What a week! We stayed at Sunset Bay State Park Campground for four nights and had a great time. We hiked each day, usually about 2 miles or more. The dogs wanted to stay up with Jim, but we didn't want him to trip over them, so we kept some distance.
We stopped from time to time to enjoy the views or eat lunch.
The dogs really enjoyed it, especially Sandy.
We didn't go to the lighthouse, but we could see if from several vantage points, and we could hear the foghorn all the way to the campground.
We tried to get down on the beach at the end of the point, and you can do it, but we had the dogs with us, and the last 10 feet or so requires hanging on to a rope. Charlie and Jim made it down, so Charlie could check out the rocks. The person you can see on the beach is Jim. Charlie is down there somewhere.
The pups and I waited above the point where you need to use the rope. There was a bench to sit on, and we ate our lunch.
Jim had tried out his new r-pod during an overnight trip previously, but this was the first time he had used all of the equipment and features. His r-pod looks like ours, except that we have a big window in front. This was his campsite. Ours was behind the trees in the middle of the photo.
The pups fell into their usual routine when traveling with the trailer.
We had full hookups, so I got to use the microwave/convection oven a number of times. I had found some refrigerator cinnamon rolls with all natural ingredients made by Annie's, and I baked them for breakfast one morning. I heated up food, baked biscuits and pizza.
We ate dinner together each night in one of the r-pods. We alternated providing the main dish or salad and dessert. We had some nice chats over dinner.
We accidentally had the water heater element on with no water in the tank, so it burned out, but it still works on propane. The toilet got clogged just before we were leaving to return home. We decided to drive a bit and then check it, and that worked. We must have been using the wrong toilet tissue.
On the way home, we didn't go through Florence. It was shorter to go back through La Pine, to the south of us, so we said goodbye to Jim as we drove through North Bend. We got home in time to unload the pod during the daylight, which is nice.
On Saturday there was a combination protest and party organized by some of the clergy in Bend. They felt that people who were distressed by the happenings in DC needed something to do that would not just help them feel as if they were taking action but also to bring a little joy back into their lives. It was a good idea. Drake Park was packed. We had a couple of musical groups play and sing. A group called "Good Trouble was made up of folks of Boomer age and older. They led the crowd in singing some of the old protest songs of the '60s to the music from acoustic instruments. The group passed out kazoos so some people could play along. A few people had received little song books, but I don't think they realized how many people would show up, so they ran out of everything. I remembered a lot of the words to the songs, so I sang what I could.
It was a good warmup for my voice for the Easter Vigil service at Trinity. At 8:00 PM that night. A fire in what looked like a little barbecue provided the fire to light the Pascal Candle. We started the service in darkness. Then, midway through the service, the lights went on and we began to celebrate Easter.
Easter Sunday was busy. We sang for both services, so the choir had to be at the church at 7:00 AM. I had missed choir practice on Wednesday, due to the camping trip, but I had managed to find some time to go over my music, so I was prepared for the Easter Vigil and both Easter services. The little church was packed for the 8:00 AM service, and so many people showed up for the 10:00 AM service in the big sanctuary, they had to open the balcony. I've never seen that before. (That empty seat in the front row was for me, so I could sit there and hear the sermon better.)
I got a lot of knitting done during the week, especially during the driving time. I'm almost ready to bind off the second sleeve. Then on to blocking, weaving in the ends and sewing on the buttons.
The buttons were coming from an Etsy shop in the UK. They were two weeks overdue, but they arrived on Saturday, so I'm all set.
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