Of course we went to the Trees of Mystery!
My stuffed ourselves at the Samoa Cookhouse lumberjack style. Stayed Friday at Patrick's Pt State Park which is beautiful. -- Post From My iPhone
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Day 5: N. California
Headed south from Cave Junction about noon on Friday to visit the Redwoods and a certain restaurant Melinda just had to visit.
Of course we went to the Trees of Mystery!
My stuffed ourselves at the Samoa Cookhouse lumberjack style. Stayed Friday at Patrick's Pt State Park which is beautiful. -- Post From My iPhone
Of course we went to the Trees of Mystery!
My stuffed ourselves at the Samoa Cookhouse lumberjack style. Stayed Friday at Patrick's Pt State Park which is beautiful. -- Post From My iPhone
Out n About Treehouses
Both girls participated in some activities at the treehouses. Hannah did the zipline and Grace took a horseback ride.
Hannah cleared the first three beginning ziplines and passed to the five advanced lines. It ended with a rapel off of a treehouse! She's ready for rock climbing now.
Here's Grace outside our treehouse.
We have some better zipline photos on our camera as well as horseback riding photos. We will post when we get back.
-- Post From My iPhone
Hannah cleared the first three beginning ziplines and passed to the five advanced lines. It ended with a rapel off of a treehouse! She's ready for rock climbing now.
Here's Grace outside our treehouse.
We have some better zipline photos on our camera as well as horseback riding photos. We will post when we get back.
-- Post From My iPhone
Day 4: Oregon Caves
Visited the Oregon Caves on Thursday. Here are some photos;
Waiting for our tour, doing wildlife trivia with Ranger Bob.
The girls get sworn in as Jr Rangers by our guide Ranger Carol.
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Waiting for our tour, doing wildlife trivia with Ranger Bob.
The girls get sworn in as Jr Rangers by our guide Ranger Carol.
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Day 3: Cave Junction, Tree Houses
Somewhat of a slow, lazy day today, not many miles to drive, not much to see or do. I suppose you need those every so often on vacation!
We took our time with breakfast and packing up to leave Indian Mary Park. Several in our group took advantage of the showers at the park to freshen up. Noontime, which is checkout at the park, came around and we rolled on out, heading back to Merlin to grab lunch.
Funny aside about how technology has changed the family car trip. Every time we have electricity we are swapping electronic devices to charge them up: Nintendo DS, portable DVD players, laptop, cell phones etc. At the campground we plugged our cell phones right into the jacks for the electrical hook-up for trailers. In the car, we're rotating plugs in the cigarette lighter (what do we call these now? They don't actually light cigarettes anymore...)
We were telling our kids today (OK, threatening them with taking away their DS players if they wouldn't stop fighting) that when we were kids we had books, tablets and car games, no electronics, and WE survived!
After lunch we traveled the backroads of Josephine County to wind our way to Hwy 199 and Cave Junction. There, we stopped to pick up food for dinner, then hit the used bookstore because Kevin needed a new book to read. (Blew through "On Writing" by Stephen King, an excellent memoir/writing instruction book. Highly recommended). He went with a Grisham novel he hadn't read yet, good that he is several behind and needs to catch up.
From Cave Junction, we cruised south about 10 miles up one of the forks of the Illinois River to the Out n About Treesort. Yes, tonight we are literally staying in treehouses. (Caution: Their website is truly horrible, but it might help you get the idea anyway). We're also only about 10-15 miles from the California border.
We'll reserve final judgement until a later post, but the treehouses themselves are quite nice, certainly unique. Parts of the grounds could do for some sprucing up, though. (And Katie is happy to be sleeping in an actual bed tonight and not on the ground in a tent).
Tomorrow, after the complimetary breakfast (real breakfast, not "continental"), it's off to the Oregon Caves!
We took our time with breakfast and packing up to leave Indian Mary Park. Several in our group took advantage of the showers at the park to freshen up. Noontime, which is checkout at the park, came around and we rolled on out, heading back to Merlin to grab lunch.
Funny aside about how technology has changed the family car trip. Every time we have electricity we are swapping electronic devices to charge them up: Nintendo DS, portable DVD players, laptop, cell phones etc. At the campground we plugged our cell phones right into the jacks for the electrical hook-up for trailers. In the car, we're rotating plugs in the cigarette lighter (what do we call these now? They don't actually light cigarettes anymore...)
We were telling our kids today (OK, threatening them with taking away their DS players if they wouldn't stop fighting) that when we were kids we had books, tablets and car games, no electronics, and WE survived!
After lunch we traveled the backroads of Josephine County to wind our way to Hwy 199 and Cave Junction. There, we stopped to pick up food for dinner, then hit the used bookstore because Kevin needed a new book to read. (Blew through "On Writing" by Stephen King, an excellent memoir/writing instruction book. Highly recommended). He went with a Grisham novel he hadn't read yet, good that he is several behind and needs to catch up.
From Cave Junction, we cruised south about 10 miles up one of the forks of the Illinois River to the Out n About Treesort. Yes, tonight we are literally staying in treehouses. (Caution: Their website is truly horrible, but it might help you get the idea anyway). We're also only about 10-15 miles from the California border.
We'll reserve final judgement until a later post, but the treehouses themselves are quite nice, certainly unique. Parts of the grounds could do for some sprucing up, though. (And Katie is happy to be sleeping in an actual bed tonight and not on the ground in a tent).
Tomorrow, after the complimetary breakfast (real breakfast, not "continental"), it's off to the Oregon Caves!
Day 2: Wildlife Safari, Rogue River
Day 2: Wildlife Safari, Rogue River
We rose around 7a to eat breakfast and pack up. Our goal was to meet our friends, the Howells, at Wildlife Safari about 11a. Kevin was guessing that four hours would suffice, but was a little off. Breakfast of scrambled eggs and sausage was a tasty camping meal and then the cleaning/packing task began. We really didn't expect it to take until 10:15a! So, we were running late.
Once we got back into cell service we learned the good news that the Howells were running late as well. After a quick stop to get some additional supplies, we met them around noon at Wildlife Safari. We had a good time driving through the park and walking through the exhibits. We went through the park last August, too, on the way back from Coos Bay, but were in a hurry to get home so didn't walk through the other exhibits. We're glad we were able to this time.
We did a late picnic lunch at the park, swung by the DQ in Winston for tasty treat, and then headed south to the Rogue River. We are camping tonight at Indian Mary Park on the Rogue.
Weather is great, mid to upper 70s. A woman in Merlin told us that it was 103 just a few days ago!
Dinner (hot dogs!), then Kevin will head down to fish the Rogue. Who chose these camping spots anyway?
-- Post From My iPhone
We rose around 7a to eat breakfast and pack up. Our goal was to meet our friends, the Howells, at Wildlife Safari about 11a. Kevin was guessing that four hours would suffice, but was a little off. Breakfast of scrambled eggs and sausage was a tasty camping meal and then the cleaning/packing task began. We really didn't expect it to take until 10:15a! So, we were running late.
Once we got back into cell service we learned the good news that the Howells were running late as well. After a quick stop to get some additional supplies, we met them around noon at Wildlife Safari. We had a good time driving through the park and walking through the exhibits. We went through the park last August, too, on the way back from Coos Bay, but were in a hurry to get home so didn't walk through the other exhibits. We're glad we were able to this time.
We did a late picnic lunch at the park, swung by the DQ in Winston for tasty treat, and then headed south to the Rogue River. We are camping tonight at Indian Mary Park on the Rogue.
Weather is great, mid to upper 70s. A woman in Merlin told us that it was 103 just a few days ago!
Dinner (hot dogs!), then Kevin will head down to fish the Rogue. Who chose these camping spots anyway?
-- Post From My iPhone
Day 1: Crater Lake, N Umpqua
Day 1: Crater Lake, North Umpqua River
We headed south from Sunriver mid-morning with Crater Lake being our lunchtime destination. The drive was nice and the weather cooled to a comfortable temperature. We rolled into Crater Lake about 12:30p and made our way to the Rim Village.
This was Kevin's third national park in less than a year, which isn't too bad. Yellowstone last September, Mt. Haleakela in May, and now Crater Lake in July. (It was driving through Crater Lake where he realized he'd add a fourth, Redwood National Park, a few days later in Northern California.)
We walked along the rim showing the girls the lake and explaining its origins. After taking a quick look at the historic Crater Lake Lodge, we found a spot on the rim for lunch. Afterward, we walked down the overlook and checked out the displays about the lake. Soon, we were back on the road heading south toward the N. Umpqua River and our camping spot. But first, Grace made us stop so she could walk in snow during the summer time.
We camped at Horseshoe Bend Campground, a US Forest Service camp right on the river. It was nice, particularly by Forest Service standards, even had flush toilets (a must on Katie's list).
Almost forgot, when we arrived as Grace went to get out of the car she asked where her flip flops were. Uh oh. Remember that walk in the snow? They were wet on the bottom after that and Kevin took them off of her to put her in the car. He set them on the roof, and it wasn't until we got to Horseshoe Bend and Grace went to find them did he remember where he'd left them.
After dinner (bbq cheeseburgers, mmm), Kevin headed down to the river to fish. Starting July 1, the restrictions on the North Umpqua are even more restrictive! Not only is it fly fishing only, but you can only use one fly at a time, it can't be weighted (not even a beadhead) and you can't use an indicator when nymphing. All three are techniques Kevin uses! So, he went dry fly, put on a parachute Adams, and cast to small rising trout. Seven fish in about an hour isn't too bad, even if they are only 3-7" long! As he likes to say, "We wouldn't have gone hungry." He was happy that his first time on one of Oregon's hallowed streams was at least productive.
Bed around 10p to the sound of the river.
-- Post From My iPhone
We headed south from Sunriver mid-morning with Crater Lake being our lunchtime destination. The drive was nice and the weather cooled to a comfortable temperature. We rolled into Crater Lake about 12:30p and made our way to the Rim Village.
This was Kevin's third national park in less than a year, which isn't too bad. Yellowstone last September, Mt. Haleakela in May, and now Crater Lake in July. (It was driving through Crater Lake where he realized he'd add a fourth, Redwood National Park, a few days later in Northern California.)
We walked along the rim showing the girls the lake and explaining its origins. After taking a quick look at the historic Crater Lake Lodge, we found a spot on the rim for lunch. Afterward, we walked down the overlook and checked out the displays about the lake. Soon, we were back on the road heading south toward the N. Umpqua River and our camping spot. But first, Grace made us stop so she could walk in snow during the summer time.
We camped at Horseshoe Bend Campground, a US Forest Service camp right on the river. It was nice, particularly by Forest Service standards, even had flush toilets (a must on Katie's list).
Almost forgot, when we arrived as Grace went to get out of the car she asked where her flip flops were. Uh oh. Remember that walk in the snow? They were wet on the bottom after that and Kevin took them off of her to put her in the car. He set them on the roof, and it wasn't until we got to Horseshoe Bend and Grace went to find them did he remember where he'd left them.
After dinner (bbq cheeseburgers, mmm), Kevin headed down to the river to fish. Starting July 1, the restrictions on the North Umpqua are even more restrictive! Not only is it fly fishing only, but you can only use one fly at a time, it can't be weighted (not even a beadhead) and you can't use an indicator when nymphing. All three are techniques Kevin uses! So, he went dry fly, put on a parachute Adams, and cast to small rising trout. Seven fish in about an hour isn't too bad, even if they are only 3-7" long! As he likes to say, "We wouldn't have gone hungry." He was happy that his first time on one of Oregon's hallowed streams was at least productive.
Bed around 10p to the sound of the river.
-- Post From My iPhone
Sunday, July 5, 2009
The Tech
Without reliable wi-fi and using Kevin's iPhone has the primary blogging tool, how specifically are we going to update regularly. Here's what we're going to try for longer posts (this post is the test case in fact):
1. Write the post in Text Edit on the laptop;
2. Copy and paste it into a Note (via the Mail program)
3. Sync the iPhone to the Computer, moving the Note over to the iPhone;
4. Copy and paste the text from the Note to the iPhone App "BlogPress";
5. Add photos taken with the iPhone (or taken with the camera, transfered to the computer and then synced with the iPhone)
6. Publish
Shorter posts may be put up directly from BlogPress, but we don't want to write long posts with the iPhone keyboard!
So, let's see if it works!
-- Post From My iPhone
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