Sept 21, 2021 - Day Fifteen-Bend to Roseburg

 

Title: Sept 21, 2021 - Day Fifteen-Bend to Roseburg
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Trail head: Tumalo State Park Campground

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Car Mileage: 199 Miles

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Today is a short driving day, about 4-5 hours of driving. There will be a couple of segments to this trip..

Andrea on her run

When I get up, I try to pull my lightning data-no luck. I am able to request the data, but never get the email back. Andrea goes out for a run while I ponder why I cannot get my data. Something to wonder about. It is cold, but not as cold as yesterday morning. I take a shower to feel better and fresher. Sherri and Andrea have the remains of yesterday’s lunch. I have oatmeal.

Andrea has the campsite for two more days-but we are not staying. It is time to make our way home. So we take our time leaving. It is after 11am before our packed car pulls out.But then again, we are not in a big hurry. Sherri is driving. We go up highway 20 until Sisters. As we pass through, we sample the aroma of a bakery. (On a later visit, Andrea says the bakery here is out of this world, particularly the Ocean Rolls.)

Leaving Sisters, we continue on highway 20 for a ways until we cut off onto highway 126. Both 20 and 126 go through mountainous terrain. The road is good and the scenery is enjoyable. A little less than three hours after starting, we get into Eugene. Our cousin Jason has indicated that he likes the Chapala Mexican Restaurant. So we order food from there for us and Jason’s family and then off we go to his house.

Interesting clouds-Radiatus

This is our first visit to Jason and Kat’s place in Eugene. They moved here awhile back with their children. They are a high energy and fun family. We spend an hour or so with them, eating lunch and conversing. I inadvertently ate one of their family’s meals instead of my own. Sorry. We end our stay by taking a family picture, of course.

 

 

Sign outside of Jason and Kat's house

We headed down I-5 to Roseburg to stay with our friends. He was the best man at Sherri’s and mine wedding; she was the photographer. It has been awhile since we have seen them. Bonnie fixes us a homemade pizza. Then Dennis needs to go to a meeting of a local group who has built their own planes-he is the president, so it is rather bad form to miss one’s own meeting. I tag along and enjoy watching Dennis in action. The presentation is interesting; about how the failures of the Boeing planes a couple of years ago and what could be learned.

The five of us talk for a while before heading off to bed. They have built a combo garage and house over the garage. This is where we will sleep. Very nice and fully furnished. Bonnie and Dennis use it to house friends and missionaries who pass through Roseberg.