Journal only, pictures later

Saturday morning and we have an amazing breakfast of hot cakes and a wonderful egg casserole Actually that was Friday, get mixed up when I don’t blog right away. This is Saturday and we are off to Baker, Oregon. It is about 35 miles away from the park and so we are in line and underway by nine o’clock. The country side is very rolling and very brown. We are headed to a Lewis and Clark OregonTtrail interpretative center and so as we drive my mind goes to those time when the wagon trains were rumbling across this countryside. Before too long we arrive and we are greeted by a park guide. The first activity is gold panning and we didn’t go because we had panned in the Yukon. I am glad that we declined. This center is totally amazing and there are so many exhibits and films that we never could have seen it all if we had panned. As it was we saw only one of the movies in the main theatre. We left with a great appreciation of what these people had done. Next the convoy was underway and we were on our way the Sumpter Junction Restaurant. They were waiting for us so the service was almost fast. The cute feature of this establishment is the toy train. There is a train that runs all round the diner. It is mainly near the ceiling with level changing heights in two places. It was so much fun to watch and almost all of us were taking pictures. We came back to the park and before we knew it the time had come for Happy Hour. The evening was highlighted by a catered meal. It was amazing and so very tasty. There were lots of left overs and we had the chance to take the leftovers with us. I got 2 pieces of chocolate cake for ken. The golf prizes were given out and we four ladies all got a gift. I got a club cleaner. Carol Foxx got the Baffy this year. All to soon a long day came to an end. Tomorrow we hit the road again.