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 'FIREHOUSE',ALSO THE LINDA GANG !!-WE MET LINDA OVER THE WEEK END AT THE BAR WHERE THE BAND PLAYED US THOSE 'BEATLES' TUNES-ITS CALLED 'THE TRAVELLERS COVE'-ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE AMY WINEHOUSE BAR('THE BEACHCOMBER')..WELL,LAST NIGHT LINDA INVITED US OVER FOR A B-B QUE STEAK,WHICH WAS EASILY THE BEST MEAL WE'VE HAD ON OUR TRIP-THANKS LINDA IT WAS SUPERB-HAD A FEW BUD LITES TO WASH IT DOWN AND FORGOT ALL ABOUT THE RAIN FOR A WHILE(473)-(478)..THE CHALLENGE WAS THROWN DOWN FOR A WII U GAME OF BOWLING,WHICH, WHEN USED WITH A LARGE SCREEN T.V FELT LIKE THE REAL THING (479)(480)(481)..NEEDLESS TO SAY WE GOT THUMPED BY OUR HOST...PROMISED A RETURN MATCH BEFORE WE LEAVE,WHICH HAS TO BE SOON,AS ITS JUST A WEEK OR SO TO GO NOW- THERES A SNAP OF ME AND BOB EIGHT WEEKS ON(482)..IT'S BEEN ONE HELLUVA JOURNEY,WE SET OFF BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER AND IT WILL ONLY BE SIX WEEKS OR SO TO GO TILL CHRISTMAS,WHEN WE DO GET BACK..IT'S HALLOWEEN HERE TODAY-ALL THAT TRICK OR TREAT BUSINESS-BOB HAS HID THE FIAT IN SOME WOODS-I KNOW HE WONT SLEEP TONIGHT WITH THE WORRY THAT THE CAR MAY BE IN DANGER....SERIOUSLY,HE'S HAVING SOME PROBLEMS RINGING HOME,WHICH WE ARE TOLD, MAY BE CAUSED BY THE AFTERMATH FROM ALL THE DAMAGE THAT HURRICANE SANDY HAS DELIVERED HERE..SO DON'T WORRY-HE'S FINE...