Mike and I split up the cleaning of the apartment and we kept laundry going all day. We only did four loads but the dryer wasn't working well so it took 13 hours. The maintenance man came on Wednesday so hopefully that is fixed. We shopped for a few things in the morning and then in the afternoon we drove up to see Camp Alpine which is about 40 minutes NW of here. There are two full time missionary couples that live there and operate the camp. There is a home on the property where one couple lives and the other couple are in a trailer, more like what we did at Heber Valley Camp. It was a beautiful setting and had many of the things the had at HVC but in minature. The lake was a pond (which was drained), the zip line went over the pond so that they could jump in, the bathrooms were outhouses and the cabins didn't exist. It is tent camping.
We had no jackets with us because it was sunny in Eugene. We were surprised when we saw the frost on the ground and had to borrow coats to drive around the property.
Amphitheater
Front Lawn of Office
Outhouse, woodshed and frost
The empty pond and zipline across it.
When we left the camp they drove up past an area that had just been logged before the camping started last summer. The logging company has one year, I believe, to clear the area off and replant. They had carefully let this area grow to the appropriate size of logs and then will cut another area that has reached that point in the next year or two. It is a very carefully planned rotation.
So much of this whole area of Oregon is covered with grape crops and wineries and Christmas tree farms. This picture does not do justice to the view as the trees seemed to go on for miles.
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