Boise to Yachats via Sisters

This isn't really a blog! Rather, its to test a new routine for our trip to Greece in October. I had our little netbook upgraded. Now I wanted to test that it will connect to a hotel wifi (it does), that I have the right cable to export photos from the camera to the netbook (I do) and that I can insert photos into a blogpost (remains to be seen). If all this works as planned, we won't have to lug our trusty, but heavy (and valuable) laptop.

A long time ago, we'd blocked off this August week from our calendar, with no particular idea as to where we might go. So, on Sunday, we would decide on a road trip either to Montana/Beartooth/Yellowstone or the Oregon Coast. Oregon was the winner, mainly because it was less driving.

We left Boise after church on Sunday and went to Bend. We had planned to take the scenic route hru John Day, but Rt 26 was closed due a major fire. So we went the usual way, through Burns, and arrived around 6:00PM. We stayed at the fleabag Holiday Motel, which was fine and the price was right. Dinner at the Black Bear. 

Monday breakfast at The Gallery in Sisters. Smoke from a big fire down by Crater lake was pretty thick. Then proceeded up the McKenzie Highway heading for Eugene. At the the top of McK Pass is the Wright Observatory, built in the 1920s in the middle of a lava flow. Very pretty!

Arrived in Yachats late afernoon, after a fe stops to enjoy the views of the ocean. We checked into the Adobe Resort, where will be for three nights. Bar food in the hotel lounge was quite good!

 Weather is sunny, cloudless, aound 70 degrees, with a gale force wind!

I was unable to upload all the photos I wanted to. Its a function of file size, internet connectionn speed or my computer. Will try again later. Why are the photos all different sizes?