SMOKE AND FIRE

There are so many fires here in Oregon that we have been seeing and smelling smoke for the last couple of days. Today as we were traveling through Canyonville, we drove past yet another fire. There are so many active fires that the smoke is everywhere. Our air purifier is on full blast!

We settled down for tonight at the Valley of the Rogue State Park. Our last stop before entering California.  We have been at this park several times. It’s not too smoky, but it’s really hot. It’s 103 degrees and everything is dry and dusty.  Kathe is pretty upset with me for getting pine sap on all four paws within the first hour. The only thing to get pine sap out of your fur is mayonnaise or peanut butter. Hopefully tonight it will be peanut butter.

No problems with the drive today, everyone is breathing a sigh of relief. Not to say that we don’t have other mechanical issues. There is always something to fix, and today it’s the passenger step cover that’s not working. Both Warren and Jim spent some time trying to fix it but it’s too hot and it will have to wait for another day.

We have been eating dinner outside the past few nights, what a change from the rain and cold weather in Alaska and Canada. No mosquitoes only yellow jackets here. Warren is cooking dinner and Kathy T is making peach daiquiris with the peaches we bought in Eugene.