8/21/2017 - Eclipse Party

Monday - Today's Main Event was the eclipse.  Joy, Rich, Dixie and Jim drove out to our campground to share this auspicious occasion with us -- we had a great viewpoint, no trees or brush impeding our view, and we woke up to a cloudless sky.  Our guests brought donuts, and we had a great time watching through our Eclipse Sunglasses.

Alaska Airlines had flights available to view the eclipse from the air, and we saw several jetstreams as we watched the changing sun.  And we saw the planet Venus as the sky darkened.

 The rope lights under this neighboring RV came on as the sky darkened.

And these two had a birds-eye view!

This has been an excellent campground for our visit here.  We are about 6 miles from Joys, but the campground is very roomy, very quiet, lots of open areas for kids, nice showers and restrooms, and close to the Clackamas River.  If we ever come back through here, we would stay here again.

After the excitement was over, our guests headed back to Joys and Joe pulled a little maintenance on the RV in preparation for our departure tomorrow.

The McDonalds in Oregon have an interesting compost offer.  They save their coffee grounds and customers can take bagfuls home with them to put in their gardens.  One McDonalds we were in actually had one-gallon freezer bags of grounds out on a table for customers just to take.

We drove on over to Joys, visited and worked on reservations for next week, and eventually went to dinner at Shari's Restaurant.  We came back to Joys, played cards and had some watermelon, then said our goodbyes and headed back before curfew.  We've had a great time here but are ready to get back on the road and do some more sightseeing.