Over the Cascades we go....and back into the heat.

The mountain driving continued as we crossed the Cascade Mountain range…..there were a number of fires over the last few years in the area so there is rebuilding and forestry work to clear dead trees. That all equates to lots of back ups on the road so the trip was a bit longer.

Bend, Oregon

The high desert. It was dry, but hot (98 degrees) while we were there. This is a fun town: Beautiful pine trees, snow covered Mount Bachelor in the distance, the Deschutes River for biking and tubing, a cute historic downtown (with great alley art), the old Mill District’s shopping and dining, lots of breweries, and food trucks. This is also a city of a million round-a-bouts. To me is one traffic circle nightmare after another, but I guess they are supposed to be safer! Hmmmmm

Tumalo Falls and the town of Sisters are great stops just outside of Bend.

Bosie, Idaho

The Capitol of Idaho and one of the fastest growing cities in the US. Boise is the “city of trees”, the Boise river runs through town and has a 25 mile bike trail that runs along the river bank. The town consists of a number of historic neighborhoods. We loved the North End the best…..great historic homes along a tree lined boulevard with small neighborhood restaurants and shops. Boise also has lots of art in the city. My favorite was the River Sculpture mosaic on the Grove Hotel.

Whitewater Rafting….down the South Fork of the Payette River. Bob of course picked the “adventure trip” so we were sure to have a good ride and get wet! This was an 8 mile trip with class III and IV rapids. Luckily neither one of us fell off the raft…some of the other rafters weren’t as lucky.

Well this was a first. Plastic covered tennis courts!

I’m usually only a few days behind in posting the blog, but we had no decent internet service until now so I’m behind. The joys of being unconnected in way out of way RV parks. Grrrr.