I use Mercury Quicksilver motor oil. It's readily available locally (Bi-mart? W**mart) and I use so little of it that the extra cost doesn't matter. The manufacturer may get persnickety about what

Thanks for checking, Bob. That's about what I remember hearing from the park host when I asked a similar question years ago. -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com

I received a call back from the lady at the State Parks Lowell office. She said the monthly marina slip rental was all they had---no short term rental. She offered that if we wanted to anchor out,

As a note, you are right John. I meant that no unusual sounds came out, With the cover off, nothing sounded amiss. Yep, should have put some oil in the spark plug holes, and then done a second

I hate it when they do that! <sigh> If that's all they've got for "outdoor" seating we can go down the street to the Longbranch again today. But I hope they didn't seal up the open area under the

Hard to find a perfect restraunt that has enough space, that is still in biz., without enough clients to make it pay. Still the rains will come, so does the decision. Every time we SHOP is a small

Bob and I drove around back and looked at the “outdoor” area last Thurs.....2 big tents buttoned up ....just as we’ll be indoors! Earl🧙‍♂️🌝⚓️

Did you check out the Long Timber last Thursday? The only picture I could find of the outdoor area before I ran out of patience scrolling through all the photos on the Google Maps is rather poor, but

The Halloween Yaquina River float, from Elk City to the Cannon Quarry ramp, is Saturday, November 6th this year. Yes, it's happening. Yipes! I thought for sure I'd updated the page for the float

Hi, Are we still having the Halloween float this year? Elaine

Sorry John, I’m going to opt out of the Thurs lunch.....there outdoor space looks awfully indoors tight for my peace of mind. Are you going to Dexter? I think I’m going unless it gets too

I thought I had a set of NOAA raster charts from last year, but it turned out to be from January of this year. I compared that 13th CGD file list with the file list from the download the I made the

We're gonna try the fancy new brewpub in Monroe this week. 1:00 in the covered outdoor area. It's a little closer to Corvallis than the Longbranch. <g> Long Timber Brewing

They close the gate at Lowell State Park at dusk, and don't reopen it until dawn. I need to take Lazy Jack to Dexter for a run soon. If I can find him, I'll ask the park caretaker about the

I download the raster charts by CG district, to make the file sizes more manageable. Comparing the file sizes will show the _amount_ of change, but not the _specifics_. I'm gonna make file listings

I meant GB. Perhaps more useful is the exact size 3,053,677,775 bytes. Comparing these should show the amount of change.

This sounds fun Bob. What dates are you thinking of? I'll need to have a boat with a berth to sleep in. Elaind

I had similar concerns. Last July 8 I downloaded, "All_RNCs.zip" . It is 3.1 MB. I suppose one could track the chart numbers, and follow the latest version of each chart. For now, I just plan to

One of the places that always has water is Dexter Lake. Seems like an overnight with a stay at the marina could be fun, even on a winter day between storms. I tried, without success to ask Oregon

We're gonna try the fancy new brewpub in Monroe this week. 1:00 in the covered outdoor area. It's a little closer to Corvallis than the Longbranch. <g> Long Timber Brewing