November 5-7

November 5
Awoke this morning in the beautiful Safeway parking lot in Lakeview, OR. Asked around for the nearest hot springs looking forward to a morning soak but to no avail. Snow was beginning to accumulate on the side of the road and the clouds looked ominous.

We slowly pushed on toward the only mountain pass that separated us from our next stop, Klamath Falls. We stopped at a state park to make coffee and oatmeal and to let Sadie strech her legs. The snow had now stopped falling and the sun was peaking through the clouds. Emily and I decided to make a break for K Falls. Nothing but cows and pasture for 100 miles.

We arrived in Klamath in the late morning. Due to the lack of sales tax in OR we decided it would be a good idea to continue cracking away at our never-ending supply list. Next stop the Dollar Store. We spent an hour shopping for interactive toys and games for the children we expect to meet on our adventure. We bought bubbles, bouncy balls, blow up balls, bracelets, balloon animal kits and many more fun trinkets for the kids. Grand total: Thirty dollars :)

After the dollar store we met my mother at her new job location with the American Red Cross. She showed us the office and toured Homey. We followed her several miles into the country as the snow began to pummell us. We were glad that we had made the decision to push on to K Falls ahead of schedule. Mom invited us into her cozy farmhouse surrounded by cows, chickens and horses. There, Sadie met several new laborador companions. Max(brown), Blue(yellow), and new to the family and just a pup Kasey(black). We enjoyed dinner and conversation late into the night with Mom, her husband Ken and our new sister Toni.

November 6 and 7
The next two days Emily and I were treated to a life of ease. We took our days extremely slowly while the Eskildsons wined and dined us. During the day we had the house to ourselves while Mom and Ken were at work and Toni attended school. We lounged around and played with the dogs. We treated ourselves to a couple of afternoon movies and caught up on some laundry.

Our last evening in town we had an early Thanksgiving with the fam. Turkey and stuffing, the whole nine yards. Toni and Mom so willingly waited on us hand and foot.(Thank you!!!) Later Toni went to a school dance and the rest of us went out on the town (way past everyones bedtime) and enjoyed good conversation and cocktails. What a wonderful, relaxing few days we have had in their company!