Visitors from Phoenix...

Tahkenitch Landing Campground
Gardiner, OR

One of 22 float houses on Tahkenitch Lake.

Last Monday (9/2), some friends from Phoenix, AZ, came to visit.  They were on their way north to the Seattle area and parked their Rialta motor home in the campground.  They visited for two nights (9/2-3) and headed north on the Wednesday the fourth.  We had a wonderful time hiking and exploring the woods nearby.

I took them on the Three Mile Lake Trail on Wednesday and the walk was wonderful.  We found some Huckleberry bushes and enjoyed handfuls of the sweet, black berries.  I spoke of the Three Mile Lake Trail in one of the earlier blog postings.  It was interesting to see the differences in the land and the lake between the first visit and the second.  

This is Three Mile Lake on July 16th:

And this is Three Mile Lake on September 4th:

The differences are remarkable.  And the very next day, we experienced the rain shown in the last blog posting.  I would almost be interested in taking the walk again to see if the rain made a difference.

Except for the rain last Thursday, the weather here has been warm by Oregon Coast standards.  The area is looking at the low 70's this week.  But, as always, the mornings are misty and cool.  Perfect camping weather.  So why aren't you here enjoying it?  Why are you still sweating in the heat everywhere but here?  You have only two and a half weeks left to come visit before I am done...