Sunday - After our lazy day yesterday, it was time to take another drive. We headed just a little north to pick up a road that would take us around the west side of Upper Klamath Lake (the lake we drove by coming up from Klamath Falls earlier in the week). Some idiot in a black Honda about took us out when he pulled off the road, then tried to pull right back onto it, right beside us. That woke us all up. And we watched for black Hondas all day.
We drove down by a resort area and found an interesting bear in the yard.
We really weren't very close to the lake until we got to the bottom, then we were right beside it. Joe tried to drive out on a peninsula but I informed him that it was posted "no trespassing," so under protest, he turned around. We did see a variety of waterfowl along here, including some white pelicans. And we came across a yard sale and picked up some real treasures there.
We drove through Klamath Falls like we knew where we were going, stopped for lunch (Dave and Mazie had their very first Frostys from Wendy's), then came up the east side of this valley on more country roads. The only picture I got along here was a pretty windmill that I thought Brenda needed.
Another interesting sight that I didn't get a picture of was a fence row with old plows mounted (somehow) on top of the fence. There were probably 6-8-10 of them. We should have turned around so I could have captured that look. We came back through the town of Chiloquin, then headed back to the campground, about 3:00. Things were in full swing here.
Although it was cloudy off and on, it was a good day (mid-90s) and people were enjoying the water. This campground has public access to the river and boat ramp (for a fee) and the locals seem to have discovered this place. We didn't see this float in the water, but it was pretty impressive.
I talked to a lady whose husband was fishing off the dock. They were from Klamath Falls, and while her husband fishes, she studies her wildflower book. She showed me some "monkey flowers" she had discovered on the river bank.
We had a few sprinkles and all the locals headed home, so Joe and I walked around for a bit. He decided to test the water, and declared that he probably could get used to it as long he didn't go any deeper.
We walked the whole campground, which is called Water Wheel. And here's its namesake.
We got back by the river and decided to grab our lawn chairs and enjoy the scenery. Life is good.
We watched a hawk scouting for fish and my camera battery died. I ran up to the RV and grabbed another battery, but the hawk had flown away. Mazie and Ar'gent joined us, and she did her "hawk dance" to try to get it to come back but she wasn't successful.
Since that didn't work, she gave her attention back to Ar'gent.
We got a few more sprinkles so we headed in for our nightly card game. The girls won tonight. We had a few more sprinkles during the card game but then it must have cleared off.
Ar'gent thinks our card games take a little too long. She's ready to go home to bed.
It was a nice drive today, probably around 100 miles. Grandson Andrew would have enjoyed it, we saw lots of animals. Not too much wildlife -- 3 deer, some waterfowl including white pelicans and geese, and a hawk back at the campground. But lots of domestic animals -- sheep, goats, miniature horses, 2 alpacas, a donkey and a mule, lots of horses and literally thousands of cattle. We never realized there were this many cattle raised in Oregon. Almost every field has a herd, sometimes several hundred head. We followed the Sprague River for a while, which eventually joined the Williamson River -- the one that goes past our campground. We have several more days here so we will look for some more roads to drive in the next few days.
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