Concerts by the River

One of my favorite memories of Bend will be The fun outdoor concerts we got to hear just sitting by the Deschutes River next to the Old Mill District, having a picnic and people watching!

St. Charles Hospital

Fountain in driveway of St. Charles

Here are a few of my new friends. They are a great bunch of people and wonderful nurses, too. I think I'll take them home with me to St. Rose! I'm going to miss them much.

Badlands

This hike -east of Bend is similiar to the areas where Cameron goes hunting in northern Nevada, definitely high desert, very quiet-we didn't see a soul out there, it was a sunny day and a pleasant hike. Lots of evidence of volcanic activity-no matter where you go in Central Oregon.

Shevlin Park

Shevlin Park is on the west side of Bend and a wonderful walk on a trail through a wonderful park. Beautiful trees and a peaceful creek. Just a few other walkers and runners on this peaceful trail right in Bend!

Oh Hail!

Really?

Paulina Lake

Cameron and I took a fun hike around Paulina Lake. It is on the Southern edge of Newberry Volcanic National Monument. First, we went up to Paulina Peak to take a look at the lake from up high and we were able to see East Lake, also. They are in an old volcano and used to be one big lake, you can see the old obsidian flow from the volcano, too. The power of that volcano must have been awesome to see. There was a lot of volcanic activity in this area of Oregon many, many years ago.

Margaret and Brendan Blew through Bend

My what a weekend that was, I don't think I recovered yet. Mags had a little incident, but guess what? We were having a great time and then we got to see Paul again, too. So sometimes with joy comes the most difficult times. Sarah Palin just said that in her convention speech, and she is my new hero. Wish she was running for president. If I can't have Hillary, I'll take Sarah.