Feb 28- Over the mountain and through the woods...to central Oregon we go

We woke this morning to quite a surprise...5" of snow at the cabin and snowing hard. Our plan for the day was to head east over the mountain passes and into central Oregon for a couple days of sun and exploration. This is what we woke to... not bad, huh?

We had to do some laundry (and it was snowing like hell so we had to wait it out), so off we went to Welches about 5 minutes west on Highway 26. This is about as helpful as Stephen was with the laundry!

With Susan clutching the passenger side door and using the imaginary brake on her side (sh-h-h-h, she thinks it's real!), we ventured over the two passes of the Cascade Range.

We were told to expect less snow on the other side and we also hoped that the sun would be more visible- we were not disappointed. Central Oregon is very dry and touts itself as having 300 days of sun a year. There were some clouds on this day but the sun was a -shining.

We encountered some flurries before reaching Redmond, OR about 2 hours later. That night, we attended an excellent talk by Franciscan father Richard Rohr at Eagle Crest Resort sponsored by a local spiritual life center that we hope to become involved with.

Once more, we are amazed by the radical climate changes here in Oregon within short distances of one another!