June 11
Few leftovers. On
Sunday, we saw what we think was the home of the Stay Puff Marshmallow
Man. Went by what looked like a
hayfield, but there were all these huge white balls in the field. And you thought they were made in factories.
Celebrity sighting.
Mick Jagger stopped to talk to us outside Eugene giving us
directions. He is not a rock and roll singer
anymore. Now he sells Trek bicycles, lives
in Oregon, and rides $5000 bicycles. It
sure looked like him.
Yesterday, we camped in a campground at a bed and
breakfast. It sat on the most beautiful
mountain river. Clear as a bell.
Today, we did a climb up McKenzie Pass. About 22 miles up. Reached 5,325 feet. We were unprepared for the weather at that
altitude. Not sure how we failed that IQ
test. It was cold with a huge wind
chill. We couldn’t get down fast
enough. Bad thing, there was so much to
see. Snow covered mountains and a lava
field, and beautiful scenery. Last
eruption of the volcano was 400 years ago.
It was amazing. Never seen anything
like it and probably never will again.
There was an observatory built out of lava rock. Going down the other side was fun and precarious. Jack reached a speed of 34 miles per
hour. Sorry, I probably shouldn’t have
let Teri know. The wind was blowing us
sideways a little, but we had to get down to a warmer altitude. Saw a cool covered bridge on the way to
McKenzie Pass. No coffee shops this
morning. Total mileage today, 60 miles.
At the bottom of the descent was our campground called
Cold Spring. Not much in the way of
facilities. Sue got it for $7 per night.
Going to be cold tonight and tomorrow morning. At an altitude of about 2000 feet
still. We went to the library in the
city near our campground called Sisters. .
Named after three mountains nearby Faith, Hope, and Charity. Used the
computers to check e-mail and I read a little of SI Used the computers to check
e-mail and I read a little of SI. SI
thinks Joey Votto should be batting 2nd in the order. Do you know why Babe Ruth wore number 3? Let you know in the next blog. Here is another trivia question. What are the two states that do not allow you
to pump your own gas? Anyway.
Went to eat at a brewery called Three Creeks. Great food and got to watch a little of NBA Finals. And of course we had a couple pork chops.
Jeff
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