WEATHER UPDATE-IT'S STILL RAINING,BUT PROMISED TO CLEAR UP(SOMETIME AROUND MAY-GREAT)..STAYING A FEW MORE DAYS IN FLORENCE OREGON,WE CHECKED THE WEATHER FURTHER UP THE COAST TOWARDS WASHINGTON AND SEATTLE- OUR FINAL STOP AND THEY ARE HAVING MUCH OF THE SAME THERE TOO, SO, STAYING HERE FOR A FEW MORE DAYS, AS WE AT LEAST HAVE A FEW THINGS TO DO HERE DESPITE THE RAIN,PLUS,THE PEOPLE WE HAVE MET HAVE BECOME REALLY GOOD FRIENDS,THERES LARRY AND MARLA AT THE 'FIREHOUS...

EVER SINCE WE BEGAN OUR STAY AT THE LIGHTHOUSE INN IN FLORENCE,I SEEM TO HAVE BEEN OVERCOME WITH THIS FASCINATION FOR THESE BUILDINGS-BUILT TO HELP KEEP MARINERS SAFE IN STORMY SEAS,ONE OF THE PRETTIEST ONES IS THE HECETA HEAD LIGHTHOUSE(466)(MAIN PIC) JUST NORTH OF FLORENCE WHERE WE ARE...TALKING OF STORMY SEAS,IT'S ALL OVER THE NEWS HERE,(AND I BET BACK IN THE U.K TOO) ABOUT THE DAMAGE THAT HURRICANE SANDY IS CAUSING ON THE EAST COAST-NEW YORK AREA-CAN'T BELIEV...

NOW-HERES A TOUGHIE-WHICH ONE IS YOUR FAVE...IS IT(463)-SHE'S BEAUTIFUL -NO GETTING AWAY FROM IT..NEXT UP- WHO'S THIS? WE'VE ALREADY ENCOUNTERED THIS GUY IN THE NEXT PHOTO(464)-THERE HE WAS LAST NIGHT, STANDING GUARD ON THE 'DOOR'(ONE FOR YOU LADIES OUT THERE !!)..OR IS IT-(465)MAIN PIC-THERE CAN BE NO COMPETITION SURELY,THE WINGS WILL ALWAYS BE NUMBER ONE-AFTER NEARLY GETTING THROUGH A ZILLION U.K.POUNDS AND NEARLY EIGHT WEEKS ON THE ROAD-YOU DESERVE A GOOD CHIC...

'THEY TRIED TO MAKE ME GO TO REHAB BUT I SAID NO NO NO'.. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO IN A BAR WHERE ALL THE GIRLS DRESSED UP LIKE AMY WINEHOUSE???-MORE OF THAT IN A MINUTE..FIRST WE GOT TO TAKE IN THE OBLIGATORY BRIDGE PHOTOS-FIRST IN THE BREAKFAST CAFE(454) THEN THE REAL THING(455)..THATS THE OLD OLD BRIDGE IN FLORENCE-YET TO FIND OUT HOW OLD IT ACTUALLY IS-WATCH THIS SPACE !! RAINING AGAIN TODAY(APPARENTLY IT GOES ON TILL MAY...WANTED TO REMARK ON THAT BUT WAS...

GOODBYE CALIFORNIA-WE HAD A GREAT THREE WEEKS THERE, CONTINUED ON NORTH ACROSS INTO OREGON(446)FIRST DAY WHERE THE SUN HASN'T SHOWED UP,OVER SEVEN WEEKS AND WE HAVE HAD FANTASTIC WEATHER-REALLY WARM TOO,WE HAD THE ODD SHOWER IN SAN FRANCISCO,BUT OTHER THAN THAT IT'S BEEN WALL TO WALL-WHICH FOR SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER IS VERY FORTUNATE.TODAY,HOWEVER WAS A BIT ON THE BLEAK SIDE...HEADED UP THE OREGON COAST(447),STOPPED AT A FEW PLACES INCLUDING BANDON AND SPOTTED THE...