We used the Roundhouse as our "jumping off" point. From Sisters we traveled to John Day through the fossil beds. Here we stopped to take a look. Lilah was bent on walking Simon herself!
We arrived in the afternoon at Nick's nephew's house in John Day. Cousin(?) Kaitlyn is just three months younger than Lilah, and they had a blast exchanging toys and playing in the backyard:
We later took them to a park:
Lilah's Daddy reads to the two girls:
The next day Nephew Keith (who's only younger by a couple years) took us to see the salmon spawning in the John Day River. Yum, yum.... You spawn Salmon so I can eat you and your children for dinner!
If you look closely, you can see a ginormous salmon in the middle of the river:
The group looking for salmon:
The good friends: (Lilah talks a lot about Kaitlyn now!!)
The day after we traveled on to Burns, where one of my best girlfriends lives. Auntie M & her new husband (as per our June blog) took us out to see the beautiful Steens in Burns' backyard:
This is Kiger Gorge. It's high elevation and very windy, so Nick has Lilah bundled up in his arms while we checked the gorge out:
The newlyweds overlooking the Alvadore Desert
Auntie M!!
After a long day of driving around, Michelle (Auntie M) and Boyce took us to the local hot springs:
Soon it was time to hit the road again. We took a different route home -- constantly taking new roads and highways we've never driven on. Thank you Lilah for being so good in the car!! She was a star.
We saw a lot of beautiful country and a lot of wide open spaces. Makes us want to pack up and move! We are thankful for a safe, fun & interesting trip, and thankful for being able to see people near-and-dear to us. We will have to do it again!
On the way home:
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