October 27- 29, 2026 Crane Hot Springs, Burns, Oregon To Redmond, Oregon to Belknap Hot springs, Oregon

 High of 48 and low of 22. Brr. Good thing we are at a hot spring, perfect weather for it.

Welcome to Oregon. Another masterpiece. It is made from dyed pine needles, polyester thread, glass beads and the center is a glass red iguana I cast. It is 9 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches.

Run off pond from the springs.

Another run off pond from the springs. They end up being great bird habitat. Sunset. 

We spent one night at the Redmond, Oregon fairgrounds. Fuel in Oregon is higher, haven't had to fill up yet. 

We visited our friends Rob't and Diana in Bend. Always nice to see them. We filled up at $6.69. The sign said it was $6.59, but that ended up being for cash. Had to run the card twice to fill up. The rest of the stations we saw were $6.89, or $6.49 for biodiesel, which does not get as many miles per gallon.  

Aspens in the Cascade mountains. Our goal was to get over the Cascades on dry roads, which we did. It snowed the night before, but was dry when we got there.

We passed Hoodoo ski area. It is not open yet. We are now camped at Belknap hot springs. Beautiful

 place, nice springs. John had to cut down some of the shrubberies so we will be able to get out of our space tomorrow. The handymen were way too busy, they gave John some loppers to do it.  

I went for a walk in the gardens. This is the secret garden. We usually come though here in the spring and there are tons of flowers, but in the fall they are gone. Still very pretty. I love the pacific northwest, look at all the ferns. 

Fall ferns. The McKenzie River.

Moss in the trees. 

Mossy trees. Mossy ground. 

Halfway though my walk I saw the signs that said bears and mountain lions have been in the area and not to hike alone. Oh Well I survived. It recently rained and there are water droplets on all the foliage, some hydrangeas are still blooming, fall colors, tree lettuce, oops- a duplicate hydrangea, and mossy rocks.  Fall colors on the trail.

More fall colors on the trail. Moss and fall colors by a stream.

McKenzie river.  The lodge, hot spring pool and flowers.

The lower campground. It is between the lodge and the river. We are in the upper one. The hot spring pool in the upper campground. It is just for the campers, less crowded than the lower pool. It was wonderful. 

October 25-26, 2026 Wilder, Idaho to Burns, Oregon

 High of 62 and mostly sunny.

The sun is not coming up till 815 am here! Woke up to fog over the river at Banbury hot springs. I hung out and watched it burn off.

Fog burning off. 

Fall color in our campsite.  We were seeing the price of diesel as high as $6.94. Were lucky to find $6.39 and filled up. The pump stops at $150, so had to run the card twice to fill up.  Grass and willows along the Snake River. There was a covet of quail in the campground. They are so fun to watch scurrying around. 

I finished this masterpiece. It is made from dyed pine needles, polyester thread and glass beads. The center is selenite I sandblasted and painted a raven on. It is 8 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches. We are camped at Rivers Edge RV park in Wilder, Idaho along the Snake River.  Very scenic and quiet. 

River's Edge RV park. Sunset on the Snake River.

Full Hunter moon, behind clouds. Morning light on the Snake river at River's Edge. No fog today. 

In Wilder, Idaho the sunrise was at 8:15 am!! We passed into the Pacific time zone entering Oregon, so it will be earlier now. We are now at Crane Hot springs. There was this weird partial rainbow above the sun between rainstorms.

John getting a back massage from the warm waterfall. John at Crane Hot Springs. 

John at Crane hot springs. Another rainbow over the hot springs. 

Me getting a hot waterfall back massage. The bus in the Coyote Flats RV campground at Crane Hot Springs. 

 Sunset.