This summer was a stay at home activity where we reunited with many friends and did a lot of things in Oregon that we had not done before. One of the nearby activities that we have driven by for years, was the < Air Museum in McMinnville. It was truly 
something to stop and see after all these years. Then there were a couple of Jet Boat trips on the Rogue River>, something that we have always wanted to do but were always too busy. And then we took in a couple of Shakespeare plays in Ashland. That is going to become a regular for us in future summers.
Also this summer we visited <Tom & Sue Stose up at their Detroit Lake campground that they were hosting. We stayed there a few days seeing all the work that is involved with camp hosting (at least all the work that Tom & Sue did) before heading over to Redmond for 
another FMCA RV Rally. The venders just seem to love to see us come, as described in the last BLOG. This year we decided to take the Crooked River Mystery Train trip>. It included a dinner and a mystery that started before you left the station with someone on the train platform getting shot. WHO DONE IT was the theme 
during the trip. It was a delight. Others that we met this summer at the Salem Elks included <John & Barb Wilde. They became real good friends 
as well as the hosts Jimmy and Brenda Holm. It was great to have picnics in the Elks park and help out with some of the chores. As we headed south, we decided to head to Klamath Marsh and visit John Snively’s new cabin> on the 
marsh. What a great spot to kick back and relax and watch birds right <from the porch.This winter WAS going to be a return to Albion and do a little cruising before heading back up to Saguaro Lake for their peak season of February, March, and April. HOWEVER, the since the tour boat on the next lake up was going to be out of commission this
winter because of a lake draw-down, the owners decided to pick up the slack by increasing our tours. They wanted us back enough to tell us to write any schedule we wanted and they would accept it. So we told them that to get some use of Albion this winter, I would have to have a couple of weeks off at a time to drive down to San Carlos (8 hr drive from Mesa), work on the boat or take a short cruise in the Sea. They agreed, so I’m driving the Desert Belle Paddleboat (http://www.desertbelle.com/) for two weeks and then taking two weeks off.My first trip to Albion, however, found that it was going to be
difficult to find an in-water slip to moor her. I finally located one in Marina Real, but while waiting for the slip to become available, I discovered a leak in the fuel tank. Unable to spend the time to work on it, I asked Jesus at Marina Secca to have his men fix it, and that I would be back in several weeks. That was "several" weeks ago now, and it still isn’t fixed…..Oh yeah, I forgot, IT’S MEXICO!!!Well, WHEN Albion is fixed and WHEN we locate an empty slip in the San Carlos area, we will start our short limited cruising in the upper Sea of Cortez. In the meantime, if anyone is headed to the Phoenix/Mesa area this winter, be sure to call, stop by, and take a complementary 1 ½ hour narrated paddleboat tour on Saguaro Lake…..and yes I do the narration too! I will have to admit that this is a beautiful 10 mile long lake with canyons and cliffs and Saguaro cacti. It is hard to call it a job!
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