NINE FIRES

As we drove from Silver Fall today to Bend we encountered several fire areas on the highways in both the Willamette and Deschutes Forests.  The scenery on the roads was beautiful, but there was smoke everywhere.

When we checked into our RV park this afternoon they told us that there are nine fires burning in this area.  I'm glad we are only going to be here for two nights, because it it really smoky and the the sky is red tonight.

I'm kind of depressed.  Who wouldn't be, going from a beautiful forest full of chipmunks to the city of Bend.  It's an okay place, but very small and I've already walked the whole park three times and its only just past dinner time. They don't even have a dog park, just a patch of stinky grass.  It's  a good thing we are only staying here two nights.

The most exciting thing that happened today was that Kathe got scalped.  The same thing happened to me here in Oregon a few years ago at a strange dog grooming/welding shop. Just don't count of anymore pictures of Kathe for a while. Wonder if she brought a hat?

One of these pictures was taken along the highway by Lake Detroit where we camped a few years ago and one is a picture of the sky in Bend tonight.