Hanging out

Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday

We did little things like laundry and grocery shopping. We also finished the jigsaw puzzle we had started so we went out and bought another.

We had a first Friday night. We had neighbors that pulled in next to us. late in the evening. After watching TV, we went to bed around 11 p.m. Around 11:30 p.m we were woke up by our neighbor who came out of the motorhome for a smoke (we believe) and saying in a very loud voice "Dave, you have a great hand!). Really? Don't you know how late it is? Talk about rude. We also had to hear his basement doors being opened and slammed shut for several minutes. In 10 1/2 months of full-timing, this is the first time we have ever experienced anything like this.

Thundering Waters Highway

We decided to take a drive today to see some of the waterfalls along Highway 138. This roadway runs from Roseburg to north entrance to Crater Lake. As we have been to Crater Lake before, we agreed that we would only go approximately 40 miles.

Our first stop was at the Colliding Rivers Viewpoint. This is where the North and South Umpqua Rivers meet. The rivers weren't exactly "colliding" but the view was pretty. We certainly imagine that in the winter and spring the views must be spectacular.

Our next stop was the Deadline Falls on the North Umpqua River. It was a short hike to the falls. Between May and October, steelhead and salmon may be observed jumping up the powerful falls. Sadly, we were too late to view any spawning fish.

We stopped along the North Umpqua River for this shot. The color of the water was a spectacular turquoise.

Next we stopped at Susan Creek Falls. This was a mile hike in to the falls on a very nice trail. As we got close to the falls, we came across this lovely picnic area (if we had known, we would have brought the lunch we had packed).

Here is a nice shot of the bridge that crosses the little stream.

Here is John sitting in front of the waterfall that drops 50 feet over moss-lined rock cliffs. We have determined that maybe this is not the best time of year for spectacular waterfall viewing. We are a little underwhelmed.

On our hike out, I took this picture of these trees. I just think this picture is special.
After we got back to the truck, we ate the lunch we brought as it was too cool to sit outside at the picnic table.

The last stop was Little Falls. This small waterfall pours over large basalt boulders and cliffs. As parking is limited, we could only get a shot of the falls from above. Not too impressive but it was the best we could get.
After a nice day, we returned home.

Roseburg, OR

We decided to drive down to Roseburg and check out their Visitor Center. The Visitor Center had a lot of good information on the local area and on out to Crater Lake. The women there were most helpful and loaded us down with a lot of information. We were given instructions on how to get to River Forks park. We had read some interesting tidbits on the park and wanted to see it.

The park is at the confluence of two rivers. It is a large park area with a lot of grass area for picnicking and such. The two rivers did not have a lot of action other than some bank fisherman and these two boats. What John and I noticed was how clear the river water ran.

Hopefully, you can see the clarity of the water from the picture below.

At the top of the hill in the park sat a fort for the kids to play in and around. We thought it looked pretty cool from down below.

Here is a shot of the fort from the front. It definitely was a good sized replica.

What would a park be without swings. I took advantage of them and went swinging for a spell. I guess it is something from my childhood but I find swinging to be fun (of course) but it also is relaxing and clears my mind. John took a short turn on the swings himself, although I don't think he enjoyed it as much as I did.

One of the first things you see when you drive in to the park is this big Osprey nest. It looked to us like the Osprey had originally built their nest on the cross bars of the power pole that didn't go over to well. It looks like a platform was built to keep the nest out of harms way.

Located just down the road from the park is an RV park called Twin Rivers Vacation Park. As it was rated well, we wanted to check it out. The office was closed and it had a locked gate. As we were getting ready to turn around to leave, the manager drove up and said that she would open the gate for us . She gave us flyer on the park and showed us on the map the sites best suited for our size and to take our time looking around. She suggested that we call for reservations as the park fills up on weekends. It is a nicely shaded park with large pull-through sites. It definitely has some possibilities.

We stopped for lunch at Elmer's in Roseburg and found the restaurant to be very good. It is located at exit 125 and sits in front of a Best Western.

We returned home to just enjoy the rest of the day and evening.