From the Saturday Potluck

Here is a better picture of  Gary and the group of ladies who have been in his bedroom to see his quilt! Gary's girlfriend, Janelle, is the one in back with her arms outstretched! I am in shadows.

Janelle is the one who told me about the quilt show.

Yay

When we got back to the trailer after lunch I turned on the computer only to see a blue screen with a swirly and the words, "shutting down." That was 12:30 or so and it went on until nearly 4:00. At that point I went down to the park office (needed quarters anyway, since Sheila isn't around to find them for me) and asked if she knew of a computer service in town. She called Linda, the woman who used to work there on weekends--she recommended a place called Chuck's PC, which is just around the corner from the park.

I explained the problem to the guy there (maybe he is Chuck), and opened the computer to show him. He turned the computer over, took out the battery, put it back in, pushed two keys on the keyboard to shut down anything that might be running (not sure which two--F2 may have been one of them...I will do some research), turned it on so I could put in the password--and all is well. He said something about Windows 10 having more requirements than my Windows 7, which could be causing the problem. At any rate, for now, the computer is working and everyone in the trailer is happy too! Oh, and no charge! I plan to put up a sign in the laundry room recommending the place.

I wonder if he could fix the sewing machine....

My only picture of the day is of a cute Retro Jr. parked down by the laundry room and showers as we were leaving for work today.

If you need to see what the city and lighthouse looked like today, refer to other pics on the blog. It was deja vu all over again! We had a great group of visitors and were able to cross without getting our feet wet at all.

First the sewing machine, now the computer!

I have to start by saying my computer may be on the way out. Last night the screen conked out, apparently only temporarily--it is back today, but very distorted. If you don't see another post--I am screaming somewhere!

Before the doors opened for business, I climbed up to the tower to take some pictures. Foggy again!

If I were better at directions I could tell you a little more. The white thing resembling half a pie is the cistern.

When the light used to turn in the tower, the town complained about the light flashing all night long, so part of the window either had a curtain or was painted black. There was no need to alert the townsfolk that the lighthouse was near!

The light is now automated and only flashed a signature of 3.5 seconds on, 26.5 seconds off.

Looking down at the ladder that leads to the tower

The water came up right on time, but because we let in an extra group of visitors (from Canada), we got a tad bit wet going back to the parking lot. Some folks got more water than that--probably up to their calves!

After lunch Cary dropped me off here. I spent a couple of hours browsing and shopping. Well, window shopping--none of the fabric or patterns followed me home. There were vendors from Eureka, Brookings and even Coos Bay, besides some of the local shops. Andrea, if you read this, someone has taken over the shop that was the Scottie Dog place. We will spend a few day in Eureka after we leave here.

I love the colors!

Lots of wildlife pictured here

 Do you see Battery Point Lighthouse in this one?

I didn't take enough pictures! I don't know if I will ever attempt to make a quilt, but maybe if I have enough inspiration...I did pick up four free quilting magazines before Cary came to get me.

While waiting in the parking lot, I wasted no time. Lovely flowers.

You can tell by the flower pictures that the sun did come out. Beautiful day. My shoes dried, all is well.

Saturday

After breakfast we bought a newspaper so Cary could mark the map for yard sales.

We did find a few goodies, but not here. You would not believe the collection of penguins--in every imaginable form.

I took this picture while waiting for garage doors to go up at 10:00 a.m. It was advertised as an estate sale, but was actually a dealer's collections of items he had bought at estates. Interesting; Cary bought a pair of snap ring pliers made in New Britain, Connecticut.

Next, a stop at the Farmers' Market and Cary's apple fritter from this Brookings, Oregon, bakery.

Some of the folks around the circle in our section of the RV park organized a potluck before some of the summer people left for home. Lots of good food and company. I learned a few names of people I have been saying hi to for a few weeks!

Oops, the camera lens didn't come open all the way...this is a picture of one of the guys, Gary, and all the ladies at the potluck. He is "notorious" for inviting all the women in the circle into his bedroom--he quilts! His girlfriend wanted the picture. She quilts also. They went to the annual quilt show--and I discovered there were vendors there from quilt shops around the area--with fabric! Guess where I am headed tomorrow?

Cary went into Gary's 5th wheel, an Alumascape, to see the modifications he had made. You can see his "Arizona Quilt" on their bed. Very pretty.

Rootbeer, AKA RB, holds down the fort in Janelle and Gary's trailer.

The day started cool and foggy but got beautiful early. Very nice.

Back to Work

Thick fog brought some extra cool to us this morning.

The street as we drove towards the lighthouse--first stopping by the museum to pick up some things for the gift shop.

The parking lot above the lighthouse

Our view as we walked over

We decided to have lunch at the Chart Room (worn out from the 45 minutes of work...the tide came in just an hour after it went out, more or less). You can tell that from the view taken at the Chart Room parking lot, the fog was back.

For Sheila, the sea lions--all being quite vocal!

We stopped here before going grocery shopping--glad to say that nothing followed me home!

By the time we got back to the RV park the fog had lifted. And even better, the wind was calm. An excellent day!

Beautiful Day

Last year or the year before we drove out here to Crescent Beach to watch some whales. This year there was just gorgeous scenery and bright turquoise water..

 It was hard to stop taking pictures!

 How Crescent City got its name!

After yesterday's cool weather, we were glad to be out here in the sunshine and blue sky (an no wind).

 Cary had his binoculars so we could look out and see Battery Point Lighthouse.

Almost Cold Today!

As promised, Ginger and Mark stopped by to see us before leaving for Oregon. I hope they can come back next year when the lighthouse is open!

We are huddled here between trailers to keep the cold air off!

 After lunch we wanted to go down to the beach to see the ocean and look for rocks. Jane, our neighbor in the RV park, has a shed full of agates and jasper and story rocks (and a rock polisher). Since Jane is on her way to England, we don't know what we found, but we had fun. If Sheila is this bundled up, you know it is COLD!

You can barely see the rocks behind me. This is about 12:30 in the afternoon.

 This is what it looked like when we drove over to the parking lot by the lighthouse. You can't see it too well, but I was able to catch the light flashing. We gathered some stones and hustled back to the truck. Brrr!

I may have another picture or two later; we are going out for Mexican food for supper.

As you can see, we made  it. Torrero's for a yummy supper!