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

May 15 - 21, 2026 Eugene, Oregon

 High of 59 and sunny.

A field of white meadow foam on our walk. They use the oil from it in cosmetics, moisturizers etc. Sunset.

We are now at Oregon Motor Coach to get maintenance done on the bus. We are the one way in the back, facing forward on the left. The place is VERY busy. Another masterpiece finished. It is made from dyed pine needles, polyester thread, glass, gem stone, metal, wooden and bone beads. The center is slate that I sandblasted and painted petroglyphs on. It is 8 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 2 inches. I only had one of the large bone bead and wanted to use it, so the basket has an unique  shape. 

John cooked Scott, Leslie and I a wonderful shrimp dinner. Nice to see them. Sunset.

Sunset with the waxing crescent moon and Jupiter. The bus spent the day in the shop. It is now parked in front of the bay for more work tomorrow. The large living room/kitchen slide had the wood trim removed from over the cupboards exposing the slide mechanism. The top part of the slide has been creeping in, so they are working on it. They also fixed the electric water heater, some lights and a drawer that was stuck shut and probably more. 

We saw this kestrel, scrub jay and PBY out walking today. The PBY is a WWII float plane. I made yummy taco salad and we ate on the deck here. 

The moon with Jupiter above and Venus below. The slide with the top tipped in. They are working on fixing that. 

Another masterpiece. It is made from dyed pine needles, polyester thread and glass beads. The needles are a really dark purple and only look purple in bright sunlight, more like black inside. The needle caps were brighter purple, so I left them on. It is 6 x 4 inches. We went to Scott and Leslie's house and did laundry. John and Scott are sitting on the patio behind all the cool flowers. 

The bus inside the shop, being worked on. Still here at Oregon Motor Coach Center. 

Sunset. The bus is up on the lift for maintenance work. 

Finished this basket today. It is made from dyed pine needles, polyester thread, glass beads and the center is glass that I fused.  It is 11 x 2 inches. I started it Tues afternoon and finished this afternoon, Sitting around waiting for the bus gives me lots of time.