September 22, 1015
Blue jays, and chipmunks and squirrels, oh my! Blue jays, and chipmunks and squirrels, oh
my! Blue jays, and chipmunks and
squirrels, oh my!
Brrrr, it was cold this morning. We saw a sign for a trail leading to a
logging museum, so this morning's walk was through the woods, along the rushing
Williamson River and to the museum.
Since it was early, we figured it would be closed, but it is all outside
so it is available any time. All sorts
of machinery from over a hundred years ago, until modern times is on
display. There are old cabins from
logging camps. I looked inside one and
saw a gazillion rodent droppings - hanta virus at its peak! I looked and moved on while Spouse reads
every sign... every sign... I left him
in loggerland while I finished my walk.
We then readied Hannah for the day. Rudy has been going crazy with the wildlife
here. He has kitty ADD - should he focus
on the blue jay? or the squirrel? or the chipmunk????? Oh they come so close to him... I think he was cranky when we put him in the
truck to leave!
We headed south on hwy 97 towards Klamath Lake. Lots of wooded hills along the way. The lake is huge. We pass through the town then head south on
39, which turns into 139 once we pass into California. The hills still have fir trees, but the grass
is brown. There is some desert scrub and
some marshland, and in the distance, there are piney mountains. We take hwy 299 towards Altura, then south on
hwy 395 to the town of Likely.
My friend Vicky told us about an RV park here with a golf
course and where the stars are out at night.
The moon is too bright to see the milky way, but we did play golf! We got here around 2pm, the sun was out, so
why not!
It is a tough course, and long. The greens are spongy so they can be really
slow, until you finally hit the ball hard enough to get to the hole, then it
will go way past the hole. The fairways
were spongy too. We didn't get much roll
at all on the ball... that is until you don't want the roll... There were lots of hazards, especially on two
of the looong par 5s, where right in the middle, you had to lay up or
drink. Here you need every bit of club
in your bag to get to the green, and you have to lay up right in the
middle. We are talking 600 yards here... Of course the deer and the snake were nice
distractions!
Back to Hannah for some Rudy time and my vodka tonic. Oh Rudy, do you have to roll in the dirt like
that?
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