LEAVING OCEANA

This picture was taken last year in Ocean Shores, where you can drive out on the beach. We've enjoyed our week here at the Oceana Thousand Trails, (except for the brief period when Gracie escaped), but it's time as they say, to "hit the road". We're only traveling a short distance south, to the next Thousand Trails, near Long Beach, WA. This is a reverse route from last year, when we traveled north along the Pacific Coast, then east across the U.S. to the Atlantic Coast.
Some of our stops, such as the Oceana T.T., are the same as last year, and in some cases, we've noticed quite a change. For example, Oceana has approx. 25% of it's spaces closed, because the electrical pedestals are not serviceable. We also saw this same situation last year on the east coast, at the Virginia Landing T.T. We're told by staff, that it's out for bid, but no one seems to know when these spaces will once again be available. It's understandable that these are lean times, and businesses don't have piles of cash laying around for capitol improvements. However, we've seen thousands of dollars being spent at one T.T. park, upgrading it's utilities, for the purpose of dedicating that area of the park to exclusive use by K.O.A. I have just a little bit of a problem when I see our dues being spent, that do not benefit T.T. members. Oceana is a park that needs an infrastructure upgrade, and the answer, at least for now, is to simply close access to the parking sites. Hopefully, we won't see a big change at Long Beach, from our stop there last year.