September 29, 2012 (Day 246)
When we left our RV park this morning, we told ourselves we’d hike later, when we got to the state park, so we could skip the morning walk. Good intentions!
First we drove south to Redmond and Terrebonne so Judy could visit the quilt shops. (Redmond, not worth it, Terrebonne great). Then we went further north on 97 to The Cove Palisades State Park outside of Culver.
This is a great state park. In fact, as we learned from people around us, it is the most visited park in Oregon. It’s reservations for summer fill up in January. Luckily for us, fall is a little more open. Half the campground is closed for the season, but that still leaves 89 sites. We sited Howie so that as we opened our door, we got a great view of Mt. Jefferson. We pulled out our chairs and ate our lunch enjoying the view. We watched this squirrel climbing a tree to get to seeds.
Then we got on our bikes, intending to at least tour the grounds….but….we stopped to talk to a couple down the road a piece….and about 5 hours later returned to Howie!
Ron and Renee were camping in an Airstream, and are from the Portland area. We just enjoyed visiting. They brought out some chips and drinks. Then they hailed another couple a few sites away, Rob and Susan from Vancouver, BC. The party went on until it got dark and a bit chilly. We had to come home for dinner but by then it was after 7 and we just decided to nibble instead of cooking a full meal.
The campground has some green grass around the sites, and then it opens onto wild grasslands. While we were visiting, we saw several deer wander through, and this jack rabbit.
We almost missed the sunset!
The moon will be bright again tonight.
Miles driven today = 47
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