Home Sweet Home

Home never looked as good as it did after this trip.  Gary insisted on pushing himself to get home by last night, so he is extra tired today.  But we did make it to church and our usual after church breakfast outing with our wonderful friends.

I wasn't able to blog our last night on the road near Medford. Their wifi was down.  So here are the last two days, nutshell version.

After driving through every kind of weather except thunder and lightning, we arrived in N. Salem at Gary's favorite RV Park, Hee Hee Ilahee.  The next morning we met for a late breakfast with college friends Paul and Doreen.

I don't remember if we mentioned we also met with college friends Norm and Barb on the way up to Mom's.  Both visits were wonderful--got caught up on lots of news.

When we got to S. Salem we saw the Silver Thaw that Doreen and Paul had warned us about.  It is beautiful, but deadly for the trees and those who live under them.  It happens when ice quickly builds up on twigs and branches and the weight of the ice causes the limbs to break off and come crashing down.

We always have our last gas fillup in Medford at the Costco.  These interesting plants were blooming when we were there. Do any of you know what they are?

The Fall colors were in full display as we drove thru the Siskyous and past Yreka.  The dark green evergreens were the perfect background for the vivid colored leaves.

We saw snow on Mt. Shasta, which made us feel better about the drought until we saw Lake Shasta.  It was the lowest we've ever seen.  Very sad.

Thanks to great neighbors, our pool looked good and our yard was still alive, as were the houseplants.  We are very happy to be back.