Hotter than Ghana
Friday | 15 August 2008 | La Pine, Oregon:
Yesterday we drove from the beach to Eugene, Oregon and stayed overnight - hubby
had a few meetings to attend as he wraps-up the Olympic Trials. We made a stop
to the Cummins Coach Care in Coburg, Oregon and they fixed our air conditioner
in two minutes! Nothing wrong, it just hadn't been used in so long, the fan
blade needed a little "push". Isn't that great? No $250 repair bill for once!
Today, just after noon
we headed east, over the Cascade mountains to Central Oregon. We are camped
about 20 miles south of Bend on Highway 97... and I mean practically on Highway
97.
Another record-breaking temperature day. Not the best day to be driving up the
side of a mountain in a motorhome towing a car, I suppose... but a golf tournament awaits. We
crossed
the Cascades via Highway 58 - a beautiful beautiful beautiful drive. We stopped
along-side the highway in a shady spot for lunch and again to take a photo of
Diamond Peak over Odell Lake, and arrived in La Pine in time for the worst heat
of the day. 100 degrees, but it's a dry heat.
Lucky us.
Odell Lake with Diamond Peak (snow covered mountain in center of photo)
Our view all afternoon
My view all afternoon
We are staying at the campground closest to the golf course
where DT will play tomorrow. Unfortunately it is a private, members-only
park, and we are not members. However,
Cascade Meadow
RV Resort allows non-members to stay if sites are available - for $30. (Or,
we could take a tour and listen to a sales pitch to camp here free for three
nights. We opted to pay the cash.) For our $30, they put us not only next to the
highway, but next to the railroad track. Plus, every few minutes our power box
pops the breaker and we are not even running an air conditioner!
Membership has its privileges.
Field camping in La Pine, Oregon
Cascade Meadow RV Resort: it's in a meadow!
Moon rise over the field
Until my next exciting update, I remain, your baked correspondent. Shabbat
Shalom from our roaming home!
RV Park:
Cascade Meadow
RV Resort, site G52. Full hook-up, 30 amp service.
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