Where has the month gone?

Sheila arrived at the Crescent City airport on July 28 from Houston.

We stopped by the Rumiano Cheese Factory for samples!

Sheila took this picture of us before we started work that day.

The intrepid lighthouse keepers: Cary, Millie, Jane and Harlan.

The morning after spending the night here, waiting for the workday to begin

I love this carving of the ship's captain--newly repainted too!

Cary made himself some scrambled eggs for breakfast.

Sheila and I had cereal--isn't that a spectacular view?

Saturday morning yard sales

We really had a great morning--lots of neat stuff and a few more photo ops for the car guy!
this yardsale had a '60's BSA, a '50's Greeves, and a '50's Whizzer. the whizzer sold for $1000, and the beezer for $2000. these folks were moving and i scored lots of good junk for little money.

and here is the aforementioned whizzer.

Hudsons everywhere! when was the last time any of you saw a '53 Hudson Jet? this is either '60's gasser style, or waiting for the engine to be reestablished in its house.

i swear there are more examples of good old american iron in crescent city than anyplace we have visited. this is a very sweet '54 chevy, complete with a nice matching shell.

I found all this stuff last weekend and the weekend before, just now got around to taking pictures.

This week's finds, minus a few things we actually got on our second trip out after lunch. Somehow I managed to hurt my back--don't know if it was the new exercise at the gym yesterday or the cold, damp air. So our travels today have been limited. Luckily we have the day off again, or I am not sure I would actually make it out to the lighthouse.

a geezer and his new toys, a beautiful sight. this toolbox was loaded with american made tools all for 500 pennies.

While I was taking pictures, another of Cary's wonderful finds was still in the truck--levelers for the trailer.

Jacksonville, Oregon

One of the folks taking the lighthouse tour raved about her town of Jacksonville. We talked to some other people here in Crescent City who agreed it was a neat place to visit. So on this first of the next four days off, we decided to give it a try. Before we got to this tunnel we drove through some more magnificent redwoods. Highway 199 is very winding and narrow, wouldn't want to drive it very often.

Here's where we had lunch--hungry after the three hour drive to get there. Very good.

I had to pose by this sign. The salewoman told me it was pronounced Petries (not sure what happened to the apostrophe), and since my maiden name is Petrie...I just had to have a picture. The store had some fun things in it too, but I didn't splurge.

This is one of the places we passed on our drive; it is not in Jacksonville.

Now I am letting the car guy take over the narrative!

saw this '54 packard clipper in some little burg in oregon yesterday. it was for sale for $10,500. they are pretty proud of old iron in these parts. overall it was very straight, but did have lots of rust issues on all of the chrome. it was all there, all trim. as packard used to say, "just ask the man that owns one"

these 5 were just up the road from the packard, outside of a junkyard. 3 '50's 4dr hudsons, an early '50's dodge, and a bullet nose studebaker. the dodge had $600 on the windshield and the others had $1000. considering how scarce these drop body hudsons are, that is a reasonable price. all of the cars looked like they had everything on them that they left the factory with.

this dodge wrecker was in front of the burlhouse. always liked the shape these wrecker bodies. another very straight piece of old iron, and it was all there. this was a traffic stopper, not for sale.

Our next to last stop was in Grants Pass to check out this candy factory. Very yummy. Then we went to McDonald's to use our free coupons for some fruit smoothies. It had started getting very hot hours before, so the icy drinks really hit the spot. Back to the coast to cool off and remind us why we are on the northern California coast!

Lots of fog today

This was taken on the path to the lighthouse about 12:30 p.m. Yesterday the sun was out by this time. Cold today too! 55

July 18

We passed this cute little fifth wheel on the way out of the RV park this morning.

Isn't this a great piece of driftwood?

Harlan is a great lighthouse keeper; here he is washing windows! He and his wife Jane also do the gardening, inventory, closing out of the register, dusting...and they love it!

I took this shot from the tower of the lighthouse.

...and this one too.

Saturday yard sale

We found a few sales before going to work Saturday morning. This is one where I found a great mattress pad for the hide-a-bed in our trailer. It is already washed and ready for my sister-in-law's visit in ten days! We also found a few books.

View from the island

Here we are on the back of the island behind the lighthouse before work a few days ago.

We started our day off with breakfast at the Good Harvest, very yummy!

On our way back to the trailer after going to an estate sale, Cary spied this old Studebaker.

I don't think we need to find anything else the rest of the summer. Cary got these stabilizer jacks, name brand, for $5 at the estate sale.

Flamingoes, anyone?

A lady in our RV park proudly displays her flamino collection in the recreation area across from her site. I took this picture last year. It was a relatively uneventful day at the lighthouse, so I thought I would share this!

More fun and adventure

Before the work day started, I got in a little sewing, working on beanbags for the preschool to which our ASG neighborhood group donates. Our next door neighbors at the RV park have a pet piegeon. They have had Buddy over five years; she has a broken wing. She was named Buddy before she laid eggs, and they saw no reason to change its name! Buddy and the dog (I didn't hear his name) are good friends.

The tide really came up quickly today. I managed to lose my balance a little so my galoshes filled with water, making a challenging crossing even more so. I panicked which didn't help at all. I had the camera at the time, so here is a picture of me showing how wet I got. I had to pour about a quart of water out of each boot when we got back to the truck. Cary helped a family get some of their kids across. Two days of this was more than enough! That water comes in way faster than we expected.

Today I was prepared with my galoshes. We had lots of visitors, including a tour group of Mennonites from Ohio. I am sure some of them got a little damp leaving the lighthouse too.

Wet!

It was foggy again this morning, but we never expected the tide to come in so quickly. The lighthouse was only open for tours from 10-11, and we really should have scooted off even sooner. Cary and I left a group of folks who didn't want to leave up there with the keepers (who weren't leaving anyway), while we scurried across. Both of us got wet. My galoshes were back in the trailer; yes, I will take them with me tomorrow and leave them there for just such an occurrence. Last year we got wet several times.

You can see how wet I got by looking at the bottom of my jeans. Luckily, I also knew to bring some spare shoes.

This was our lunchtime view. We packed a picnic and took the Sunday paper, all of which we enjoyed while sitting in the warmth of the pickup truck!

Life is tough...

We went out for Mexican food last night at Torero's--yummy seafood enchiladas. Although I asked the waiter to take this picture, we both look like it is a total surprise. I thought my camera was acting up, so I was about to tell him to skip it when the flash went off!

This is how the lighthouse looked about 8:45 a.m. Saturday morning.

The first of several yard sales this morning. We came home with books, a vise, and some caulk. Big spenders!

I don't know why I didn't take any pictures at the farmers' market--lots of great stuff--I bought some yellow squash and Cary couldn't pass up the fresh bread, bleu cheese and olives. This photo is our strange vehicle of the summer. We can depend on there being at least one every year.