Oregon Trip Blogging #4

Diana, Al Dee, Kenyon and Alayna arrived Thursday evening and we stayed up late to meet and greet them. This weekend they are Yurt people and their little home made me quite curious. I had never seen the inside of a State Parks Yurt and so I really wanted to get inside and see what they are like. This Yurt had a bunk bed and a futon as the main furnishings, a table with a lamp on it was also provided. The unit was heated by a single electric wall heater and there was one large light on the ceiling above the door. That was all there was inside.

We talked as long as we could before everyone’s attention drifted off. The Yurt people had not slept well the previous nights; Alayna had a bad ear infection which caused everyone to miss sleep. Linda and I had hiked a lot today and so we were beat and it was well past our 9:00 PM bedtime.

Morning brought scattered clouds, but some very high winds. We loaded into the cars and drove north to the cutoff road we took when we drove down to Bandon. Once on the cutoff we found the Hidden Creek Watershed Trail on an estuary called the South Slough. We hiked the trail and enjoyed looking at the plants along the boardwalk.

We then drove up through Coos Bay to Umpqua Lighthouse State Park and went through the small museum. It was very interesting and an enjoyable stop. On the way back we stopped at Lake Marie and took a walk around the lake trail. Kobi spotted something in the lake and jumped in. He needed the bath so that worked out well.

Back at our camp I created a chicken pot pie in the Dutch oven. I didn’t have a recipe, but had some ideas how I would do it. Everything worked out great and in an hour I had a chicken pot pie that everyone enjoyed. We sat in the Yurt and talked until about 9:00 PM. Linda and I had to get up early to leave for home so we said our good-byes to the kids and Diane and Al Dee.

At 6:30 AM we were on the road, at 6:30 PM we were in our driveway. There is not much to tell you about the drive home, everything went well and we have logged another spring break trip in our blog. Wish we didn’t have to go back to work.