Water Troubles

We started July off by going to the La Pine 4^th of July celebration after church and eating at Gordy's with our church family.   On the 6^th of July we moved to La Pine State Park for five days using Larry's veteran's pass. While it is a nice park with paved roads and campsites we had lousy internet and TV due to the trees and distance from main roads and towers. On the 8^th we rode to Bend to Costco and then I did a shop like I did last summer in Astoria.

Our church family eating together

Art & Sherry

We visited with Art & Sherry, a couple we met last year at Seaside, since we were both at Bend-Sunriver campground.

Larry working on the water bay

Much of the month Larry worked on our water bay as we had a water leak. He ended up taking out our fresh water hose reel since it was leaking and costs $300+ to replace. He had to re-plumb the bay but now both our water softener and filters are housed in the bay all the time so we don't have to worry about freezing temps except for the hose and we have foam insulation for that. Nice, as we've had a few nights at freezing or below and will have more before we leave the end of Sept.

He also had to work on a leak from the kitchen sink in our slide out. The drain pulled out and we discovered it when he was working on the water bay and the bay next door had water in it. It took two days to figure out where the water was coming from so hopefully that too is now fixed as Larry 'beefed up' the connection so it would not pull loose again.

The drain from the sink that is in the slide out (along with lots of other pipes!)

We went into Bend several times for 'parts' and on the 13^th stopped at Applebee's to use the gift card Dawn gave Larry for Father's Day. We had a delicious meal that was a new item on the menu, 'loaded' chicken with several choices. We both chose the same items with bacon and decided we will need to go back again as it was a great meal.

My meal at Applebee's

Larry getting ready to eat his delicious meal

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After two weeks at Cascade Meadows we moved back to Bend-Sunriver TTN and although we didn't find a 50 amp site we were able to get TV reception through the trees and the MH is in the shade most of the day. On Saturday July 29 we rode to Chiloquin to ride the Klamath & Western 15 gauge train. It was a fun afternoon and we learned that Train Mountain next door is open M-F 10 AM- 3 PM and they have 37 miles of track with a free tour where they tell about how everything works. We plan to return later on before we leave as it will be interesting to learn about how it all works. The free Saturday train rides are more for kids as they have miniature villages and animal families along the way. The K&W track is 1.9 miles long and goes through a tunnel, under a bridge and over a bridge.

Goin under the bridge

One of the miniature villages

 Sorry for the four videos as they are all the same and I cannot delete any of them for some reason.

As you enter the Klamath & Western Railroad, Chiloquin, OR