We can't believe we actually stayed in one place for almost 10 days. The Elks Club RV Park in Salem, OR turned out to be a great place. We are about half way between Portland and Eugene, OR. We went to the club one night to have a few cocktails and dinner. Turned out that they had live music and we had fun dancing the night away.

We had hoped to reorganize our basements but discovered we had a big hydraulic leak. It squirted oil every time we put out a basement drawer or lowered our leveling jacks. So we decided not to open the drawers unless we absolutely needed something.

We went to the car races on Saturday night. The track is a 1/3 mile dirt track. They had all different categories and the drivers were very competitive. It was really fun.

One night we went to a Minor League Baseball Game in Salem. The Volcanos are a AA Minor farm team for the San Francisco Giants. They are very good and lead the league. They beat Eugene 12 to 5.

On Monday, Labor Day, we decided to pack a picnic lunch and head for Wilamette Park. The weather was great and we wanted to see the carousel that was handcarved and painted by local artisans. The carousel has 42 wood carved horses. It was absolutely beautiful and the kids were having a great time riding it.

We went to another area to have our picnic lunch and play a game of Skipbo. I had visions of a wonderful fun picnic - spending some time outside. Well, the bees decided to come and check out our turkey wraps. Larry wasn't happy about the bees intruding on his lunch. He was about to take a bite of his wrap and just happened to look and see a bee buzzing around inside the wrap. After we would sneak a bite - we would quickly have to wrap them up in foil. What a pain!!! We decided to finish our game and then we would leave. Larry went to put his arm down on the table and didn't realize that there was a bee sitting right there. His arm squished the bee and the bee fought back. Stung him good. Now, Larry really isn't happy. My wonderful idea of a fun picnic in the park was quickly turning into a disaster. Then the bum came to visit. He was amazing. Dressed fairly nice and attached himself to another table. He took out a couple of pages of newspaper and spread them on the bench. Then he unfolded another page (which had been folded many times) and laid it on top of the table. Then he put his jacket and nice leather bag on top of the paper. He took out his bottle of water and his partial bag of chips. He was very neat and tidy. After I beat Larry at Skipbo (just had to say that) we left. Oh well, it was a good idea - but the bees won.

We are now in Coburg, OR. Had to get our oil leak fixed. Then we are off to Sisters, Or to visit our Son and his family. Our daughter, Angela and her two boys are driving up from Chico, CA to help celebrate my birthday and our granddaughter's birthday which are on the same day. We are not sure how we are going to get there since there is a really bad fire just north of Sisters.

After the birthday celebration , we plan to head north into Washington and Idaho. Our cruise out of Portland isn't until September 23. So we have plenty of time to go exploring.

Hope all of you are healthy and safe. Love you all