be out walking at night.  We will also make lots of noise when taking our walk!

Ted and I are going into Florence and will look around the town today.  We will be here until Saturday and we are so thankful to be in a cool part of the country.  We feel bad for those suffering the heat around the country!
 
Watching out for bears..."Ain't Life Grand!"