We have had a delightful Sunday here in Bend, Oregon. We were all up fairly early this morning and Linda packed up to head back to California. She’s not quite ready to stop playing, so she planned to stay at a small hotel on the beach in Crescent City, California on her way back to Burney and complete the trip tomorrow. We have had a fun time, the three of us, and the only downside to this day was saying our goodbyes. We’ll definitely need to get back together again Real Soon Now.

After Linda left, Nina and I went to Church at the Mountain View Ward. Meetings started with Sacrament Meeting at 10 a.m. It was High Council Sunday with good talks. This seems to be a very active, close-knit ward. Sunday School was on 3 Nephi 8-11 with a good teacher and very active class participation. There are some good scriptorians in that ward. We finished up with Priesthood Meeting and Relief Society. Then it was back to the hotel to change clothes.

We then took a drive for the rest of the afternoon. We first went back to Sisters, Oregon as there were some old trucks there that Nina wanted to photograph (see her blog for pictures and info). After that we headed east to Redmond, Oregon. On route 126 just before we got to Redmond, we stopped at two places almost next to each other where collections of old cars, trucks, mining equipment, and bunches of other things were on display. They were very fun stops. So much fun, that we didn’t stop at the Santa Claus Reindeer Farm nearby….

We had lunch / dinner at Applebees and then drove to Prineville, Oregon (no idea how the name of that town is supposed to be pronounced!) and then came back to the hotel. We’ve both been working with pictures (I uploaded a bunch to Flickr) and writing blog entries. Maybe tomorrow I’ll get some of them in the picture album.

Tomorrow we’re headed south to Crater Lake National Park. It’ll be a full day and I’ll think about blogging while we’re driving there and back. Maybe.