There's That "Nick" Bridge!!!

Pacific City OR to Ocean City WA.   After fuel and propane in Tillamook, we said goodbye to the chickens ...

goodbye to the cows ...

and goodbye to Tillamook Ice Cream.  Almost anyway, I still have a quart in my freezer!!  We passed through the little town of Wheeler celebrating 100 years of history.  

There are Tsunami signs everywhere on the coast ... even at The Tsunami Bar (blue and white sign)!!!

The locals were out today ... I assumed this was an RV parked beside the road .. but maybe it was a Revival Tent!!!

Here's the infamous bridge ... the Astoria-Megler, spanning the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington.  I think we have all heard Nick's stories of crossing this bridge, most recently heading to Long Beach.  I have to say it IS rather intimidating from this distance.

And it was a little uncomfortable being parked on a good slant waiting for the construction crew to clear us for crossing!!

But really, it wasn't bad at all.  Sorry Nick!!!  They are doing repairs/painting which kept us waiting for 5 minutes or so, but the bridge itself was a breeze.  Try those steel grated bridges in Canada ... THOSE will give you white knuckles!!!

The scenery is spectacular crossing the lower section.  The fishing must have been good, because boats were lined up as far as you could see on the left side of the bridge, heading out to the ocean.

We arrived in Ocean City and pulled in to Oceana Thousand Trails.  Much smaller than I expected, we were again lucky enough to find two sites together on the ocean side.  We have 30 amp sites with water and are very close together.  The electrical hookups on the North side have been repaired.   We arrived just in time for the rain to start in earnest!!  

A quick drive to Ocean City saw not just a few, but many deer along the road.  I love to see these guys so healthy looking!!

The last stop was on the beach, as we watched a group of horses coming back to the corrals in the rain.  

My MiFi seems to be working ... slowly but working.  Phone service is "iffy" but TV is excellent.  

Fuel ... $145     Thousand Trails Membership ... $500   Being parked on the ocean with good friends ... PRICELESS!!!  Life is Good!!!  AND (shhhhhh it's a secret) there's a quilt shop here!!