tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50861649784006766942024-03-18T00:44:39.079-07:00BirdingRVersSeeing North America one bird at a timeGrant and Kathy Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007879530317216131noreply@blogger.comBlogger260125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086164978400676694.post-57935211312352726012013-07-12T06:00:00.000-07:002013-07-12T06:00:01.412-07:00Our New Summer Home Yes, we found a perfect summer home in Bandon. Kathy had been thinking that she wanted a house before we went to Benson this past winter. After seeing the lovely new houses our Montana Owner friends had recently bought in Arizona, she felt even stronger she wanted a house. We had planned to return to Bandon this summer, but came back early this year because I had seen a couple of houses Grant and Kathy Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007879530317216131noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086164978400676694.post-50806561996046734092013-06-21T15:24:00.001-07:002013-06-21T15:24:38.510-07:00Bandon Update for June 2013 The 85th Best Beach in the World!! We have always liked Bandon from the first time we came here many years ago. However, when asked why we like Bandon so much we were never sure why we liked it so much. This past month the CNN web site travel section had an article on World's 100 best beaches. To our surprise Bandon Beach was listed as the 85th best beach in the entire world! Bandon Grant and Kathy Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007879530317216131noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086164978400676694.post-22484227099631027312013-05-21T12:29:00.001-07:002013-05-21T12:29:03.838-07:00Bandon Update for May 2013 Come on Dad, catch up. So what have we been up to during the past month? We started the month with Kathy hurting her knee getting in to the truck. The Doctor here in Bandon says that it is a “soft tissue” injury and she needs to be seen by an Orthopedic Specialist. As you can imagine there aren’t a whole lot of doctors here on the Oregon Coast. There is at least one very busy Orthopedic Grant and Kathy Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007879530317216131noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086164978400676694.post-38512634538514230622013-04-29T13:54:00.001-07:002013-04-29T13:54:59.186-07:00Molly, from Desert Diva to Beach Babe If you read our last blog posting you are no doubt wondering what ocean is connected to New Mexico. Two things I wrote in that blog entry were: “As full time RVers our plans are cast in Jell-O at best.” and “We are thinking about spending September in Bandon, Oregon (we really like that town)”. During each of our visits to Bandon we have talked about how nice it would be to have a summer place Grant and Kathy Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007879530317216131noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086164978400676694.post-84325288352652671012013-04-08T14:35:00.001-07:002013-04-08T14:45:28.957-07:00Time to get back on the Road We are fine, but have been really busy. March was pretty much like February, but with better weather (mostly). Kathy continued to bead and I continued to volunteer at Kartchner Caverns State Park. Three couples from our Montana Owners group have bought homes in the area, so we went to visit and see their new homes. We also had two other couples from the Montana Owners group come down to spend a Grant and Kathy Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007879530317216131noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086164978400676694.post-59266495652676557172013-03-04T16:45:00.001-08:002013-03-04T16:45:06.188-08:00I missed the month of February! Molly the Desert Diva Yes, they do have February here in Arizona. I just haven’t gotten around to writing about it.The weather this February has been 4 or 5 days of very cold weather with nights in to the 20s. Followed by 4 or 5 days of warm weather with high reaching into the 70s. Then back into the cold; followed by back to warm. At one point we went from 70 degrees to 3 inches of snow in justGrant and Kathy Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007879530317216131noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086164978400676694.post-51886436534375655682013-01-21T15:17:00.001-08:002013-01-21T15:17:36.788-08:00Arizona can get COLD! Molly the Desert Dog on her morning walk. We survived the Arizona deep freeze. For 5 nights we had overnight lows in the teens and one night our thermometer said 10 degrees! Even though we wrapped our hose and ran a trickle of water, we would wakeup to no running water. One night we unhooked our hose, but the next morning we found the RV Park faucet had frozen. We always keep some water inGrant and Kathy Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007879530317216131noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086164978400676694.post-58676337852323647672012-12-26T14:14:00.001-08:002012-12-26T14:14:57.743-08:00Five Years as Fulltime RVers
Molly in her Christmas Sweater
Molly Update:
Molly is doing great! We have her diet supplemented with a high protein Fish and Sweet Potato dog food and she has put on 4 pounds since we got her. Her vet says she still needs to gain another 5 - 8 pounds. Also her coat is coming in, thickening up and curling. As Molly has settled in to her new home her personality has come out. Like Grant and Kathy Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007879530317216131noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086164978400676694.post-542961036787644062012-12-25T06:03:00.001-08:002012-12-25T06:03:34.515-08:00Merry ChristmasWe want to wish all of our readers a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Grant, Kathy and Molly Please click here for eCard Grant and Kathy Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007879530317216131noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086164978400676694.post-48249458731360202682012-11-29T13:35:00.001-08:002012-11-29T13:47:14.268-08:00Our New Addition Meet Molly !!! Our new Best Friend is a 1 to 2 year old Golden Retriever . We have been really wrapped up trying to get her settled in. She is the smallest Golden Retrieve I have ever seen. It is obvious that she recently had puppies and she is so malnourished that you can see her ribs. She came with the name of "Meadow". It doesn't strike us as good name for a dog. We couldn't think of Grant and Kathy Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007879530317216131noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086164978400676694.post-45089984378914225762012-11-12T07:10:00.001-08:002012-11-12T07:10:53.577-08:00Life is Good in Arizona We have been here at the Escapee co-op for about a week and have really settled in. This is a picture of our site. Somehow in one week we have put out so much stuff it will take us a month to repack. Our temps had been low 80s during the day and low 50s at night. After our very cold summer at Cape Blanco, we are relishing the warmth. We have sat out on the patio more in the first week that we Grant and Kathy Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007879530317216131noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086164978400676694.post-34012592690192616522012-10-28T14:57:00.001-07:002012-10-28T14:57:51.136-07:00We are fine. Our youngest son Kevin at his Birthday Lunch. Since I haven’t updated the blog for 2 months we have been hearing from blog Readers asking “if everything is okay.” We are fine. We left Cape Blanco Lighthouse on October 1st and have been back in our home town of San Jose, California the past few weeks. We have been through the yearly blood test, doctor visits, eye doctors, etc. As well as visitingGrant and Kathy Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007879530317216131noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086164978400676694.post-4629775965566505212012-08-23T09:44:00.001-07:002012-08-23T09:44:08.802-07:00Cape Blanco August 2012 Grant at the beginning of the tour talking about life at the Lighthouse in 1870. Almost a month without a blog entry! I guess there just hasn’t been a whole lot going on. The BIG NEWS is our refrigerator got fixed!! We were without a refrigerator for 3 weeks waiting for the part to arrive and then scheduling when we could get back to Coos Bay to have it installed. Our trailer isn’t even 2 1/Grant and Kathy Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007879530317216131noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086164978400676694.post-2425997911359938782012-07-23T17:19:00.001-07:002012-07-23T17:19:16.747-07:00Change of Plans, more of Cape Blanco, it is always something Our friend Sue took this picture of me up at the Lens while she was on a tour. Once again it looks like the blog has gotten away from me. Change of plans: We have had a slight change of plans, rather than moving from Cape Blanco Lighthouse, back to Coquille Lighthouse on July 1st and then back to Cape Blanco in August we are just staying here at Cape Blanco. We were contacted by 2 of ourGrant and Kathy Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007879530317216131noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086164978400676694.post-72152288530231759662012-06-27T08:59:00.001-07:002012-06-27T08:59:54.362-07:00Cape Blanco Lighthouse June 18th–26th 2012 This picture of Blacklock Point was taken by Sue Date: June 18th–26th 2012 Location: Cape Blanco Lighthouse Monday was again our day off so we headed to Bandon, picked up our mail and get groceries. We also stopped at the Bandon Fish Market for lunch. They have the best Fish Chips on the coast. They are made from Pacific Cod and come with very good & some how unique fries. We Grant and Kathy Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007879530317216131noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086164978400676694.post-22749654848056077212012-06-19T18:10:00.001-07:002012-06-19T18:10:02.688-07:00Cape Blanco June 12th - 17th 2012 The lens of the Cape Blanco Lighthouse. Date: June 12th–17th 2012 Location: Cape Blanco Lighthouse Tuesday was another day off. The weather was the foggiest since our return this year. The kind of heavy, thick, wet, fog that you aren’t quite sure if there is a light rain or is it just the heavy mist from the fog. So, Tuesday was a inside day to clean, write the blog and to get caughtGrant and Kathy Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007879530317216131noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086164978400676694.post-18992135388674394022012-06-12T12:53:00.001-07:002012-06-12T12:53:57.656-07:00Cape Blanco Lighthouse June 5th–June 11th View from the top of Cape Blanco Lighthouse. Date: June 4th, – June 11th Location: Cape Blanco State Park, Oregon Tuesday we had a domestic day. When staying here at Cape Blanco we drive the 30 miles back to Bandon, they have both a much larger Laundromat and much larger grocery store. So we stopped in at the post office to pickup our mail, did the laundry, took a break to have lunch at theGrant and Kathy Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007879530317216131noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086164978400676694.post-87933038360374292502012-06-04T13:59:00.001-07:002012-06-04T13:59:13.738-07:00Transition from Coquille River Lighthouse to Cape Blanco Lighthouse May 29–June 4th This is a picture of the Cape Blanco Lighthouse taken last year before it was painted this past fall. Date: May 29 – June 4th, 2012  Location: Bullards Beach State and Cape Blanco Lighthouse State Parks If it’s Tuesday it must be Birding Day with John & Sue. They picked us up and we headed to the Great Egret rookery on the Coos River that I wrote about back on May 6th. This time Grant and Kathy Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007879530317216131noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086164978400676694.post-62598462703609354032012-05-28T15:15:00.001-07:002012-05-28T15:15:06.062-07:00Bullards Beach State Park May 19–28, 2012 Date: May 19–25, 2012 Location: Bullards Beach State Park Weather: Rain, overcast, occasional sun breaks Our recollection of last May here at Bullards Beach is the first 3 weeks it either rained or it was heavy overcast. The 4th week it was sunny and nice. This year has been the exact opposite. We have enjoyed unusually nice weather for the first 3 weeks this year, but this past week Grant and Kathy Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007879530317216131noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086164978400676694.post-49389648437986522022012-05-19T09:47:00.001-07:002012-05-19T09:47:50.206-07:00Bullards Beach State Park May 15th - 18th, 2012  This is a picture of Elk Creek Falls taken by Sue, as I had left my camera in the truck. Date: May 15, 2012 Location: Bullard’s Beach State Park, Bandon, Oregon Weather: Overcast before 10 AM but, sunny after that Temperature today’s Low: 48º Temperature today’s High: 52º Bird List: Double-crested Cormorant,Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Canada Goose, Mallard,TurkeyGrant and Kathy Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007879530317216131noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086164978400676694.post-1064603229488975752012-05-17T09:21:00.001-07:002012-05-17T09:21:20.853-07:00Bullards Beach State Park May 13th & 14th, 2012 Date: May 13, 2012 Location: Bullard’s Beach State Park, Bandon, Oregon Weather: Clear and sunny, Light winds, After 4 PM winds picked up and fog rolled in Temperature today’s Low: 45º Temperature today’s High: 54º Bird List: Brown Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant, Pelagic Cormorant, Canada Goose, Cackling Goose, Surf Scoter, Bufflehead, Osprey, Western Gull, Caspian Grant and Kathy Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007879530317216131noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086164978400676694.post-24534440845257742602012-05-13T09:41:00.001-07:002012-05-13T09:41:12.758-07:00Second week back at Bullards Beach State Park May 2012 The door to the Lighthouse. Date: May 7, 2012 Location: Bullard’s Beach State Park, Bandon, Oregon Weather: Another beautiful clear day. Temperature today’s Low: 44º Temperature today’s High: 54º Bird List: Double-crested Cormorant, Pelagic Cormorant, Surf Scoter, Turkey Vultures, Whimbrel, Western Sandpiper, Western Gull, Common Murre, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Grant and Kathy Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007879530317216131noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086164978400676694.post-44721938904617242302012-05-08T17:55:00.001-07:002012-05-08T17:55:51.560-07:00Around Coos Bay May 6, 2012 A small part of Simpson Reef Date: May 6, 2012 Tonight’s Location: Bullard’s Beach State Park, Bandon, Oregon Weather: Clear skies with the wind picking up as the day went on Temperature today’s Low: º 41 Temperature today’s High: º 52 Bird List: Double-crested Cormorant, Pelagic Cormorant, Great Egret, Mallard, Turkey Vultures, Bald Eagle, Western Gull, Rufous Hummingbird,Grant and Kathy Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007879530317216131noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086164978400676694.post-89974055681877350742012-05-07T13:52:00.001-07:002012-05-07T13:52:02.198-07:00First week back at Bullards Beach State Park May 2012 Yes we have returned to the Coquille River Lighthouse where we volunteered last May. We will be here on the South Oregon coast until October. We will spend part of our time as volunteers at Coquille River Lighthouse and the other part of our time as volunteers at the Cape Blanco Lighthouse. Since we will be near Bandon for 5 months, I am not sure how many new things we will have to write Grant and Kathy Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007879530317216131noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086164978400676694.post-21129592431841051372012-04-25T13:30:00.001-07:002012-04-25T13:30:34.385-07:00Saguaro Escapee Co-op Park When we left Kartchner Caverns State Park we went to the Saguaro Escapee Co-op Park near Benson, Arizona to try it out and to prepare for or trip to Oregon. After a week  we decided to extend our stay for a few days, because the park and the weather were both so nice. Then when we had plan to leave, there were two storms coming to California over the next few days with high winds and snow Grant and Kathy Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007879530317216131noreply@blogger.com3