Our vacation started off with a three-day, July 4th Weekend on Saturday at Bryan's house for a barbeque, complete with fireworks (he launched a few while holding it in his hands - what a nut! Check out the look on his face!), then the annual glider contest. Everyone received a small, wooden plane to assemble and then toss off Bry's back hill. The combination of crosswinds and lack of experience had us all laughing! I also got to give his pinball machine a whirl! I also got to do some jamming with Sarah, complete with the Blues Festival music playing over the radio in the background. And notice the little "GPS" on her bike.
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The next day was yet another barbeque, this time at Scott and Mary's place. Roger & Sue, Kerry & Tammy also were there. Nice apron Scott.
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Monday
On July 5, Donna and I loaded up my purple BMW R100GS lovingly dubbed “Barney, the purple-headed warrior” and headed East – destination: Frenchglen, Oregon. We got up early, but after all our packing and double checking everything, we didn’t really head out of the driveway until around 9am. Oh well, we were on vacation – who cared! We later realized that we left my pistol on the coffee table at home - doh!
We started out heading from Tualatin to Estacada, and then made our way on the back highway to Detroit Lake. It was a beautiful morning and the turns just kept us smiling. We pulled in for breakfast in Detroit Lake and continued east on the Santiam Highway afterwards. From there we soldiered onward towards our day’s destination of Frenchglen, Oregon. Along the way we wicked through Bend, Millican, Brothers, Burns, then headed south through the Malheur Wildlife Refuge, then landed into the massive town of Frenchglen around 6:15. Dinner was being served at 6:30 – perfect! Speaking of dinner, when we unloaded the bike, the mosquitoes came out in force. In fact, there must’ve been a mosquito flare sent out because they absolutely swarmed us and we both donated at least one quart of blood! And speaking yet again of dinner, it was over the top! No really, it was all home cooked, family style, tasty and tons of it! We visited with some other couples from Australia and Newberg. After that we were absolutely stuffed like a Christmas goose. I also discovered that my trusty Canon Camera had a problem with dirt or something in the sensor and was horrified to find out there were spots or smudges in the pictures - ugh. It was a long day, Donna had her first exposure to Monkey Butt (her first trip on a motorbike!), and we hit the hay early.
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