Autumn is here

I loved this poem when I was in school and had forgotten all about it until I read this sign


BIG early saw at Collier Logging Museum



This machine put logs on the railroad cars


History at the Collier Logging Museum



One of the floats from the 2010 Potato Festival Parade, Merrill, OR


100 year old Model T in the parade (1910 Ford)



Our next door neighbor, Elizabeth, in the Potato Festival Parade



Snow on Mt Charleston in Pahrump, NV


Our VW at Preferred RV in Pahrump with the big American flag from The Nugget flying in the background


We made the best of our time left in OR by finally visiting the Collier Logging Museum near Chiloquin. We have passed it many times, saying we would stop ‘some day’. It was well worth the stop and has many, many old time logging machines that are well marked. There are also signs telling the story of long ago logging history.

The weekend before we left was the annual Potato Festival which we enjoyed very much. The youth from our church had a bake sale for Operation Shoebox and took in $630 which we thought was wonderful for such a small town! The parade seems smaller than we remembered but that may be due to the economy. It was still very nice and of course we enjoyed the free BBQ. They also had salmon this year which was a first and enjoyed by us since salmon is one of our favorite foods.

We took two days to travel to Pahrump, NV where we are presently. The weather was nice for driving and we have had really nice weather while here. We did get rain from that big storm that went through the mid country and now there is snow on Mt Charleston which we can see out the front of the motorhome. I do love that view!

We have friends who live here and have seen them three times so far. Also another friend is in the park and we have seen him several times. We have enjoyed the Nugget’s 2-4-1 Buffet four times and have overeaten every time! Since this is the only place that has 2-4-1 buffet on a regular basis, we figure if we ‘overeat’ here only, that lasts us the whole year. After all we are ‘entitled’ to overindulge once a year!

When we leave here for AZ we will get to use the new bypass bridge over Hoover Dam for the first time. I’m really looking forward to that and will post pictures next time.