A Tour of Linn County

Good grief. Almost two weeks have passed since my last post. I've been having too much fun to spend time at the computer. The reunion was great and camping at the coast was fun. we returned home on Tuesday and are enjoyed hosting my aunt and uncle from Missouri, Ves and Jan Oswald. They are staying in our lovely new fifth wheel.

Will was a bit under the weather for a couple of days earlier in the week, but he recovered sufficiently to take us on a tour of Linn County in his pickup today. Along with Galen and Carol, we drove up to McDowell Creek Park and walked the trails to view the waterfalls.

Galen and Ves could probably solve most of the world's problems if they were just able to spend more time in earnest conversation while viewing Majestic Falls.

We relaxed with bottled water, cookies and fresh blueberry muffins before returning to the truck for a ride through the scenic backroads to the posse camp. Will entertained us with his commentary...."After harvesting a marijuana grow at that house, I had flu-like symptoms."...."I spent half a night here on survelliance and ended up following a car all the way to California."...and so on.

After touring the posse camp, we had dinner at the Homestyle Restaurant in Scio, which Galen hoped was a place run by the Holdermans, but it ended up having terrific Mexican food. As we drove home through the idyllic countryside with the sun turning the horizon pink, Ves was saying how blessed we were to have family close by to spend time with. Just then Will put the window down so that the irrigation sprinkler would come in the window and get Carol wet. After the howls of annoyance and laughter subsided, Ves was not so sure of that comment!

We dropped Galens off a little after 9:00 p.m. and while driving home Will got a call about someone lost in the mountains. So he gathered a few items and took off after we got home. It was a lovely day, but I'm very glad I get to go to bed now!