Sept. 11 Thursday
Our morning walk outside the Tygh Valley Fairgrounds included a vulture drying its wings over a branch that it was perched upon, a dead deer (which might have explained the vulture just mentioned) and a cemetery that was established at the time of the Civil War! We said good bye to the “Escapees”, a group of RVers based in Oregon that had a 30+ unit rally there for the past 4 days (bean bag baseball, white RV elephant auction, shared fires in the evening and lots of RV experience story telling to us). Ours was the 2nd smallest RV there but they were a great group of people (made us feel like youngsters!)
We stopped in Sisters for Judy to check out the stores and for Harris to find some geocaches. Then it was to Bellnap Hot Springs. We decided to take the scenic short cut route 246 over the Mckenzie Pass. It was one of those half the mileage but triple the time short cuts. It reminded us of the road to Hana in Hawaii with many turns at 15 mph. What surprised us was the lava rock bed at the top of the pass. It looked like a moonscape with an observatory plopped right on the top of the pass (no problem with nasty lights here). We made it to the hot springs just before dark where we feasted on roast chicken brought from Rays Supermarket just 2 hours before. The double wrapped paper bags held the heat in perfectly! Soaked for a bit and Harris showed his love for Judy by watching Atonement (those 2 rum and cokes sure helped!)
Our morning walk outside the Tygh Valley Fairgrounds included a vulture drying its wings over a branch that it was perched upon, a dead deer (which might have explained the vulture just mentioned) and a cemetery that was established at the time of the Civil War! We said good bye to the “Escapees”, a group of RVers based in Oregon that had a 30+ unit rally there for the past 4 days (bean bag baseball, white RV elephant auction, shared fires in the evening and lots of RV experience story telling to us). Ours was the 2nd smallest RV there but they were a great group of people (made us feel like youngsters!)
We stopped in Sisters for Judy to check out the stores and for Harris to find some geocaches. Then it was to Bellnap Hot Springs. We decided to take the scenic short cut route 246 over the Mckenzie Pass. It was one of those half the mileage but triple the time short cuts. It reminded us of the road to Hana in Hawaii with many turns at 15 mph. What surprised us was the lava rock bed at the top of the pass. It looked like a moonscape with an observatory plopped right on the top of the pass (no problem with nasty lights here). We made it to the hot springs just before dark where we feasted on roast chicken brought from Rays Supermarket just 2 hours before. The double wrapped paper bags held the heat in perfectly! Soaked for a bit and Harris showed his love for Judy by watching Atonement (those 2 rum and cokes sure helped!)
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