Out and headed for breakfast at 7:20. Went to The Original Pancake House again for two reasons. First, a great breakfast, with the best extra crispy bacon. Yes Steve, this is the best you can find.
Second, we wanted to say hi to Crystal, one of the servers we have known for many years. It was good to see her and her daughter, who is now working there.
Next we took one of our old time drives to Prineville, Oregon. A 26 mile drive, which was added to by taking back country roads. Beautiful farmland, with a lot of cattle, a few sheep and lots of hay. If we were younger, a lot younger, ten acres would be perfect.
Stopped for a Starbucks before heading up Highway 27, along the Crooked River. The Crooked is a tailwater fishery and I did most of my fly fishing there a few hundred yards below Bowman Dam. This is a very pretty drive, with the river in view most of the time. Some views are just better than others.
This view is from the top of Bowman Dam. That little white dot is some guy fly fishing my spot.
Leaving the Crooked River behind, we headed West and I was able to get this photo. This is Broken Top mountain, which I mentioned yesterday as being appropiately named. And yes it is.
We continued to Bend to finish our grocery shopping. First up was Market Of Choice, where we picked up three packages of Carlton Farms sausage and some marionberry muffins for breakfast tomorrow. The sausages are very, very good and available only in Oregon, so we stockup when visiting. Next was Newport Market, where Barb scored a couple of jars of Marionberry Preserves. Like the sausage, Marionberries are an Oregon product, so they are also on our list.
We went around and around most of the day on where to have dinner. Many possibilities were put forward, reviewed, debated and discarded. By 3:30 we were faced with the possibility of starvation. In truth, we probably could have lasted a few days, but with a full day drive ahead Barb finally in desperation suggested Baldies BBQ. Having eaten at Baldies many times in a past life, it received a unanimous vote in favor and we were off. Two BBQ pork sandwitches (one with slaw the other with toast) later we were back in our room getting packed to head home.
225 miles today.
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