nwnative rain: I go to Bandon every year October, stay there more than a month, hope I still can go there this year, miss Bandon so much! ❤️ Bandon from Chicago.

@@user-hg1es4dm4y i hope so also - scary times

Thanks! I thought maybe I was mispronouncing it, thought maybe it was Spanish. Had to look it up now, has some interesting history - www.mailtribune.com/article/20130430/NEWS/304300316

Awesome place to visit! Thanks for the comment. Hope you are out there RVing soon. Cheers Ray

She sure is! :)

Thanks, so happy you're enjoying the vids! Nice that spring is here for you finally. :)

I used to go to the Minute Cafe every week :)

Sure is, you're welcome - Ray

We lucked out and got some abnormally warm spring weather, was awesome!

I think we visited that a number of years ago, just south. It had monkeys and some big cats and elk. Ame got to pet a baby possum.

In the late 60's I lived on 'Lower Four Mile Road" and that is now where that "Petting Farm" is located. While living there, I delivered propane. This is not something native Oregonians use, but relocated Californians who liked natural gas and are the primary users.

I will be doing a driving video showing the whole Oregon coast drive on highway south to north in time lapse, stay tuned. :)

+Fred Pankhurst Thanks!

You're welcome. Hoping to stop again this spring. Awesome place! Cheers Ray

They have a new cheese place there - www.facerockcreamery.com/

Thanks! found this: How Do You Pronounce That? People encountering the Coquille Indian Tribe are often puzzled about the pronunciation of our name. The southwestern Oregon town of Coquille and the nearby Coquille River are both pronounced “ko-keel.” So why does the Tribe pronounce its name “ko-kwel”? The history behind that question is complex, but here’s a shorthand version Our ancestors traditionally trapped and ate lamprey, an eel-like fish. One name for the lamprey was “scoquel.” As fur traders and settlers moved into Western Oregon, the river and the people living near it became known as “Coquell” or “Coquelle.” Early treaties identified the tribe as “Coquille” - spelled like the French word for “shell.” Sometime after a city of that name was established, the pronunciation shifted from “ko-kwel” to “ko-keel.” (Local merchants reportedly wanted to sound fancier.) Today, the town and river are “ko-keel,” but the Tribe is “ko-kwel.”

+McKay Sleight It's from the KZfaq free music library. Called Bar Crawl - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aaiKdb2FrtPcd6M.html

Thanks! Our truck is a 94 vintage Ford 7.3L the engine is all mechanically tuned, no computer. :)

I grew up near by and always ran away to Bandon it was like a sanctuary growing up miss it too : )