11 Day Oregon Road Trip, spring 2013

We have been on an 11-day Oregon Road Trip, March 7-17, 2013
Here's our itinerary:
Day 1: Eugene, stay at friend's house, Michael Carrigan & Sue Barnhart
            Post-dinner visit with Eva Murtaugh - took Eva to a noodle restaurant
Day 2: Drove up to Odell Lodge, Willamette Pass, for weekend for Spring Skiing
            Stop: McCready Hot Springs - wow, gorgeous, warm, only 1 other person there
            Cross-country skiied at Odell Lodge
            We made dinner, shared with Michael, Sue, Jain, Jyoti & friend


Day 3: Snowshoed on the Fern Lake Trail -
            Visit with Cabin 12 and Michael's birthday
Day 4: Skiied around Odell Lodge trails, focusing on off-trail skiing through trees
            Drove south to Tule Lake
Red-winged Blackbird
Day 5: Birdwatching at Tule Lake



 











































Day 6: Birdwatching at lower Klamath Lakes
           Arrive in Ashland in time for Taming of the Shrew (7 minutes!)
           Staying at Ruth Resch's Air Bn'B
            Evening: My Fair Lady
Day 7: Down time at Ruth's
             Matinee: Two Trains Running
             Walk around Lithia Park
             Evening: King Lear
Day 8: Hike up Upper Table Rock, north of Medford - Wildflowers


















         
Grants Pass - Dinner with Jesse, hike to look-out point, staying over with him, morning visit to Wolf Creek Inn









Day 9: Drive to Coquille, Oregon to spend weekend with Ianto, Linda and Michael of Cob Cottage Company plus others coming for a 20 yr. reunion








 Day 10: Cob Cottage Company - rainy day, so, indoor activites, plus sitting by the outdoor Rumsford Stove singing show tunes with Yehudah, evening sharing of memories

 



Day 11: Sunny Day!  Hike led by Ianto Evans, lunch, drive home
























Tomo in Birthday Hat!



Day 11: Dinner: Stopped to have dinner with Melody Henricks, Larry and Braeden Dillenbeck in Salem
              Home!