Saturday - Today, we lucked onto a special treat. When we drove into Chiloquin to the post office, there were signs about a quilt show -- the 12th Annual Chiloquilters Quilt Show -- so we stopped and took that in. There were some beautiful quilts, banners, and various other quilted treasures on display, some for sale. Collins and Marilyn both bought raffle tickets, so they may have goodies in their future. I didn't know if I could take photos of the quilts, so I didn't, but there were sure some beauties there. And I even won a prize -- a pillow, not a quilt!
Meanwhile, Dave and Mazie opted to drive into Klamath Falls to do a little shopping and exploring on their own. The building the quilt show was in had the gift shop/art gallery at one end -- the one we stopped in the other day, so I told Collins he needed to check out a couple of things in there. For such a small town, this gift shop/gallery has some very impressive art work on display. I did take one picture here, of a barnwood picture frame. This is more than just a picture frame, with the horses actually mounted on barnwood too. And since I have some barnwood from Indiana, I thought it might give me some ideas.
Next up was the Klamath and Western Miniature Railroad. They have free train rides on Saturday so that's why we went today.
This place is a real treasure. Member volunteers become the engineers and conductors that give the public train rides through the 1.6 miles of scenic forest using club equipment, but they can also bring their own equipment to run on the tracks. There is also a picnic area, a food booth, and a gift shop. But the train ride
was a lot of fun.
We waited our turn, and Collins headed straight to the rear. The
caboose is really cute, and the seats are very comfortable -- they are
boat seats. So here we go!!!
What made this train ride special was all the little wildlife set-ups and miniature villages along the way, along with aliens, horse stables, and other buildings -- even a grain elevator.
Andrew would have enjoyed this ride.
There was one whole village set up. Joe thought this was probably the town of Chilloquin.
Believe it or not, I didn't get all of the little scenes on the camera. I considered getting on for another train ride to see if I could get the ones I missed, and maybe improve on some of the ones I got, but alas, we had a TRAIN DERAILMENT! Just before we got back to the station, our second engine jumped the track at a switch. And we all had to deboard and walk in from there.
Naturally, the rest of the passengers made an orderly departure back to the station, but our group had to stop,
and help
There was another short train right in front of us that also derailed, just before us. I'm thinking maybe because the dog was the engineer on this one.
There was a very cute gnome village along the walkway here.
After we toured the full-size train car on exhibit, and checked out the gift shop, we stopped and watched them still working on our train. Finally, one of them mentioned a "rerailer" and they went and got that, and got it right back on track. This was probably an hour after the derailment.
And just like in real life, there was a train waiting on the track behind this one.
This was a neat place. The actual museum was not open today, and I suspect Collins will try to make a trip back up here before we leave. When Joe picked out the campground where we are staying, it was based on location (outside Klamath Falls, near Crater Lake) and it had nice reviews. But we actually really lucked out with what is around us. Both of these "outings" were within 5 miles, and we really enjoyed them. We've had some nice scenic drives, and of course, there's the casino right down the road.
We were back about 1:30, and Dave and Mazie pulled in just a few minutes later. When they talked to Marilyn about our adventures today, they decided to follow in our footsteps, so off they went again, to the post office and the train ride. They skipped the quilt show (their loss). Both the quilt show and the train ride were well worth the trip.
The special on Saturday night at the casino is prime rib, and we have three prime rib lovers (Dave, Mazie and Collins) so that's the dinner plan for tonight. Some of us will probably stay for a little while and play, while the non-gamblers (Marilyn and David) will probably head home. And then we will have our nightly card game.
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