Kevin and I are leaving Trail, OR tomorrow. I feel like this summer is going by so quickly. We are already finished at our 3rd farm stop. Each place has been so different and we are learning so much. I am really coming to appreciate how much work it takes to get to the end result of good food without using chemicals and huge machinery. But the food does taste great. I think in the end it is worth all of the sweat.
While in Trail we have gone swimming in a few creeks near the house. The place we are staying at is in the mountains away from any real sense of a town. We have also visited Crater Lake. It is an old volcano that imploded in on itself about 7,000 years ago and formed a lake inside. The lake is about 7,000 feet up in the air and is a beautiful blue color. We went for some steep hikes, not sure if we would be able to finish. But luckily we made it up to Mount Scott and then down to the lake. One day we also went into the town of Shady Cove.
Where we are the air is dry but hot. Right now is forest fire season in southern Oregon. In the past I have always watched the news and heard about the forest fires, but the reality did not set in. In order to get to the house we drive along a road where you witness the devastation of a forest fire back in 2002. And it appears that there has been a fire near Reno, NV a few days after we drove by that way. I think now I will be able to understand the magnitude of the forest fires next time it makes the news headlines.
Tomorrow we leave for our final farm destination. We are going to stop by Corvallis and then end up in Portland to visit a friend. We have decided to put the redwood trees on our 'to do' list for when I come home for Africa, as it seems we will not be able to make it this trip.
Less than two months until Cameroon, as long as plans do not change...
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