Prairie City, United States

We woke up on our 15th wedding anniversary to a cool day with overcast skies. Jeff got coffee going and the day unfolded slowly. We thanked Jen for the gift of a couple of croissants as we ate our breakfast of scrambled egg and bacon croissant ...

May 10, 2006 We slept like babies. Maybe we finally felt like we were on our way, maybe because the place is so welcoming (though the mosquitoes were just beginning to come out). After coffee and a cereal breakfast Jeff headed out to explore a bit ...

... part of Oregon over 100 years ago.  It was pretty fascinating. We drove a little more east to the metropolis that is Prairie City and then 10 miles south to Strawberry Mountain.  It's a wonderful "primitive" campground that we had been to a few ...