Weekend at Eagle Crest......

So like I said below, after the meet last Friday Lorelei and I headed over the mountains. Being the end of October you never know what weather you will hit traveling over the nearly 5,000 foot mountain pass between the Willamette Valley and eastern Oregon. There was little traffic and we made good time. We were approaching the summit around 7:00 p.m. pitch black outside and the car suddenly "stumbled" and the "maintenance required" light began flashing? I backed off of the accelerator, Lorelei says something like "oh great". The car was still running and I got back on the gas and we kept going! The car ran great the rest of the night and the next day although it did "stumble" again on the way home. I guess with a 185,000 miles on you, you should be able to stumble once in a while.

We had great weather and a very relaxing time just setting our own schedule. We stayed at Eagle Crest.



No we didn't win the lottery......we have a friend that owns one of the Challet's and gave us a great deal on using it for the weekend. On Saturday morning I woke up early (as usual) and put on a pot of coffee. As I sat there figuring out what I was going to do for the next hour or so....Lorelei surprised me by getting up and saying...."what do you want to do today". Wow....so we got ready and headed out. First thing we did was to do what most any couple would do that is on a trip away from home at a resort location.........we checked out the second hand stores in Redmond! We found Lorelei a pair of shoes and I found a good gortex rain jacket for $7.50!

Wow all that shopping made us hungry so we stopped for a burger on our way out of town to see some sights. The first stop was a cool spot along Hwy 97 that we first visited years ago when we had all the boys with us. Peter Skene Ogden Viewpoint is NOT a place you want to visit if you are afraid of heights or if you have children along and a wife that has a heart attack easily. You park your vehicle and proceed past 124 giant signs that warn of danger and cliffs ahead.



Walk right up to the 3 foot high man made wall and peer over and look 300 ft. down to the river.......cool!


Lorelei was not as excited as I was, especially when I found that if you walked out to the edge of the park that the wall ended and you could actually walk along the rim of the canyon with nothing between you and the river below.....even more cool!
Please excuse the poor photography in the next couple of shots. The midday sun was way too bright!
So I walk over to the ledge and hang my feet over so Lorelei can take a picture.


Then I asked her to walk near the edge, and by golly she got pretty close!



Next we headed to Lake Billy Chinook which was only another 20 miles down the road. We pulled out our camera gear and had a blast! Very neat place to visit and photograph.
Lorelei took this beauty!







We hurried back to town and went out to dinner. Sunday we got up and had a leisurely drive back over the mountains. We had a great time!
All the pictures from our trip are HERE

Glynn Jr.