August 30, 2009 – Canyonville

Short blog tonight, folks. After yesterday, just about anything would be a letdown, and today was not an exception to that rule. We all got in the truck fairly early for this gang, and headed up to Roseburg to have breakfast with Aunts and Cousins. I, of course, was not invited to the IHOP feast, and had to languish in the back of the truck. When they emerged from the restaurant, I got a lot of love and attention from one of the Cousins, a lovely young lady named Danielle, for which I was very grateful. Geri and Don decided to go shopping for a replacement for the recently demented Garmie, but found that everyone was out of stock on the model they wanted. Guess we have to put up with crazy Garmie for a while longer.

We spent the rest of the afternoon driving up the valley of the North Umpqua River, trying to find some of the waterfalls that they have there. A mixture of road closures and lack of water wound up keeping all waterfalls from our prying eyes. The scenery was very nice, anyway. We came back to Canyonville, and stopped in the park where we had the reunion yesterday. I got to wade in the nice cool river for a little while, though I had to walk on rocks to get there. Don’t much care for rocks. Saw a kitty and started to chase it, when Don reminded me that kittys are our friends, and they don’t like to be chased. I desisted immediately.

Back at the rig, we all had dinner, though they didn’t eat a whole lot. Must have been a really good breakfast. They left then, going over to the Seven Feathers Casino to blow some money. They were back before long, and I could smell Umpqua Ice Cream on their breath. We’re out of here tomorrow, and I’m anxious to hear the discussion on where we’re heading to. It usually gets pretty lively and entertaining. I’ll give you a full report from wherever we wind up. G’night!