Saturday, 26 May – TT Sun River OR

We had a lovely time last night with L&L and friends of theirs, Barbara and Dennis.  Larry cooked burgers on the BBQ and Lois made all the trimmings to go with, yummy!  It continued to drizzle throughout the night but this morning we woke to this:

View from my bedroom window this morning, yay sunshine again!

Had the duvet on last night, cosy!  This morning Kim was up first and reported a chilly 7C at 7.30am. Half an hour later it was 10C so it is warming up. We go for a walk to explore the grounds.

TT Sun River is huge, 297 sites all nestled between tall skinny pine trees?  We have water and 30 amp power and there is a dump nearby.  At the business end of the park runs an oxbow of the Little Deschutes River.  There is a pool (don’t think we will be testing the water), a spa (might give that a go)  basketball, tennis and pickleball courts, mini golf and disc golf, kayak rental, Panini’s Pizzeria Food Truck and the “Town Hall” houses the store, offices, book exchange, saloon and movie rentals.

We are in campsite F5

Larry & Lois' rig in foreground, ours next

Over the weekends TT put on events for the campers, this morning between 8.30-10am Breakfast in the Lodge, there is a Craft Fair and at 3pm there is Member Appreciation - cake and icecream.  Tonight there is live music by “Bead Trapper” and at dusk there is also an outdoor movie. Tomorrow Sunday they have a church service and in the evening a hot dog and marshmallow roast.

To rejoin Thousand Trails this year we got a bargain - so for $460.00 we get 30 nights free camping and thereafter pay just $4 night for services.  There are 18 Thousand Trails campgrounds in the Northwest Zone and we plan to give most of them a try.

It's warming up and we’ve got exciting things to do today, L&L are taking us into Bend.

First stop is Deschutes Brewery where we meet up with Dennis & Barbara for a tasty tasting or two!

Just one tasting tray!

Then we head into town to the Deschutes Restaurant for lunch.  After a half hour wait we are seated and enjoy some great food, ranging  from fish & chips, burgers, salad and calamari.

Then a tour to Old Mill Town which is a lovely area of Bend where we check out the sights and some shops.  Even after our big lunch, some still find room to slip down a cheeky little (?) Ben & Jerrys! The whole town was humming and we are lucky to get carparks where we wanted to be.  The sun stayed out and it was warm in it but cool in the wind.  It was a great day out, thank you L&L : )

Mt Bachelor (world class ski resort) and The Sisters