Pic-of-the-Month for July and August 2022

Hello friends,

Just in case you've been wondering, Ben and I and Zoey are still alive and well, visiting family and friends in Oregon, and getting a lot of shopping done!  We've had some very hot weather, and in August it is starting to cool down nicely during the nights.  We are about 1/2 way through our summer visit, and all is going well.

Our trip up was uneventful, for us, the best kind of trip.  Ben got to enjoy his clam feed at the hotel in Loreto and a lovely dinner in San Quintin on our way north.  We do appreciate fine Baja dining and look forward to going to the same places on our way south this fall!  (We are creatures of habit!)

Our first main stop in Oregon this year was in Fort Rock, where our friends Mel and Katie have moved to live.  They are enjoying the high desert there, and all the amenities the property came with.  They added a new little building, an art studio for Katie.  Mel is working like crazy, and hopefully it will be done soon.  Ben has been helping Mel whenever we're there.  Anyhow, it's a beautiful spot, with an excellent view of Fort Rock from their deck.

This was sunset over the Rock one night.  

We spent a couple weeks in Bend visiting doctors and veterinarians (for a Zoey issue) and friends (and shopping!) and returned to Fort Rock for Ben's birthday celebration.  We were fortunate to celebrate it again with our friends Tony and Janet and Mel and Katie.  It was also Janet's birthday, and it's fun to be with them and remind her how old she really is (she and I are the same age, so I keep her straight on the math!)

Our next stop was Eagle Point Oregon, where our friend Pat lives.  The trip over was beautiful.  We've taken the road from Highway 97 to Crater Lake, but have never continued on from that junction.  It goes by Diamond Lake, then on into Medford.  We were hauling our trailer by now, so we found an RV park right on the Rogue River in Shady Cove.  It was a lovely park on those hot, hot days, so we'll keep it on our "go to" list!  Our spot was on the front row, with a lovely view of the Rogue.  The day we arrived, many people were floating by on their rafts and drift boats.  The park had installed comfy benches right beside the river to enjoy the view!  Zoey also enjoyed her walks alongside the river in the plush green grass! 

  While visiting with Pat, we did more shopping (Harry & David and Rogue Creamery for Blue Cheese), and visited a few wineries.  

Our next stop was Eugene, and the Malpass Farm, my cousin's place north of Eugene.  We have a pretty nice setup here, with power and water outlets by his new pump house, and good internet signal!  We've seen a lot of seed harvested, straw bales made and stacked, and moved to the barn.  It's a very busy place.  But the best thing about it is that Tom and Karan made room for our daughter and son-in-law and their family for their time in Oregon.  (They sure wouldn't fit in our trailer!)  Our daughter and her husband organized several get-togethers with family and friends, and are just getting ready to head back to their home across the world from us.  We've enjoyed being with them, and doing some fun things together, including game playing, visiting Enchanted Forrest, eating at Mazzi's (required!!) and taking walks together to find blackberries, which are ripe right now.  Yum!  Ben got to ride on a combine for the first time in his life, so he was very happy!  

We plan on going to Salem for a short time next week before heading back to Central Oregon on Thursday afternoon.  We will be doing some of our normal wilderness camping with friends in the next several weeks, and help Mel and Katie as needed with their projects.  We are continuing to get all our shopping (for items we NEED in Baja) and are getting things ready to go.  

If we have time, we'll write another one of these before we leave Oregon.  We hope you are all healthy and happy, and if you want to see us, give us a call or send an email.  We'll do our best!  

There are pictures in three albums, June, July and August.  I'm working on the captions for July and August, so have patience!  I've added more photos to the June album to include our Baja to Oregon travel pics.

Until the next time,

Your snow bird friends in Oregon

Harriet, Ben & Zoey