Today we took a ride on the Hellgate Jet Boat
Excursions. When we got up and walked
over to the boarding area (about 5 blocks), it was cool and air was filled with
smoke. We weren't sure how much
wildlife we'd see, since the smoke and the water is so low. 
We departed around 9, and headed up down the river towards
Gold Beach. Our pilot, Randy, is an
excellent navigator and told us about the many things along our route. We also saw bald eagles, ospreys, blue
herons, egrets, deer (some were swimming) and fishermen trying to catch the fall
salmon run. We did not see any landed
but did see two 30 lbs that had been caught.
The half way point is at the Hells canyon, an area known for
rapids, etc. We encountered many
rafters that will spend the day go over the 1 to 3 class rapids.
On the return trip, our pilot did many 360 turns, those were
exciting and thankfully we only got a little spray on us. Many got wet!!!
After we got back, we took a walk into old town, not much
open on a Sunday but did poke our heads into an antique shop. Didn't find anything I needed.
Will spend the afternoon just catching up on the blog,
watching golf, etc. Tomorrow we head to
Oregon Caves.
August 22, 2015
Walked over the Gold Miner Restaurant and met Toni Pyatt
(she lives in the park in Havasu) for breakfast. She's doing remarkable well for having lost
her husband Bob just two weeks ago. Had
a great time catching up. She'll head
south around third week in Oct.
Next we walked to the Farmers market here in old town, it
was about a 7 block walk. Along the
route, we looked in the windows plus took pics of the local artist work. They have a contest going to see who can
create they most interesting painted bear.
We liked the one called Margie (looks like two bears from the 50's era).
The market was nice but overpriced, however I did buy some
lemon cukes and a bunch of flowers I'm going to try and dry.
We had bought some peaches in Sutherlin, so I sliced them up
and put them in sugar water for later this evening. Then we headed to the Douglas County
fair. It was not what we expected! Very, very small, in fact to us less than an
hr to see everything, yes, including the animal barns.
Got home and I made arrangements to ride the Hellgate jet
boat tomorrow at 8:30. Toni said it's
better than the Gold Beach, OR mail run, we'll see.
Got up and left Sutherlin at 6:15, as we had an appt. to
have coach frontend aligned at Henderson Lineup in Grants Pass, OR. We arrived at about 7:45 and got checked in
about 8:15. They finalized the work
around noon and we headed to Fred Meyers to fill up the coach. Diesel is $2.65 and seems to be going down,
a good thing!
Drove to the Grants Pass Elks, where we got the last of the
two spots they have. Nicest thing, they
have full hookups with 50 amp service!
At about 3:15, we headed to Central Point to locate Paul and
Judy Godfrey's place. We are meeting
them and the Schefers for drinks and dinner.
We arrived at 4 and visited until 6:30, when we drove to Medford to a
Mexican Restaurant to have dinner, it was excellent food.
Got back home around 9.
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