Good-Bye Smith Rock

NEWS ALERT: I am a Slacker! Not only has it been 2 months since I last posted... This blog post was started 9 days ago!


September 2nd

Yesterday... After 10 weeks at Smith Rock SP, our time was up... we had to relinquish our post as Park Hosts.  The September host had come in the night before, and he was just waiting for us to move out!  So we did... we moved 35 miles to Jasper Point campground at Prineville Reservoir SP.  This is the place we were at last September and October, and didn't want to leave.  We have resumed our post here as Host/North Shore Patrol... BUT only for 12 days! 

We have accepted a "job" offer at an RV Park in Redding, Calif.  We had been looking for some place to go for the Winter months, and at the time of this offer, we had 4 other offers as well.  But because of distance (only 150 miles from my parents and our house... and only 350 from where we are now) the price of fuel, and the present uncertainty of America as we have known it, we think this is the smartest move for us right now.  Besides... we get Wi-fi and Cable TV (we let our DirectTV go) AND they pay us!  We could use some extra income right now.

It's been so long since I have posted to our blog... I'd better share a little about our time there.
Here are some of the highlights:

On the day of my last post... we had a surprise visit from a blog follower.  Lori, with Luci, live nearby in Redmond.  It's always fun to meet fellow bloggers.  Unfortunately, she was leaving town for a couple months, so we were unable to plan another get-together.

 

We enjoyed a few get-togethers with fellow hosts.

This was our July group of hosts...

Sally and Dale (left) Barry & Joyce (right) 

 

We Painted...

 

 

We Stained...

 

We even got some help from Jake (Jeff's son) to finish it up.

 

We walked the trails....

 

We hiked the trail at Steelhead Falls one day...

 

We picked up grandaughter, Raven, on the motorcycles and went for a ride, and then to lunch...

 

 

 

Friend, Ginny, rode her Harley up from Grants Pass to spend a few days with us.  So one afternoon we checked out a few of the area's 11 brewery's.

 

We enjoyed several get-together's with family...

 

 

Grandaughter, Journey, stayed with us a few days. What a joy she is!

She forced us to make faces for the picture...

Cousin Chuck with girlfriend Christine, road their sporty bikes over for a visit...
and we all met Sister Bonnie for lunch.

We even got Dizzy for a couple days again...

Finally in August, one host couple came in with Dogs! Until then, nobody had dogs. So I was happy to meet Charlie and Bandit. We had some fun times with Al and Sandy too.

Madras had its annual Airshow (before this,we didnt even know they had an airport!)

so we made it a family event with Raven and Jake.

It was definitely a small town Airshow... this may have been the highlight!

We had one last Harrah with Hosts, Al & Sandy and Fred.

Fred's friend, Phil, was visiting from N.C. and Scott, the park manager, joined us.

I'm sure I could find more to say and show of our time at Smith Rock, but it has taken me 9 days to do this much!! NOW we are getting ready to leave Jasper Point!

Thanks for checking in... whoever you are!

 One of our blog followers even sent us an email yesterday to check on us...

It's nice to know someone out there is remembering us... Thanks Dwayne!

 



Smith Rock SP

Lovin' our time here at Smith Rock...

Taking in the smells and scenes along the roads of Central Oregon from the seat of a motorcycle.

A visit to Painted Hills... not Painted Canyon or Painted Rocks, both to which we've been, but... Painted Hills.

A stop at the Crooked River Canyon. 

 (this is the same river canyon that is out our back door... just several miles down stream.)

A surprise visit to a dear friend from a long time ago...

Cove Palisades SP is just 20 miles from Smith Rock SP, and hosting there is Dave and Heather with Pug, Dizzy.  If you followed our blog when we hosted at Carl Washburne SP last Summer, you may remember Dave and Heather... but you should definitely remember DIZZY!  We doggy-sat Dizzy on several occasions while there.  And I was in need of a DIZZY fix!  So we made an unplanned visit to their site and found them home.  It was great to see them again and Dizzy remembered us!

But we don't have to go anywhere to enjoy each day. 

Back at "home"... we enjoy the wildlife

We watch Rock Climbers from our back yard



We shared in a birthday get-together with our neighbor hosts...

Dale celebrated his 76th birthday last week.

 Our job isnt even that bad...

That's not all... but it must be all for now.  Time for bed!

Take Care all of you!

Plans Change!

We've Moved!  We left Mt Hood Village on June 16th, and after a week in Medford at my parents house, we have settled into our camp host site and job at Smith Rock State Park in Central Oregon.

This is a Day Use park, so it is very quiet for us at night.  We are in 1 of the 2 host sites next to the District Park Office, which is a house.  Jeff mows and waters the lawns, and it feels a bit like being back at our house. 

The Crooked River Canyon is in our back yard.

If you like to hike or rock climb, this is the place to be! 

We should be here until the end of August. 

Give us a holler if you get over this way!