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We are Terry & Cathye Kinkelaar. If you've followed my blog in the past, you know that Lydia, my beautiful wife of 52 years, and I made the lifestyle choice to move to Oregon in 2017. You've seen my posts about losing her in May 2020 to cancer. Although I was left alone, I am pleased to say that I have found happiness again. In April 2021, I met Cathye, who also lost her longtime husband in 2020. Well, we fell in love and were married in April 2022. So, if folks are still interested, I will continue to post here as we move forward with our lives and adventures!

Sunday, May 28, 2017

2017 Trip - Blog #3 - The Search Begins


Thursday, May 25th, 2017…..  Wow, it WAS nice sleeping last night!  We opened the windows in the bedroom and got a nice breeze.  It was actually cold when we got up so we had to turn on the small portable heater for a while!  We were at 3,100 ft at the base to Mt Shasta but we didn’t expect it to be that chilly. We hit the road about 8:30am and made the 250 mile trip to get to our destination, Eugene Kamping World RV Park.  We have been here before and it’s not the greatest park.  We are looking for a place in this area for a month or so to base out of while we look around. Early last week, we tried other parks in the area which couldn’t accommodate us monthly but we will check on another tomorrow that we couldn’t reach before.  Once set up, I cleaned the bugs off the windshield and we rested for the day.  Lydia made pork chops and augratin potatoes for dinner and we watched the last part of Survivor and then each of us caught up on shows we had taped before calling it a night. Nothing is on the plan for tomorrow except for that other park so we’ll get to sleep in.   

Friday, May 26th, 2017…..  Even though we decided to kick back today, we got restless and took a drive to Elmer’s for breakfast and then took off from there and looked at a few houses we had researched on the realtor sites.  Two in Veneta and one in Leaburg. Two have potential. The one in Leaburg is nice but it’s not supposed to hit the market until next week.  We’ll probably set up an appointment with our agent to see it then.  The other one is interesting but lacks curb appeal. We stopped at the market and got stuff for dinner for a few days and went back to eat and watch tv.  I did spot oil leaking from the rig so I investigated and found the dipstick had come unscrewed.  Didn’t leak much and I cleaned it up and fingers crossed I think I’m ok. 

Saturday, May 27th, 2017….. We decided to head north today - about 25 miles northeast to Lebanon. There were two homes we had previously flagged that we wanted to check out.  We eliminated one immediately but the other looks really good!  Nice neighborhood just outside of town. We haven’t met with anyone yet to set up appointments to see any of these homes but these drive bys give us a lay of the land and what’s around.  Lebanon is a nice little town with amenities plus medical facilities. Definitely on the keep list!

After spending much of the day there, including re-finding the quilt store Lydia found a few years ago when we were here, we headed back to the rig and had dinner and settled in for the night.

Sunday, May 28th, 2017…..  Today we will hang out at the rig, maybe go to Walmart.  Just a kick back and rest day.  

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