Adventure Weekend

The high desert region of Oregon is very interesting. We have been scampering back and forth between Shawna’s ranch, located on the Johnson Ranch Road outside of Bend Oregon, and Sun River, Oregon. That distance takes about an hour to cover; we’re getting real good at it. Sun River is the site of the Pacific Crest Adventure Weekend. Linda is competing in the Olympic Duathlon on Sunday. Don’t ask me what that is, I am just the driver.

Shawna’s ranch is a great place; we have power, water and our very own mouse. The little feller left us some signs yesterday and since then we have traveled north to Redmond Oregon, where we purchased a couple surprises for the little booger.

Kobi really likes the ranch, there is an irrigation ditch running right next to the camper that he goes into about every fifteen minutes. It has all the things a good Golden requires; water, mud, and a bit of gucky stink to give him that “dude ranch dog” smell. Every afternoon we have tossed the ball for him and he chases it until we eat dinner. Kobie is relentless.

I will give you a brief rundown on what we have done so far. We arrived about 2 PM on Wednesday and waited for Shawna to get home from work. To while away the time after we got our camper set, we tossed the ball for the dog. Shawna arrived and we cooked dinner and talked. Then we went to bed.

Thursday we got up and drove down to Sun River to figure out where Linda needed to be. Average drive time down and back, two hours. We figured out the lay of the land and drove some of the bike course. We returned and waited for Shawna to get off work, tossed the ball and then are dinner. After dinner we drove to Redmond to get the mouse presents.

Friday we got up and Linda and I drove down to Sun River. This time we picked up the race packet and drove home. During the times when we have been in Sun River Shawna has been dealing with her horse, Duck Man. Duck has an injured eye and it has become quite an expensive and frustrating ordeal for Shawna. We hope she can get things taken care of soon, so she can relax.

This afternoon’s plans are as follows, in no particular order. The girls are going horseback riding, we are planting some flowers Shawna needs planted, we will walk the dog, and hopefully I will be able to place a dead body of a little mouse to rest in the garden.