From smoke to cold to near perfect

For our last Sunday at Bend-Sunriver Chapel in the park, since Pastor Ken and his wife, Judy were leaving for Lodi, CA that afternoon many of us met at Gordy's for lunch and a last get together. We were there several hours before our goodbyes and hugs til next year.

The church crowd at Gordy's

Sept 5 we moved to Cascade Meadows for our last three weeks in OR amidst lots of smoke from the fires in the area. We went to Albany via US 20 which is the way our GPS took us-- big mistake as the GPS was programed for the motorcycle. Nice ride on a bike but not so nice for a motor home! Many curves and up and down lots of hills but we arrived OK in one piece. We had our navigation system replaced at Silverleaf before our Aladdin system crashed and on our way home on September 8 we stopped at Costco first, then Northwest RV Supply in Eugene before heading back to La Pine via SR 58, one we have traveled many times and much more suited for MH's.

Us at Silverleaf in Albany

Since Chapel in the Park was closed for the season, we went to Cascade Bible Church in La Pine for the last three Sundays we were in the area and really enjoyed the service. Pastor Jack is teaching the book of Revelation which he started in Jan 2017 and isn't even halfway through yet. All his sermons are found on line so I have been listening to them. He teaches a totally different approach to Revelation and it makes a lot of sense, simple, straightforward and not confusing at all.

Since it was getting close to 'leave time', I took advantage of the laundry at Cascade Meadows and washed all the rugs, bedspread and quilts. Meanwhile the rains came along with cold so the smoke dissipated and we had snow on the mountains which was awesome.

Snow on the mountains from Cascade Meadows

On Saturday the 23^rd we went to Bend to Larry's denturist for a re-fit and then stopped to see our friends, Art and Sherry. Sherry had knee replacement surgery on Sept 8 and we were the first visitors for her since her surgery. We sat outside on the paved driveway and had a nice visit with Sherry saying it was the first time she had been outside since her surgery.

Sherry and Art in Bend

We left OR on September 26 and stopped near Gerlach, NV so Larry could try out his new scope, silencer and super big revolver. After nearly an hour stop, Larry was refreshed and didn't want to stop where we had planned ( I again missed seeing all the stars) so we keep going and overnighted in Fallon, NV at the old Walmart store, now Dollar Tree, Beall's and Big 5 Sports. We made purchases at Dollar Tree and then went to Safeway next door. When we were nearing Hawthorne, NV going around Walker Lake we saw snow on the mountains, a first in 14 years.

Us ready to leave OR

Snow on the mountaintops as we were going around Walker Lake near Hawthorne, NV

We are now in Pahrump, NV at Preferred RV Resort and twice I have walked to Smith's for groceries, great way to exercise! It is just under a mile round trip. We took a ride to Front Sight on Sept 29 to buy Christmas presents at the Pro Shop. The weather was perfect for a ride. In September we went from smokey, hard to breathe skies to cold (22º) with rain and snow to blue skies and the 80's in NV. It's great to live in America!