A few weeks back we escaped to the Metolius for a quick overnight trip. It’s a short drive to a beautiful spot here in central Oregon, but not one we frequent.
The weather was great, the crowds were there, but nothing like a summer weekend. The fishing on the other hand, well, let’s just say I didn’t expect to catch anything, and the Metolius met my expectations.
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It’s been too long since those warm days in southern California last fall. We finally got out this past weekend to kick of the 2019 camping season. But first, the big news since then is that we traded in the old camper for a newer one! I don’t know the exact year the old Four Wheel Camper that we acquired in 2015 was manufactured, but it was built in the mid 1990’s. It was starting to show it’s age in a few areas. Although it served us well and was holding together just fine we were starting to look at a few major replacements to keep everything weather tight and functional. I wasn’t really looking in earnest, but then along came an ad for something pretty close to a perfect replacement. So, we pounced on it, placed the old camper up for sale and in a matter of days the switch was made.
Ever since then we’ve been ready to hit the road and give it a Maiden Voyage. Due to extensive snow in most of the state we decided we’d make our way over to the coast to take advantage of some better, non snowy weather. We found a bit of spring as we hit the other side of the Cascades. Daffodils were blooming!
After completing the Mojave Trail it was time to start wandering in the direction of home. We had one more potential stop in our plans, and we had enough days left to do it. We headed north to Death Valley. We had a side trip on the way north to the China Ranch Date Farm near Tecopa. Having never seen Date Palms before, but loving dates, I was immediately impressed to see this little oasis.
We took a walk around the plantation and enjoyed a date shake. Many of the palms were loaded with dates which looked ready to harvest. Yum.
