We both slept in this morning and took our time getting ready to go. We had a short road trip planned – about 37 miles – to see the Rogue River Gorge and the Natural Bridge. It was a pretty drive up to Crater Lake and then west. We had stopped at the Ft Klamath General Store to see if they had sandwiches for a picnic. This place looks derelict from the outside, and the fuel pumps next to it look like a hazmat problem, but there were lots of truckers there yesterday, so we stopped. The inside was thinly stocked with random items, but the deli section made fresh sandwiches that weren’t too bad. The husband/wife propriators were quite friendly, and the walls were covered up to the ceiling with baseball caps. The wife told Bill to put his hat back on or her husband would have it on the wall. We did stop on the entrance road to Crater Lake to see Annie’s Falls and the Godfrey Glen Meadow overlook, both of which were worth the 5 minute stops.
Once we reached the Rogue River, we started our exploration at the upper river viewpoint. The Rogue River is a small river that tumbles over large rocks, through narrow gorges, and then passes down and through a short lava tube and erupts at the other end to continue gently down to the Pacific 184 miles below. There is a 3 mile trail that follows the river from before the gorge to below the natural bridge. We just drove and parked at various viewpoints, hiked backwards a bit and managed to see a great deal of this pretty section of river. We had our picnic at the last viewpoint/walk before checking out the Natural Bridge. It was a fun day-trip.
We came back to the RV and did laundry. This was a little different in that they have a locked room with two washers and dryers. You pay $3 per wash/dry and get the key to the room. Anyway, the laundry is now done for a few more days.
At 5:30 we headed the 13 miles into Chiloquin for dinner at The Table. Bill found this on Yelp and we both loved the fact that someone said: “I promise that this is the best place you'll ever grab a sandwich that is attached to a laudrormat and has bars on the windows.” There were only a handful of people there, and the poor older female waitress brought us menus and water, explaining that she was flying solo tonight because everyone else had not come in. I got the Avocado Delight – a true California sandwich on sourdough with avocado, spinach, sprouts, onion, and tomato. It was fresh and good. Bill got a southwestern omelet that was also good. The food was just good, basic food which was kind of nice.
Once again it has really cooled off at night, and I have my sweatshirt back on! We had a truly amazing sunset which made the pine trees look like they were on fire. Tomorrow we are off to Albany OR for a quick overnight stop on our way to Mt St Helens.
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