It is the last month for Campground Hosting in Oregon...

Tahkenitch Landing Campground
Gardiner, OR

In the last posting (#16) of this blog, I was "WOWED" by the possibility of rain occurring at the campground.  I believe I described it as "Not very much rain but rain any way you look at it.".  Well, last Thursday it was real rain, lots of it, with lightning, thunder and wet everywhere.  As I sat at the dining table listening to the roar of the rain on the roof of Irv, watching the water course down the road toward the lake, seeing the lightning and feeling the vibration of the thunder, I filmed some excellent video of the event.

(You can watch in 'Full Screen' by clicking on the square in the bottom right corner of the video)

The rain lasted for about three hours and it was great.  This was the first rain of any volume at Tahkenitch Landing Campground since the second and third weeks of May!

Good news!  Deborah's cataract surgery on her right eye was as successful at the surgery on her left eye.  She was stunned at her ability to see colors and clarity.  She indicated that, at first, it was hard to get used to the ability to see without glasses or contact lenses.  She kept thinking that she had to take her contact lenses out each night.  She is loving it.  She does need readers for the close work, anything within an arms reach, but driving, looking at scenery, reading street signs and highway signs are all good.  The biggest drawback to clarity of vision is now she really knows what I look like.

My post as Campground Host at Tahkenitch Landing Campground is slowly coming to a conclusion.  I will be moving Irv from the campground to a temporary storage facility on or about September 28th.  I will be meeting Deborah in Portland on the 30th and we'll be spending a couple of nights in Portland before heading to Seattle to visit with friends and family.  It has been a fabulous summer with temperatures never reaching the beastliness of Phoenix.  I love the cool, moist climate along the coast of Oregon...even when it rains.  After our visits to the Seattle area, we'll return to the neighborhood to pick up Irv and head home to Phoenix.  We should be back in town around the middle or October or so.  And I will looking for the next adventure.  We have some travel planned between now and the spring.  Wonder what will come next summer?

Suggestions anyone?