Getting ready to go to Astoria

4-25-07
Photo of the day
Samont & Jenny


Well this week is going by pretty fast, which is good, as i am so ready for our trip to Astoria Oregon at the coast.

Starting to load the motor home up with the esstial foods we will need, being that I take everything out of it in the winter time, it is now time to start restocking it so that we can just go. Of course you have the last minute things like milk, bread etc but most of the time it is ready to hit the road.

I think today we will wash it. Haven't kept up on what the weather is suppose to do tho. I sure hope it is going to be a nice weekend over there.

Gave Princess a bath last night, she is getting so she really likes to take one, but still won't let me blow dry her, or brush her out without wanting to play. She runs around the house like a crazy girl, so funny to watch her, the cats don't know what to make of her and of course they don't like it as she is all wet.

Princess now has mastered the climb

4-21-07
Well we wondered how long it was going to take for her to get brave enough to go from the chair and jump to the cats tree.So now it will have to be that we move the chair, Poor cats don't have chance, that is there get away. She sure was proud of herself.

Well another weekend is almost over, Next weekend we have decided to go to Astoria Oregon for the Crab Festival. So we will be taking the motor home and staying for the weekend at a rv park, since we didn't find out about the festival till yesterday it was way too late to get into Fort Stevens Campground, they were already full. Darn cause this rv park is $33 bucks a night way too much for what we ever pay. almost as much as a motel room.

The weather has been really cold here the last few days, snow on the passes, and more is coming tonight. Geesh sure was hopeing for nicer weather by now. Tulips are up but don't think they are going to last too long with the freezing nights.

Nothing exciting happend this week so not really even worth writting about. Same stuff as ever. Hope this week goes by fast as i am so ready to do something fun. Maybe tomorrow it will warm up some and we can go for another drive.

Oh i made some banana dog treats tonight, cats like it, the dog plays with them.

Last night the perfect photo

Last night i got the perfect photo of Princess and Casey, it couldn't of been better. Mind you this dog and cat don't sit like this, they run at each and play, but they layed there just like that while i ran and got the camera. Look how they have there paws stretched out just waiting for me to take a photo. And then there is Smiley with those huge eyes.
And Tittertat the 32 lb who never has missed a meal. If there is food around he will find it.

4-17-07
This started out as a really bad day, woke up with a back ache, so thought the darn bed was doing it, but as the day went on i kep feeling worse and worse, I started getting chills and my back on the right side was getting worse. i was burning up. Tried to nap but couldn't . Thank goodness i have a dr.s appointment tomorrow. I think this evening the fever broke as my face isn't hot anymore but my back is still killing me.
It hailed today, the weather is really cold and nasty, almost like winter instead of spring Ugh!

What is this world coming too? Again another shooting but so much worse than before.Such a waste. My heart goes out to the families and friends. What makes someone do that? We can ask, but is there really a true answer?How can you know when someone is so desperate to do something like that.?

More of our lakes on the Cascade Lakes Hwy

Another one of the many lakes on the Cascade Hwy.


ODELL Lake














Elk Lake Cascade Hwy













Sirmax Beach, nice sandy beach











Soda Creek with Mt Bachelor in the background

thinking back to the 30 oz steaks

If you ever get in to my part of the country, then you must make time to go about 80 miles from here to the Cowboy Dinner Tree.
were they serve you a 30 0z steak and all the trimmings. Of course once you eat everything before hand you won't be able to eat that steak, as your going to be full. This is out in the boonies, so make sure that you save the link as you will need to make reservations.
Look at that baked potatoe next to that steak. Yup i am getting hungry now.

Going thru some photos

4-13-07
Well i just thought i would share some photos of what is in my area of Bend Oregon,
We have a lot of lakes here so here is a few of them.
This is :

Elk Lake




This is Hosmer Lake













Lava Lake











Sparks Lake

Well i hope you enjoy, more lakes are here but i will stop for now.

Trip to China Hat area

4-8-07
Today we decided to go for a drive again, the sun was beautiful and i felt house bound, so we decided to head over to China Hat and up to the National Forest, been yrs since we have been up that way. Decided to check out Swamp Wells Horse Camp.
Good thing Nevada happend to notice that the sign was down or we would of missed it. Boy what a road, thought we would never get there, i think he said it was about 8 miles into it from the main rd.Go to the link for directions.
But boy what a great find it was.

Here is one of the corrals, a picnic table, fire pit, and places for you to dump your horse manure if your going with a horse. We don't have one. I really don't think this place is used much







Here is one of the ponds that is there. someone has totally fenced it,but i think some of the fencing is coming down. No one seems to have kept that up.



Here is the other pond, i wonder how much water is there in the summer time.

Here is another shot of what the area looks like from the pond



Here is one of the fire pits, and boy does that fire pit go deep into the ground, and just think you can hang a good size kettle from those polls.












There are 3 trail signs on this area i will only post this one
Arnold Ice Cave
Click here to read what others have to say about this cave, also when you click on the wells camp there you will also see some of the other things that you can hike into .I wish i had the energy to do some hiking or the time.

If you think about going here be sure to stop and get a map there are many side roads that one can go on. They say you can take a 30ft rv in there. yes there is lots of parking, the roads are not in the best of shape at least not when we went today. If you go slow i think you would be fine, but bumpy.Some of the roads are a bit washed out as well. Maybe in the summer time they take better care of the road. Doubt it but one can hope. Its a shame because the are is so beautiful and all the sounds of the birds and the wind going thru the trees, so peaceful. No fees and 14 days camping.

Happy Easter

4-8-07
Hope that everyone has a good day today. Today is a sunny day, but oh so cold out there.

Took Princess out early this morning as she was throwing up again, I am getting a bit concerned now, she is not eating much and when she does it comes up. She has not ate any of her dog food, been giving her chicken strips, but she throws that up as well. She goes out and eats grass and then throws up. Not sure if this is good for her. Otherwise she seems active enough.Will call the vet in the morning. Seems like she should be getting over the surgery by now.

Miss P feeling better

4-4-07
Well Princess is feeling better, rumping around and chasing the cats, here she finally has figured out that there is another whole world in the kitchen, she has been watching the cats jump from the end table by my chair to the counter, so now she thinks that she can do the same thing.
Yesterday i picked up some Benydryl for her, but have to call the vet to find out the dosage to give her. I am not sure why Benedryl i would think it would be Dramamin for car sickness. Anyway have an idea? Yesterday when we were getting ready to leave i put my coat on and she immedetialy started slobbering. We just can't have that, we go too much, and she don't like staying home with the cats. So something has to be done.
Weather is suppose to be 71 today and nice all weekend, so thats great.
Have a nice day.

Princess's surgery

4-2-07
Well yesterday was Princess's surgery, she got spayed and also had to have 9 baby teeth pulled, Thought she was going to be without teeth. But her permanant teeth were in and still had the baby teeth. Vet said Pom's are good about keeping there babyteeth, but later on we would have to have them pulled anyways. So was best and cheaper to do it now while she was under.
I guess she is right. She was pretty groggy last night and slept all night long. That was good, as she sleeps with me i was afraid that she would wake up and jump off the bed, but she didn't. She did eat a bit of chicken before bed.
Today she had the runs. Boy that was a mess, had to wash her behind under the sprayer a few times today. She actually liked that, guess she don't like the smell or the fact its dirty. She was a good girl.
Now we have to keep her quiet for 7 days, now that is a joke, she thinks she can still do anything like chase the cat. Had to stick her in her carrier for a while and she didn't like that, so i guess she decided to listen to me when i say NO.
She drooled so bad at the vets when i got the carrier, i told the vet she started that again about a week ago. So the vet said i can give her Benadryl for the car sickness. Said she would give me the dosage that she can have once i get it. So tomorrow i have to go and buy some. I hate to see her like that.

Drive to Oakridge & Westfir Oregon

3-30-07
Well this morning we decided to head over to Oakridge, Nevada's brother lives over there in Westfir.We have been trying to get over there, this morning everyone left out of here by 9 am so decided to just go. His brother has had 2 strokes and seems to have a anerism that they can't operate on. Well the drive was nice till we got past Williamtte Pass ski resort. then the rains started, i knew i didn't like it over there this time of yr. A much differant climate than here in the high desert.
This is the drive down there, yup fog in the distance. YUK!
So we get to Westfir only a short drive from Oakridge, we didn't call his brother to say we were coming )-: anyway they weren't home, so much for a trip to visit, we were concerned that he may of gone to the hospital, but called his sister in law and said that he wasn't so all was ok.
Andyway on the way home we stopped and took some more photos

Here is a covered bridge in Westfir, nice well kept bridge






Across the street is the Westfir Lodge a Bed & Breakfast
Be sure to check the website out, it is also for sale, with a virtual tour of the house, fabulous.Click on the sale ad.
and then virtual tour.




We then stopped at Blue Pool campground which is closed. Check out the web for that.
It will take some time i think for them to clean that place up

Here is a couple of trees down nope you can't get past that
right now.
Here is the pool i guess not very blue right now is it?




So we left there and headed up the road, we saw this water fall Salt Creek Falls that we couldn't stop at becuase of the snow, but be sure that if your in the area stop and look at it also click on the link.
And here is another water scene i took, sure wish i had one of those good cameras i could zoom in on . Oh well sometime soon.
Well that is about it for now, hope i didn't bore you all too much, i hope that you enjoy the photos and the links.
Lilli

another week is over

Pictures of the week
Here is Casey hiding from Princess, just so he can get some good sleep, He has been jumping up there for a few days, hiding.Plus its warm up there.








And here is Princess, looking at me, and if you look real close, she has her tongue sticking out.





3-30-07
Another week has come and gone, Friday already, Spring break is over for Oregon anyway, not sure about the others, I think California starts theres around Easter not sure.
Slow and uneventful week.The weather was nice today tho, but suppose to change this weekend.
Maybe will go for a drive tomorrow, i feel house bound again, can't wait to go camping sometime. SOON i hope.

Anyone do any camping lately? Around here its still a bit cold, but have had people here this week that were tenting it. Gosh i don't think of that as being much fun.
Give me the comforts of my motorhome.

Well maybe tomorrow we can do something fun even if its just to take a drive.

Drive to Sisters Or

3-25-07
This morning i woke to rain, yuk! The sky was all gray and dreary looking. So we decided to get some cat food and get that over with. But by the time we got back home it had started to clear up, so we decided to take a drive to Sisters. Stopped to take a photo of the mountains in the distance.To your left is Broken top, and then the 3 sistersWe stopped to see the Elk but they were too far off in the distant so didn't get to see them. Last week someone cut the fence and a few got out.But they got them all rounded up and put back.Can't understand why people would do that?
So then we turned around and took another road to take the few in. Stopped at this place off the side of the road with creek, so had to stop and check it out.

Princess decided to test the
water, she stuck her feet in
and took it out just about as fast,
Guess it must of been pretty
cold. We ended up driving up
as far as we could when we finally ran into snow, there were a few rigs with snowmobiles up there and they had the road blocked so we couldn't go any further even if we wanted too. So we decided to head on back, on the way down the phone rang to let me know there had been a call, it was from Jaynee and Rich, they were at LaPine State Park, they had planned on being there the day before but didn't make it,so i figured that they were heading on home, so i was very surprised to hear from them. So i called them back and told them that we would stop and get a bite to eat and then head that way.
So stopped at Sisters and got hamburger and headed to La Pine State Park.

Here is Jaynee as we drove into there campsite I think she was on the computer doing some burning of a CD for the camphost.
We had a great visit with them. Richard and Nevada had worked together some 20 yrs back and havn't seen each for at least that long, So they did a lot of catching up. Strange how one finds each other thru the internet, Had she not joined my yahoo group, we probably wouldn't of found each other.

La Pine State Park, Central Cascade Range, Oregon

Check this site out for what to do there.
Anyway here is a photo of Jaynee & Richard and there dog

Dreaded day

3-23-07
Well Friday was a day for the big M, gosh i wonder if having your Boob smashed to no end is good for you?. After the report of Elizabeth Edwards i guess we all need to make sure we have it done.It has been 5 yrs since i have had it done. Bad girl. But you know how things are, time flips by.I have to tell ya about this lady that was there, while i was sitting there waiting to make sure they didn't have to do another x-ray, she looked at me and said, I have always wanted to ask someone that was bigger than me"does it hurt just as much for bigger boobs as it does for little ones like mine"? Well i really didn't know what to say to her accept, i guess no matter what size, it just flat hurts!!
So just a reminder to ya ladies make sure you have it done if its been awhile.Oh and i hear men should as well.

3-24-07
Todays photo is Sisterly love : Samont & Jenny
They don't do this too often.
So today being sat, and not too bad a day out, we decided to wash the Envoy, cleaned the inside and while i thought about it , i told Nevada that he needed to adjust the door as he has been putting it off, it has never been right from the time we bought it, which me always nagging to take it back before the warrenty was up, but nope he insisting that he can do without a problem. Well there was a problem. he took the bolt off too much and it fell in between the door. Not sure how to explain this one. So he ended up drilling a hole thinking he was going to be able to reach it that way. Nope can't do that. So here he is telling me that he isn't sure how he is going to fix it. door of course won't close so you can't drive it that way. Well about 3 hours later he finally found another bolt that he could use and got it fixed. A whole day wasted trying to fix a door that i am sure they could of fixed in no time flat had he only listened to me in the first place. Why are men so darn stubborn?
Well so much for getting the motorhome washed today, suppose to rain by tomorrow so guess it will have to wait another few days.
Oh i wish i could go camping.

Surveyor today

Picutre of the day,Wouldn't it be great to be able to be this relaxed and sleeping?
Oliver on top of Casey.Today the surveyor came out to mark were the property line is so it is more visiable to who ever is wanting to know. Not sure when they are doing an arial survey, but he said he was having that done as well.
The fellow that was interested in the property awhile back stopped back in, he owns a furniture store in town and really would love to have this for his store, but i guess he can't get enough money together. He has been here about 5 times now. Said he was going to talk to one his asian friends and see what they can come up with. He is a nice fellow and we would like to see him have it but, if he wants it bad enough he would of made an offer.
Sure got cold today, had some hale too.

Here is Princess and Casey on the coffee table. Does he love this dog or what?He really is so good with her.

Spring has sprung

3-17-07
Sat, another great day of lots of sunshine and warm temperature, it got over 70 today not sure how warm it got, but it was nice. Took a stroll around the yard, and went to my bulb bed, and to my surprise there stood my tall and beautiful yellow Daffodiles. Nice to see them out, the tulips are not too far behind them. Oh and the Crocus is out as well. Sure is sad tho that none of these last very long.

Didn't do much today, Nevada worked in the motor home trying to get the last drawer done, not a big drawer cause the sink is in the way but bigger than what was there, You know the kind that only the front opens with this tiny tray in it that you can't put nothing in. The other top drawer is a bit bigger but again the sink was in the way. at least this one was wider. It will hold some of my spices.. What i would really like to have is a spice rack i can put on the wall but there just isn't any room there.
Well here is Princess and Casey playing, Notice how Princess is reared up, this is how she approaches the cats. He is so good with playing with her,

Here they are playing on the bed.
Well its time to go to bed another weekend has passed, weather is going to change they say.