June 5-7, 2026 Bend to Crane Hot springs , Oregon

 60 and mostly sunny.

We drove over to Bend. Here is the bus at the Deschutes county fair grounds in Redmond.  First Class arrived in an old ambulance to wash the bus.  The three mountains are called the Sisters. 

Diana and Rob't had us over for dinner, a yummy BBQ. Was good to see them. Sunset to the left.

Sunset in the center and sunset right. 

Rob't, John and Diana on our hike along the Deschutes River. Yellow sunflowers.

Yellow senecio and pentstemon. Wild yellow iris along the river. 

We had drinks and dinner at the Bevel Brewery. The owners are frisbee champions and the bevel had to do with the side of the frisbee In the bathroom were many diagrams of frisbees. John, Diana and Rob't toasting. We had a great visit with them. 

Sunset. Another masterpiece. This is made from dyed pine needles, polyester thread, glass bead, copper spiral, blue magnetite figure and the center is a bead I purchased.  It is 7 x 2 1/4 inches. 

We are now at Crane Hot Springs in eastern Oregon. Canada geese with babies. 

The spring is wonderful!

One of the lakes by the spring. Sunset on the lake.

There were thousands of birds on the lakes. Mama and baby, ruddy duck, yellow headed black bird, we fueled up before we left Redmond. 

May 28- June 2-4, 2026 Eugene to Belknap hot Springs, Oregon

 62 and misty.

Finished this basket. It is made from dyed pine needles, polyester thread, glass and gems tone beads and the center is a Mexican painted tile. It is 10 x 2 inches. And this masterpiece too. It is made from dyed pine needles, polyester thread, glass and gemstone beads. The center is a piece of fused dichroic glass that I fused, beveled and polished. It is 6 1/2 x 6 x 2 1/2 inches. 

Sunset. Today we drove the bus to Les Schwab and purchased 4 rear tires for the bus. HUGE tires. 

A few new wire wrapped jewels.  Another new masterpiece. It is made from dyed pine needles, polyester thread, glass beads and the center is a bead with a raven I bought. It is 8 1/2 by 2 1/2 inches. 

A few details of the new masterpiece. Out new awning. They are now done with our maintenance. All except paying the bill tomorrow.

Not much sunset, but really cool clouds. 

We went out to dinner with Scott an Leslie at the Public house and listened to great music. Sunset. 

We are done at Oregon Motor Coach!! As we were leaving the brake lights on the truck did not work when hooked to the coach. John and Glen are fixing the problem. The wires were under a drawer in the back, way in the back, under a plate. They got it fixed and we finally left! The bus at Belknap hot springs resort. Beautiful place. 

The view from our campsite of the river. The McKenzie river. 

Reflections at the resort. John in the Secret Garden at Belknap hot springs. 

Reflections on the river. John on the trail.

Moss. The lodge at Belknap hot springs. 

John in the hot springs. 

May 22-27, 2026 Eugene and Springfield, Oregon

 High of 82 and sunny.

Sunset. Leslie, I  and Bodie went walking at Doris Ranch. 

John and Scott hung tarps for the party tomorrow. It is supposed to rain. Flowers in Doris -blue dyck, wild rose, daisies and vetch, California golden fields, vetch, and larkspurs.

Cow parsnip, mallow, wild roses and cow parsnips.  Leslie ordered us pizza and salad for dinner. Yum, yum. 

Sunset. We went to a memorial day party and Leslie and Scott's house. Most of the attendees were musicians so we were treated to a lot of good music. And good food and friends. It was supposed to rain, but it held off for the first half. 

The beautiful yard was a great place for the party. When it started to rain, we moved to under the tarps Scott and John hung yesterday. 

More music under the tarps. 

The RV with the radiator taken out, It is so big, they needed the fork lift to get it out. They can't drive the bus with no radiator, so they could not drive it out for us to stay in. So we spent a couple nights at Leslie and Scott's in the Hip Hop Hut. It is called the hip hop hut because it is sided in old LP records. It was Leslie's massage studio before she retired. Very nice space .

Sunset. John, Janice and AnnMarie walking the dogs at Mt. Pisgah.

Very green and flowery at Mt Pisgah. 

Walking the dogs at Mt Pisgah. The dogs got to swim in the river.

Walking back. Poppies, turtle and merganser and we are in Springfield, Oregon

Catching the last rays of the sun in the backyard. Leslie, Bodie and Amanda.

We all had dinner at the Public House and listened to Blue Grass. Sunset in the backyard.