Just a quick note before we depart next Friday (July 26, 2019) for the Northwest Club Cobra Summer Cruise.
Here’s an updated map:
https://goo.gl/maps/MzjM4FE9Tq8Ecsau6. I recommend you print it or send it to your cell phone. It may come in handy if we get separated.
Gay and I will be at the McDonald’s parking lot off SR512 and I-5 (10417 Pacific Hwy SW, Tacoma, WA 98499) at 8am. We’ll depart towards Montesano at 9am. That should give us an arrival at the Montesano Chevron (518 1/2 1st St S, Montesano, WA 98563) close to 10am.
We’ll leave the Montesano Chevron close to 10:30am. That should place us at the Dismal Nitch Rest Area close to 12pm. Then onto Seaside.
Just out of Montesano we’ll run into road work on the Chehalis River Bridge on Hwy 107 so there may be some delays. The speed limit is reduced to 25mph and there is one-way alternating traffic with a temporary signal in the SR 107 work zone.
We’ll be staying at the Hi-Tide Oceanfront Inn, 30 Avenue G, Seaside, OR 97138
Saturday morning we’ll head south on Hwy 101 at 9am. We’ll stop at the Tillamook Cheese Factory for a break, tour, and snacks. Then we’ll continue south to Newport for lunch. I’m thinking we stop at the Newport Café. It is very small and tends to get crowded on Saturday mornings. Hopefully they have space for us. I’ll call ahead to see if they can hold a table for us. They have accommodated us in the past.
Then it’s on to Florence. We’re staying at the River House Inn, 1202 Bay St, Florence, OR 97439. We’ll make several stops because us old guys can’t go to long without a pee break. If you guys are interested, we can do a group dinner at a place we’ll decide on when we get there. There are some good eateries in Old Town Florence and there is the Three Rivers Casino with some good restaurants.
Just a reminder: Parking at both Inns is not covered and it tends to get misty in the morning so bring a car cover if you have one.
On Sunday we’ll leave Florence at 8:30 AM and head back up Hwy 101 to Waldport, Oregon where we leave Hwy 101 and take Hwy 34 toward I5. We can grab lunch in Corvallis. Then off towards home on I-5 Northbound.
If anybody has any thoughts or ideas, please chime in.
My cell number is 253-906-4391. My email address is
bruce.a.snyder@comcast.net.
If you send me your cell number, I’ll print copies of a list of names and cell numbers to pass on to everybody.
See you on Friday (July 26).
Bruce and Gay