The view from our campsite
We discovered Elkton, Oregon on last year’s camping trip with Jackie, Linda, et al. We had just spent five days on the Oregon coast fighting strong winds 24 hours a day. We gave up and headed inland and found Elkton, with an RV Park right on the Umpqua River, three wineries in town, and Tomaselli’s Pastry Mill & Café. We had such a nice time that Debbie & I decided to spend a night in Elkton on the way to Redmond. We got to the RV Park about 4 PM, settled into our campsite by the river, then walked the two blocks to Tomaselli’s. Last year we had breakfast there twice, but not dinner. This year we decided on dinner. We didn’t realize that on Friday night, they have a fixed price special that changes each week. The special this week was roasted duck breast with a blackberry and fresh ginger sauce, wild rice pilaf, fresh green beans and a roasted red potato-cherry tomato-walla walla onion salad with a light pesto dressing. Yum!!! For dessert we had chocolate cheese cake. More Yum!!! Actually, since Debbie doesn’t care that much for duck, she chose from two alternate entrees, New York steak or oven roasted scampi. She chose the scampi, and it was as good as the duck breast. Then on our way out-of-town the next morning, we had a great breakfast, and took two gigantic orange-cranberry-walnut cinnamon rolls with us for a later meal.
We got to Redmond about 11 AM on Saturday, and were parked almost immediately in our space for the week. There were no rally activities on Saturday or Sunday, but beginning on Monday there are seminars, crafts, entertainment, new coaches from almost every motorhome manufacturer and several hundred equipment and supply vendors.
On Saturday evening we drove the 14 miles to Bend and had dinner at the Deschutes Brewery Pub. We had to wait long enough to down a beer, and then we enjoyed very good pub food.
Sunday morning we drove again through Bend to the High Desert Museum which was fabulous! Wonderful exhibits of art, high desert wildlife, plateau Indian history and early pioneer living.
The pioneer cabin reproduction
Beautiful dragonfly vase in the art exhibit
We spent almost the whole day there, and then stopped in Redmond for pizza on the way back to the coach. We’re having a problem with the refrigerator refusing to light when running on propane. Since we’re dry camping with no hookups, that’s a problem. We run the generator for a few hours a day to keep the batteries charged and to run the AC in the afternoon. The refrigerator runs fine on the generator, but last night Debbie heard the refer alarm go off at 2:15 AM and at 5:15 AM so she got up and fussed with it until it started. I checked the burner this morning and believe the problem is in the piezo spark lighter that’s supposed to light the burner. Fortunately there are Norcold techs here and I should be able to get them to fix it in the next day or so. At least we’re thinking positive thoughts.
More on the Rally later.
