Awesome August

What a great month! We overnighted in LaPine with reservations gained just 20 miles from the campground. I had been trying for a month to get rez there to no avail but Larry suggested I try one more time and success! We arrived in Redmond early Sunday morning and had to wait several hours before being allowed in. We were able to stay connected (coach and trailer) and be very near our Coaches for Christ group. We had great fellowship and lots of laughs at our Brown Bag auction. We raised over $800 for charity, a new record for us. We played several games in a tournament and Larry and our pres.JoAnn were team mates and won first place—gift cards to Starbucks.

We had fun driving the handicap golf carts and also helped out the Welcoming committee on Wed. morning. The Thurs. night entertainment was the ‘Texas Tenors’ and boy, were they excellent! Nobody left early and they had several standing ovations. If you ever get a chance to see them, be sure to as you won’t be disappointed.

After the Redmond FMCA convention we returned to LaPine and stayed two weeks just relaxing and enjoying ourselves. One evening we had big 'shooter size marble' hail that really made a racket! No damage though, PTL! We made two ‘runs’ to Bend for our ‘Costco fix’ and visited Fluid Connectors for parts like we have for the last six years. They had a booth at the FMCA Redmond rally for the first time and were very pleased with the reception they received.

We returned to Merrill on Sat Aug 28 and promptly turned around and left Monday Aug 30 to take the Amtrak train to Eugene, OR to celebrate our 50th anniversary. Unfortunately it rained most of the day so we were unable to get any decent pictures but we still had a good time. There were two volunteers on the train from the Klamath County Museum who gave a ‘tour’ of the countryside, history and notable picture spots as we went along. We learned a lot and they made the trip go much faster. We had ‘switch’ troubles and had to slow down to manually change the switches so arrived in Eugene 1 and ½ hours late. We spent the night at the Broadway Inn in downtown Eugene, just 7 blocks from the train depot and the folks there were wonderful. Larry was having problems with his equilibrium so they allowed us to check out late on Tues. Again, the train was over an hour late which meant it was basically too dark to take any pictures on the way home. We ate dinner in the dining car and shared the table with a couple from ID on their way to LA to see a new granddaughter. The food was very good and we had a very enjoyable evening. We arrived back in Klamath Falls about 10:30 PM last night and were home by 11:30 PM. Both ‘kids’ called to wish us Happy Anniversary and Larry a Happy Birthday. Now we have to get serious and get things ready to head south. Oh, I got a jury summons in the mail for the month of October. I called and they said I would be excused for the days we will be gone on our way south, which means I will serve only two weeks (if at all- When Larry was summoned in 2003 he never served one day in the month!)


Welcoming Pot Blessing for our Coaches for Christ Pre-rally at the 2010 Redmond FMCA convention in Redmond, OR


After our PotBlessing, we had a sing-a-long


The fourth game, lawn bowling. I might have been able to do that one but I'm not very coordinated so I was a score keeper


I don't know the official name for this game but I'll call it 'Ladder Toss'


Golf putting, another of the four games in the tournament


Washer toss, one of four different games in the tournament


The deal of the night--"Oregon water"!! What a laugh we had over that!


Getting cold as night approached during our Brown Bag auction


Big 'shooter' marble size hail at LaPine--no damage to anything though PTL!


The Amtrak train we took from Klamath Falls to Eugene, OR and back


Not a good picture at all but if you look closely, you can see the waterfall--it was awesome!


Another of my favorites- a covered bridge between Oakridge and Eugene, OR called the 'Office Bridge' built in 1945


Middle Fork Williamette River from the train


Larry waiting patiently at the Eugene depot for the Amtrak train