May 2010 Camping Trip Cont.

Frenchglen, Oregon - Day 4 (our last day here)

Last night before dinner, we all took off to look for some wild free-roaming mustangs. We did spot some, but they were very far away. We also managed to find a lot of cattle with baby's, so I took a few pictures for the "ahhhhhh" factor. :-)

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Wild "Free-Roaming" Mustangs


Dinner time

Black & White calf's


Blue Grouse (Female)

This morning we woke up bright and early (OK... maybe not so "bright"), at 5:30AM. We decided to try and view the birds early in the morning, but someone forgot to tell all the birds we were coming to see them. :-) Here are some pictures from today.

Long-Billed Curlew

Northern Shoveler


Another Ring-Necked Pheasant


Mallard


Another Egret

Luckily, I had placed my telephoto lens on this morning, and we were able to catch baby geese being born without getting too close.

Baby Goslings that just hatched


Who was standing here hundreds or thousands of years ago?

Early morning on the High Desert

Well... our Frenchglen trip is slowly coming to an end. Tonight we will be eating dinner at the Frenchglen Hotel which serves "Family Style" home cooked meals. Get your reservations in early (we made ours two months ago), as they fill up fast and the food is to die for!

* Edit: Our dinner consisted of Roasted Chicken, Green Salad, Homemade Rolls, Spinach/Artichoke/Ricotta Cheese souffle, and Rice Pilaf. For desert... a Marionberry Cobbler with Vanilla Ice Cream.

Frenchglen Hotel

This afternoon, the wind really started gusting (50+ MPH Gusts)... so much so that I took down our flag. It also kicked up the dust in the area, enough that road visibility was knocked down to "0". We talked with a couple during dinner, that had to pull over off the road as they headed back to Frenchglen this afternoon!

Huge dust storm covering Frenchglen, and heading our way

We hitch up the wagons in the morning, and start our looooong drive back home. It looks as if the snow levels are falling, and we may find snow again in the High Cascade range. We'll miss our experiences we had here in the High Desert of Oregon... and our daily feeding of "Star", but we'll always have the pictures and memories.

Until our next adventure, Happy Trails...

Gary, Karen, and Abby Too!