Huckleberries and history

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Today we explored Florence a little. The Old Town area is charming, as you can see from some of the photos in the slide show.  The building above houses a couple of the local tourist-oriented businesses. It is one of many in the renovated harbor area..  You will also notice in the photos that there is a large river running alongside of Florence.  It is the Siuslaw.  It forms rather a large inlet  just on the western border of the city.  To the west of the river/inlet are some huge sand dunes.  

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While we were in Old Town, we bought another gift for yet another nameless individual.  Our breakfast began to wear off, so we stopped at the local coffee roasters for a small quiche, which we shared (Oh, wait! I'm a real man, so I didn't eat any.) and a couple of coffee drinks.  It was all quite delightful.

Having used up our tourist shopping energy, we headed back to Sadie.  Along the way, we stopped at the Krab Kettle, which is a small fish market right on Hwy 101.  We purchased some Ahi tuna for dinner and some teriyaki smoked tuna for a snack. Next we stopped at Grocery Outlet for a few veggies and fruits, and then we headed homeward.

Before we got home, however, I spied a sign for the Harbor Vista (Lane) County Park, which I had explored online some months ago.  I decided we needed to see what it looks like in person.  It is now on our list of must visit RV Parks.  Winding through the adjacent roads we came upon a State Park which fronts on the ocean...never did find out the name of it.

At last we were home. Pogo was glad to have a stretch of the legs and a drink of water.  We relaxed for a bit, and then Jill decided she needed some more huckleberries.  After she was done picking, we decided to visit a nursery we had seen that advertised native plants.  It had occurred to us that we could plant some huckleberries at home for future gleaning! We were in luck and found a couple of bushes for sale at a reasonable price.  We know just where we will plant them, when we get home.

Meanwhile, back at the RV park, we decided to take Pogo for a romp on the beach.  The weather had turned sunny, and we were anxious to see what Heceta Beach looks like, since it had been so foggy yesterday.  As you will remember from the slide show above, we were surprised to find the beach quite more densely fogged in than yesterday.  It was amazing.  When we returned to the road, the sunshine reappeared.  At any rate, Pogo got a good run, and we returned to the coach in time for Jill to pick a few more huckleberries.  Give her a berry bush with ripe fruit, and she is unstoppable.

This evening, we are planning to have grilled Ahi and grilled vegetables along with some brown rice for our evening repast. Of course, dessert will be left over huckleberry crisp...Oh how we do suffer.