JOY AND NICK'S VISIT

Joy had a week off work at the University of Minnesota Hospital. Her friend, Nick, had the same time off from Mayo Clinic where he is a resident. They visited his family in South Dakota and came to Oregon for four days. Nick, Joy, Isaac and Lagaytha came to our house on Thursday for lunch.

TRIP TO YACHATS

The prediction was for nice weather for October 28-29. It was true. We had two beautiful days at the Oregon coast.

FLOWERS IN THE BACK YARD

ROARING RAPIDS JULY 2008

TRAIN PICTURES

The track from Central Oregon to Eugene has been closed because of an avalanche on January 19th. The slide covered two parts of the track because of the switchbacks in the tracks resulting from the steep terrain. Snow, rocks, trees and other debris covered the tracks up to twenty feet deep. The only trains we have seen are those carrying rocks to the repair site. Some of the trees are stored in the town of Oakridge a few miles from the slide area.

SNOW HAT

The lady was able to smile in spite of the extension to her hat.

ONE MORE MACHINE PICTURE

On Saturday night we had about six inches of snow; Sunday morning one of the machines came by to pick up the used ties and load them on a truck that is travelling on the track behind. The pictures were made through our dining room window and falling snow.