La Pine to Prospect, Oregon

This was a beautiful drive and the Crater Lake RV Park was beautiful. Our dinner was at a old restored stage coach inn.

Hail and Big Tree

More pictures from evening in LaPine

Having fun!

The Newberry Volcano has two lakes in its calderra and we visited them in the afternoon after I discovered that I had lost my VISA card. Had to wait until we found a spot with cell phone service to phone the bank. Very fortunately the person who found it had called the bank and the account had been cancelled. New cards were then overnighted to us.
While on the volcano a storm arrived with some lightning and thunder. During dinner we had more storms and we learned the next day that three fires were started.

Tuesday - Newberry Volcano

We started off Tuesday with a lecture at the Lava Lands Visitor Center and we also drove to the top of the Lava Butte followed by a picnic lunch. We then hiked into a lava tube using Coleman lanterns and we even crossed under te highway. Pretty impressive and a nice cool adventure - temp was a cool 45 degrees.

Start of Caravan - Beautiful Oregon

We gathered together in La Pine, Oregon at a beautiful campground and after cocktails we had a wonderful steak dinner.
On Monday we headed to the High Desert Museum and it was most interesting. We then headed to the Trout House in Sunriver Village for lunch and then did some exciting white water rafting! I left the camera behind so it would not be damaged but the others had some waterproof containers and I will try to get some pictures to add.

Salem and trip to Redmond

Before the Salem Rally started we had the time to sit aroound with friends. We drove past the Oregon State Capitol but did not have the time to explore.
This is a beautiful state as you can see from the pictures as we drove through the Cascade Mountains to Redmond. Snow in late July and August!

The coach is repaired!

At last I have fast enough Internet to resume my blog postings and some time to work on it!
We headed to Eugene, Oregon when we arrived and went to Gordy's body shop and he got us into the garage and we moved into the motel for the week with Smokey!
On Friday the coach was repaired and we headed to Salem for the Monaco International Rally. We arrived after the first party had started and we were on the run until we departed for the FMCA Rally in Redmond. Again we were busy with meetings, seminars, and entertainment. It was fun at both rallies to see friends we had not seen for a while.