Spring Trip 2015: Roseburg, Oregon

Monday, 5/18 and Tuesday, 5/19:  80 miles and camped at Rising River RV Park, Roseburg,  OR.

Site 51, Rising River RV Park

This was a very short drive.  Cory and Molly both had to get back to work Monday morning.  We moved the camper to Roseburg to be closer to them for the next couple days.  Rising River is probably the most well kept up park we have been in.  The sites were not large, but every site had a patch of green lawn and a privacy fence to hide the neighbor's utilities.  Each site had a nice shade tree.  There are a lot of long term residents here, but the park is amazingly neat.  And it's less than a five minute drive to Cory's house.  We were lucky to get a spot.  I called Monday morning to hold a space and was told there was only one available.  We got lucky.

Cory took Monday afternoon off and we met him at his place about 2:00  We had time to get some laundry done, and use his internet.  Molly got home about 5:00, and we grilled flank steak for dinner. Of course some great Oregon red wine went with it.  We said good bye to Molly because she had to go to Bend for a few days for work and we wouldn't get to see her again.  She is a real treat to be with.

Tuesday, Cory again worked just the morning and took the afternoon off to spend with us.  We went to the Lighthouse Bakery for lunch.  The Lighthouse serves only vegetarian, organic and non GMO food.  Judy had a Portabella "burger" while I had a vegetarian "Reuben."  Both were amazing!!

Then we visited our favorite Oregon winery, Becker Vineyard.  The winery, owned and operated by Charlie and Peggy Becker, is truly a "Mom and Pop" winery, and I say that with the highest respect.  They are members of the Oregon Artisan Family Wineries group.  They started out in 2006 selling about 400 cases of wine, and have grown to sell about 1,000 cases this year.  Their grapes are dry farmed, meaning they get no irrigation.  This causes the roots to grow deeper, and the vines to become stronger.  Because of the very warm Spring, the grapes are about two weeks ahead of a normal growing season.  We ended up buying a case of wine here too.

Becker Winery

Becker Winery

Oregon Artisan Family Wineries requirements.

We closed out the day with dinner with Cory at the McMenamins Roseburg Station Pub.  We said our good byes to Cory and crashed at the camper for an early evening.

Tomorrow, Wednesday, we start the eastward trip home.