by kenny

We left the Cottage Grove Wal-Mart parking lot and headed back up to Eugene. I recently was informed about some RVers from the Living Lightly Tour who had their motorhome converted to run on veggie oil and I wanted to see what it would cost to do the same. The RVers that had the conversion done recommended Green Eye Auto in Eugene, so we paid them a visit. Clark Tippin, the co-founder/co-owner of Green Eye, pulled in just as we did and approached us drawn by the allure of the Airstream moho. Good timing. He gave us a rundown on what he would do, what it would cost, how he makes bio-diesel, veggie oil, and everything else associated with it. $3500 total to have a veggie powered moho in about a week. Sometime after being in California we may be coming back to Eugene to have this done.

We then headed to the coast and saw our first glance of the ocean somewhere south of Florence. In Florence I saw a familiar site from when we were going up the coast on our honeymoon 6 years ago. Target Golf! We stopped here before and were greeted by a wonderful lady and led to the driving range where we could hit golf balls at TV's, pictures of Saddam Hussein, and the like. I thought due to the political season I might be able to get some shot off at Obama or McCain, but sadly, it was closed for the season.

We had dinner at a German restaurant named the Blue Heron Bistro in Coos Bay and tried to get a hold of our friend Janell Winegar, but no luck there. Strike 4 on the friend front. No Kristine Stinnett, no Kevin & Chrissi Wright, no Silver Mogart, no Janell Winegar. So we drove on to Bandon-by-the-Sea and camped for the night.