Bend, OR

8 hours in the car. Not much happened... I slept... Corey drove.... we saw a lot of teeeeeeny little towns. Mt. Hood is pretty, and so is Mt. Bachelor. I will have to connect my camera later to put in the pictures we took along the road :o)

Bend is a nice place to lay our heads. I don't plan on spending time here, though. Lots of hoity toities, it seems. Corey said that this is a big resort town. Skiing here is like going to Mammoth, CA. No wonder why the upscale restaurant that we were at had ski lift chairs in place of front porch swings!

Looking forward to seeing Mike and Jeanette tomorrow. Shasta county took quite a hammering from lightening last week. As a result, there are around 400 fires in the whole county, and over 100 in Redding alone! It will be nice to see be reassured that their Shingletown home is from the fire. It will also be nice to see how Mike is recovering from his back surgery, too.

Can't wait to get home to our son, though. We miss him lots!