We were across the road from Jim. We had to camp at South Loop this time. The other loops are closed for the season. South Loop has full hookups, but they turned off the water on Thursday, so it's basically just power. We could use our electric space heater and the convection/microwave, so at least we had that.
Thursday was our only whole day with Jim. We got in some hiking. During the four days we were there, we got in a total of 6.44 miles.
We like to start out at the off-leash area, so the pups can get their wiggles out before we start hiking. On this trip, we had other dogs there almost all the time.
If we're the only ones on the trail, we let the dogs off leash for a short time.
Dogs are allowed off-leash at the river's edge. (It's hard to swim when you're on a leash.) The water level was pretty low.
There were sand bars out in the middle, but in some places the water was deep enough to swim. There wasn't too much current out in the middle, so it was pretty safe to let them swim.
While we were camping in LaPine, we got the news of the school shooting in our city. The school that was involved is less than a mile away from our home. Some of the victims were known to members of our church. We have to work together to find a way to stop this from happening.
We came home on Saturday. I finished the Gracie Cardigan I started last week. This will be for the doll we're giving our honorary granddaughter Elsie. Here it is, blocked and ready to have the button sewn on. I'll try to get the pleated skirt done this week, so I can get a photo of Jolena modeling it for Emily.
I followed the pattern instructions until the divide for the sleeves. Then I worked the left front, then the sleeve stitches as I came to them, turned the work and knitted back across the sleeve stitches on the wrong side. Then I turned it again and bound off the sleeve stitches, using the first stitch of the back to finish the bind off. I worked across the back, worked the stitches for the other sleeve the same way I did the first sleeve. After that, I worked the right front. When I worked back on the wrong side, I picked up a stitch at each edge of the sleeve and passed the first picked-up stitch over the second one. By doing this, I didn't have to cut the yarn for the whole project and the base of each sleeve was tidy. It increased the stitch count by two. Not a big deal.
The pajamas I ordered for Elsie's doll Emily came on Tuesday. I tried it on Jolena, who looks the most like Emily. I wanted to be sure the fit was OK. I was happy with the fit and thought the slippers were cute.
The preclue for the Rose City Yarn Crawl Mystery Knitalong arrived in my emails on Wednesday, while we were still home. I had a look through my yarn stash and found some yarn that should work for the project. I worked on a gauge swatch while we were camping. I had gone through my projects on Ravelry to find something I had knitted with this yarn and the required gauge. I found one, and I'm getting gauge with the needles I used for that project.
I've been checking on my new book's listing on Amazon and other booksellers' websites. I found this on Amazon: "90 days free of Amazon Music with purchase." I thought that could be taken to mean you could be free of Amazon Music, which I am, but of course, I already have a copy. (I wonder if AI writes their promotional content. I would have written it as "90 days of Amazon Music free with purchase," but I used to get paid to rewrite things like this.)
The kids left some of their veggie share with us, including eggplant, broccoli, cauliflower and one poblano chile. I made a nice stew with it with lots of cumin. oregano a bay leaf, and both dry and fresh cilantro. I also used water, onions, garlic, canned tomatoes, a carrot, a celery stalk, black beans, some TVP, bouillon cubes and some of the leftover cooked brown rice. It was tasty.
Charlie had bought a set of puzzles. The kids started it when they were here, but couldn't finish it before they left to go home. Charlie has been working on it. It lives on our kitchen table.
Sunday was very busy. The Diocesan Convention (Diocese of Eastern Oregon) ended their meeting in Prineville with a worship service. The choir from Trinity went to sing. Some singers from other churches in the diocese joined us. It was inspiring and, after the school shooting in our community, therapeutic. My friend and fellow choir member Julie, who often drives me to choir practice and to church, gave me a ride to Prineville. She's also in the bell choir. We went back to Trinity after the Prineville event and attended bell choir practice. I think I'm on the verge of getting the hang of it.
For some cuteness, here's Soren, who is....
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