We spent almost 2 weeks with our rig parked in the spacious driveway and field of the C & L Ranch in Central Point, Oregon as the guests of its proprietors. While there, seeing as how it is a working ranch, we rode tractors mowing fields and lawns, trimmed hedgerows and got wet irrigating.
We also spent ample time with their new grandson and watched Cliff and Linda as they developed their grand-parenting skills. They have mastered one. What about #2?
We were blessed with the opportunity to visit with Grant and Kristen and Sarah and spent almost every evening.....
...playing canasta or dominoes. Though Linda managed to stay out of all the photos, she did manage to come up as the winner once during our stay there. Too bad that Wayne's master canasta skills dominated hers. maybe next time Linda!!!!! Ha!
While in town we were blessed to have our son, Jed, there at the same time. He was there scouting sites, auditioning actors and trying to find a skip loader to use in his soon to be shot Masters Thesis Film, "Shale" that he will be shooting here in December. We spent many hours over several days going with him on various responsibilities he had while here. It is going to be a great film. It has already won an award and grant from HBO and a grant from Panavision just based on Jed's screen play. Check out his web site for the film at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/25712774/shale-a-short-film
It was hard to send him off on 9/29, back to New York, but it was good to spend the time with him that we did.
Also while in Medford, we spent a day with our good friends, Mark and Dawn Gosson. Ann and Dawn went shopping and worked on a quilt together while Wayne and Mark walked a 13.1 mile walk from Talent to Central Point. It was great to spend some time together and catch up on our lives! We also went to tons of annual check-ups at many doctors and dentists to update our contributions to their vacation funds and have them tell us we are in good health. We also did several errands in regards to our house, banking and such. Then we were blessed to be able to spend several days at the J & K Dude Ranch, where we got to help out with house painting, visiting and eating. Master painters, Jessica and John led the way as to how.
Wayne, with his head stuck in the rafters, followed their lead, while Ann mowed all the lawns.
Go get'um Farmer Ann!!
While we slaved outside, Karen kept the vittles comin' and the home fires burnin'!
We were blessed with tons of opportunity to work on projects with family, visit friends, visit family, visit doctors and financial advisers and catch up on our house stuff. We had a blast, were well fed and canasta'ed out. A great time. Oh, I almost forgot. We also got to hook up with one of our favorite outlaws, Bob Noble, for lunch one day! Thanks Bob!
When we left town on Oct 4, we headed south, spent the night in one of our favorite campgrounds, Sims Flat National Forest Campground, about 10 miles south of Dunsmuir, CA and then stopped in Redding, CA to have a quick lunch and visit with a long time friend, then stopped at The Olive Pit in Corning, CA to resupply on olives and pickled garlic before stopping at Lake of the Springs Thousand Trails Preserve in the mountains east of Yuba City.
Here we will stay for a couple weeks before moving on to Russian Rive Thousand Trails Preserve near Santa Rosa. While here we will also spend a weekend in Provo, Utah for our 11th grandchild's blessing.
