Things move at a smaller pace; nobody's in the big rat race ........

Once again I have learned to "never say never"! Salt and I are actually entertaining the idea of becoming full time RVers for a couple of years. We want to go to Alaska and that definitely has to be done in the summer and we have just found so many areas that we want to come back to and do some more "exploring". We won't do it until we completely finish the house so that we can rent it out during the summer but it is very much on our minds.

Yesterday we headed for Redmond to visit the Renzi family. Jason and our son Michael have been good friends since junior high school; Jason has always been one of our "favorites"!!

We were kind of sad to leave the coast but once we started up McKenzie Pass we felt as though we were driving through God's Coloring book! I lived in two of the New England states and upstate NY and thought I had seen the most beautiful foliage. I don't think I have ever seen any colors as vibrant as the ones we saw yesterday. So it was from the beautiful coast to the colorful mountains and into the high desert in Redmond. Great state!!

We arrived at Jason's new business (he is the sole owner) and after visiting for an hour or so and getting the grand tour, we left to do some exploring on our own before meeting the family for dinner.

Jason's shop and new BMW...

And here is...the man of the hour!



We drove about 18 miles from Redmond to the small town of Sisters, OR. It is a true western town that has been preserved and remodeled while keeping the same ambiance of the old west.

We also stopped at this little ranch named Operation Santa Claus . It is a ranch that raises Reindeer used by many communities during the Christmas season. We thought we would include these pictures so that Emma would know Santa is getting ready....including making his list of "good/bad" little girls!!

And of course we had to make a stop at the LARGEST Wal Mart in the nation. It was the Grand Opening and was overwhelming....there was no way I could back up enough to get the entire building in the picture....it was like a mall.

We met Jason's parents at a neat little steak house and after a lot of "catching up" brought them back for a tour of the RV. We then spent the night right in Jason's parking lot.