Barb - We left the ocean behind for a couple of days to go inland to Oregon. We drove on Highway 101 for a while through Astoria - always a view to behold, and driving an RV on that bridge is !!! (fill in your own word). We went to McMinnville to visit the Evergreen Aviation Museum, where Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose has been restored and is on exhibit. What a huge plane! The museum would interest anyone who likes historical aircraft. We found a KOA in Corvallis, home of Oregon State University. I think it was good that we were there on a Thursday night, as they mentioned being quite full on Friday before the OSU/Cincinnati football game. The OSU colors of black and orange were flying from a few RVs in the KOA already.
Ed - We had a normal departure from Long Beach, about 9:30 in the morning. The trip to Corvallis included a few hours' stop at the Evergreen Airline Museum in McMinnville. The museum houses the "Spruce Goose" airplane built by Howard Hughes. It is the largest wooden aircraft ever built and is really something to see. In addition the the huge "Spruce Goose", the museum houses many of the American WWII fighter planes, and a few German fighter planes. There are also two other museums, one for space and one for firearms. In all, it was a place you could spend the full day if you chose. Prior to getting to McMinnville, we drove through 100 miles of wine country with vineyard signs on every intersection we passed. In Corvallis we found a KOA that looked nice. The only problem was the close highway and railroad tracks.
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