Rufus Or, 9-2-06 Free parking

Our first night at Rufus Oregon Sept 2,2006
We left Bend at 12:15 it was a last minute thing to take off early as our plan was not to leave till the 4th, but I end up getting itchy feet once the time gets close....
We get down the road a ways when we noticed that the tv is flopping back and forth, We put a new flat screen in and moved it close to the upper cabinet were the over the cab bed is, but didn't think about it swinging back and forth. So we had to stop and find something to tie it down with.
We drove to Biggs Junction and then took the back rd to Rufus, our first day we drove139 miles. Yeh that is the way to go nice and slow and low miles. This is our first time of taking a whole month off so it was a bit exciting and well sort of lost as we are used to driving many hours and miles. This free parking place was nice, altho i have to say it turned out to be quiet noisy.
I think if we had parked away from the road overlooking the Gorge it might of been less noisy
But it was a nice view. To get to that area go thru the town of Rufus, stay on 1st street till you get to the Shell gas Station, across the street is an open area were the truckers park, you can park there as well, but we thought it be best to go up the street, there is a sign that says dead end, just follow that to the end. There is a turn around and I think we would of been better if we had parked there.

This is the turn around, In the morning we woke to a guy walking his dog. And before long there were about 5 other people with there dogs. They sure were having a good time running around and chasing each other.





Here is Nevada relaxing with a beer and a big Yawn, He has had a rough day.








Great evening shot over the Gorge







And the perfect sunset before calling it a day