We had to dash back to Bend for a day to pick up some paperwork. I took the opportunity to walk Jake, our neighbor’s dog. What a cutie, patiently waiting for a treat.

Revisiting those big trees on the Siltcoos Lake Trail. There were even bigger trees there back in the day (commercial logging began around the lake in 1875).

A whale sized Adirondack chair at Exploding Whale Memorial Park, check it out here…

Quite the story!

A view of the iconic bridge over the Siuslaw river in Florence, Oregon from Exploding Whale Memorial Park.

A beautiful day to explore Sutton Creek nearby. A campground, a trail through woods, dunes and over the creek, but you can’t get to an ocean beach from here! Just over the dunes in the background, no trail to there! It’s a good thing tho, it gives the western snowy plover a protected nesting area!

Une image du 17 septembre 2017, quand nous avons rendu visite à nos amis en Suisse. Nous sommes allés à La Fête des Vendanges à Russin, près de genève. Le village est l’endroit où nos amis se sont mariés dans les années 1960.

An image from September 17, 2017, when we visited our friends in Switzerland. We went to The Harvest Festival in Russin, near Geneva. The village is where our friends got married in the 1960’s.