6/24/2017 - A Down Day

Saturday - Finally, we took a day off!  I went down and enjoyed the view this morning before Joe got up,

and I watched one fisherman reel in a couple of trout.  He said the first one probably weighed about 4 1/2 pounds; the second one was just a little one.

None of us know how to fly-fish, but this is certainly intriguing.  We are asking questions, and I think Joe may see if he can rig our bass fishing rods to try to fish this river.  We need to drive into the next town, Chiloquin, and get fishing license if we decide to try this.  And we left our waders at home, so I guess we would be casting from the bank.

I zoomed my camera in to get a close-up of the top of the mountain we see from here.  We are loving our weather, although today it made the 90s and tomorrow is supposed to be even warmer (93).  But by Monday it's back  to 85, and 79 for a high on Wednesday.  We will take it!

Joe wanted to go out for breakfast so he and I went down the road to the Mexican restaurant we ate at the other night.  But they were closed, their walk-in cooler had gone out.  The waitress was out in the parking lot talking to someone else, and she stopped us as soon as we got out of the car.  We went back to the travel center in the other direction and shared a breakfast burrito.

When we got back to the campground, we got together with the Johnsons to decide where we were going next.  We started calling campgrounds around Bend, Redmond and Sisters, and everything was booked through the 4th of July.  So we went up to the office here to see if we could extend our stay another week to get us past the holiday, and to get a third spot for the Brundiges.  Although we will have to move to the back row (and lose our river view), she was able to accommodate all of us.  So, gratefully, we booked in here until July 5.  With all that time to spend here in this area, we just took the rest of the day off. 

After lunch, we read, rested, laid down -- a real down day.  Then we got back together and played cards.  After dinner, Joe took Mazie and me up to the little casino for a couple hours, until he couldn't stand the smoke any more.  Sunset here isn't until around 8:30, and it doesn't get dark until after 9:00, so we got back to camp before dark and watched the fishermen again, but the mosquitoes were out so we didn't stay out very long.

This is something different for us -- to kick back for 10 days.  We will check out more things to do around this area, and we still have Crater Lake to explore.  We are waiting for the Brundiges to join us for that trip, and hope that more snow will have melted and the rim road will be open.  These warmer days we are having now should help that.  Phoenix/Mesa is still sweltering, so we feel very fortunate to be in Oregon right now.