Friday June 26th – Day 9
Had a nice day today just checking out the town of Gold Beach. Our first stop was at the Gold Beach Museum. They had a nice and comprehensive display showing the history of this area that dated back to the ice ages and came forward to present. It was interesting to see and learn about just how much gold came out of these local mountains and was processed right here in Gold Beach giving the town its namesake.
After our museum trip we stopped in at Jerry’s Jet Boat Tours and booked all of our gang on the 104 mile round trip whitewater trip for tomorrow morning. The river boats in this area began out of necessity to bring mail and supplies to the towns that are upstream and were only reachable by the Rogue River. In 1958 this guy named Jerry decided to make the Rogue River trip a tourist opportunity. 51 years later his grandchildren are running the business so they must be doing something right. Everybody in town raves about this trip so we are excited to shove off tomorrow morning. More about that tomorrow.
We finished up our trip into town with lunch at a nice little local place called The Porthole, visited the fish market to pick up some local caught Chinook Salmon to grill for dinner, and then went back to camp.
Our campground, Turtle Rock RV Resort is located right where Hunter Creek empties into the ocean. There is a large rock formation right out front (see picture) that with a little imagination looks like a turtle and is where this area gets its name.
The scenery is rugged and beautiful with tall pine trees providing a green backdrop to the beach below. The sandy beaches are littered with driftwood that washes out of the local rivers and eventually ends up on the Oregon beaches. Mammoth 50’ tall rocks stand alone on and around the shoreline as if standing guard of the Oregon coast.
We spent the rest of our day beachcombing and strolling along Hunter Creek looking for Agate, and any other interesting looking rocks. The kids just never seem to lose interest with this activity. They could (and did) walk up and down the beach and river all day long.
Naturally if there is any living thing to be found in the area Kelly will find it. Today was no exception as Kelly made fast friends with several water faring salamanders. (see picture).
We ended the day with a most excellent dinner of grilled Salmon that we bought in town, and a large pan of sautéed shrimp that Jack performed his mastery on. That guy can cook! As I type this entry there is a peach cobbler baking for dessert in our RV oven. I’m going to post this entry and get back to it ASAP before it’s all gone!
Bye!.......Jim
Sounds WONDERFUL!!!
ReplyDeleteWish I could have come along. :( It looks so beautiful and you know how I love all that nature. I could never get enough. I'm so glad about the great fishing experience that the all the girls had. How exciting that must have been for them.:)The weather here is going to be in the high 90s & 100s tomorrow "Yuck" I hate heat!!!!
Well, lets hope that you get this blog.Here we go again...I'm still trying.
I miss ya all & am so happy you're having a wonderful vacation. You both deserve it very much. I Love Ya all and will be looking forward to hearing about the rest of your trip.
PS> That one picture of Kelly where she's pointing at something on the beach and the wind is blowing in her hair...Yikes Mom & Dad...She's looks so beautiful.
What fun you're going to have with her as a teen. Well that's it for me,
talk to ya again soon. XOXOXO MOM