WALKING, KNITTING, NAPPING, SITTING
We just passed four beautiful days west of the Cascades, near Crescent Lake, Oregon. We stayed at Gold Lake Campground (site #10 - it's awesome!) and enjoyed some nice hikes and very relaxing times lake-side. No internet or phone access, just quiet times and leisurely strolls. I was able to get a little knitting done, and we had campfires every night with firewood which we collected on our hikes. Day One was a bit thunder-stormy, but we saw a heron land on a log across the inlet in the evening mist, and enjoyed the chipmunks scurrying across our campsite. The top photo is the view from our private little stretch of site #10 beach, and the bottom view is what we saw when we stepped out of the Chinook.

Day 2 was a little cloudy. We enjoyed a nice hike that sort of blossomed into a longer-than-we-planned-hike due to misreading a trail sign. We ended up doing about 7 miles.  Check out the reflection of the clouds - perfect!

Our son's cat, Scout, is doing well with our new lifestyle; he sleeps a lot, has found many hidey-holes in the Chinook, and is learning to go out on a leash (!!!) If you know Scout, you know how anathema this is to his natural state!

We left this morning, however, as we were out of water, tanks full, rather grimy around the edges, and needing to charge up the electronics! My last photos of Gold Lake are from a hike (about a mile and a half) that took us to Upper Marilyn Lake, a lovely, easy, beautiful stroll through dewy woodland, and then of the evening before we left:

 Marilyn Lake






















We're now at Collier State Park, a larger, less private, less picturesque campground, but it has hot showers, flush toilets, soap, water, electricity, and an internet connection!