6/27/2017 - Klamath Marsh Loop

Tuesday - Today was a fairly uneventful day.  Walking around outside with David this morning (waiting for Joe to wake up), he (David) spotted a bird cruising the river that he thought was an eagle.  It landed in a tree on the far side of the river, so I grabbed my camera and was able to zoom him in.  I don't think it is an eagle, I thought it was a hawk; Joe thought it might be an osprey.  I think he is right.

After breakfast we piled in the car and headed out.  We stopped off in Chiloquin at a gift store/visitor center to get some information on the roads through the Klamath Marsh.  There were some beautiful pieces of art, various media, in the store, but we didn't buy anything.  There are some murals on some of the buildings in this little town, here is one.

We headed out, armed with another map and took Highway 97 to Silver Lake Road.  We did find the marsh, with a few birds, not nearly as many as we saw the other day. 

After several miles of driving the highway, Joe couldn't stand it anymore and found a dirt road to explore.  It started out ok but got a little worse before we got back to pavement.

This turned out to be a 200+ loop drive, finally getting back to the campground around 3:30.  Chipmunks were the only other wildlife we saw.  We have to move campsites tomorrow, and we are expecting the arrival of our missing two ruskateers, the Brundiges.  The weather is wonderful, and we are enjoying our slowed-down, relaxing time here on the river.  We have been awaiting their arrival to make the drive to Crater Lake, also hoping they will get more of the rim road up there cleared of snow.  And there is a waterfall road we have yet to drive.  But tomorrow we don't plan on doing much, just getting moved to the other campsite and watching for the Brundiges.  By the way, the girls won at cards again tonight.