From Ashland north to Grants Pass is the Rogue Valley. The first pushpin on the left is where son Mark Martin and family live. The second pushpin on left is Valley of the Rogue Park where we parked the RV. The third push pin sorta in the center is where son Jeff and family live. The push pin on the far right is Klamath Falls where the Oregon Institute of Technology is located and where Hunter, Jeff and Kirsten’s son ran in the track meet we went to the first Saturday we were here in the Rogue Valley.
On Hwy 140 headed from Medford to Klamath falls. About a 100 miles!
This is Saturday, the weekend before Memorial Day, and we are driving over the pass into the Klamath Basin from Medford. Brrrrrrr!
The wind was blowing and we waited in the car until it was almost time for Hunter’s race. The quail gave us a show right outside the window.
Hunter is in the middle. He came in second in the 800 meter race (twice around the track) He made it in under two minutes. Go Hunter!!
We attended church with Mark, Teresa, Terena and Marissa on Sunday morning, stopped at Abby’s for pizza and went to their home in Wimer. They are bottle feeding two abandoned kittens. They are about 3 weeks old in these pictures. Terena has the kitten on her head under the hoodie and Marissa has one cured under her chin. The girls do the night time feedings and Mom, Teresa takes care of them during the day while they are at school. After getting up a few time during the night to feed them and then having to go to school, they have decided that having babies is tough to take care of!
Because we will be gone over the Memorial Day weekend the girls got dressed up in their “banquet” dresses so we could see them. They go to a Christian High School and there isn’t any dancing, so instead of proms they have banquets. (Usually someone has a party after the banquet at a private home)
Below are the girls in their dresses.
Terena in a blue/purple halter dress, and Marissa in a strapless green and blue “puffy” dress. Both fit their personalities.
After seeing the dresses we decided they needed accessorizing! Guess what Grandma Dixie has as the RV. Lots of bling! So the girls drove (Terena has an older Porsche that her dad fixed up for her!) back with us to the RV and we proceeded to accessorize.
Terena is wearing rhinestone earrings and neclace, while Marissa has on a necklace that belonged to her great grandma Cape. We made a set of earrings for Marissa to go with the necklace. The matching earrings were clip on and probably dated from the 1950’s. I remember wearing them when I was in high school, and by the end of the evening my ears hurt from those clips pinching them. I know I’m prejudiced, but I think they are beautiful girls!
Monday we met with best friend, Debbie. (We both worked with her at Security Insurance in Medford) We had Mexican lunch together with her and her dad and sister. It has been almost 20 years since we all worked together and we are all beginning to show our age. Here we are together hiding our double chins!
Debbie now is a nail tech, so she did my nails and even fixed up Frank’s a little. So we had time to visit and catch up. As you can see by our clothing it is cold here. No shorts or T shirts!
Thursday, Austin (Jeff and Kirsten’s youngest son) had an award ceremony we were able to attend. He keeps a 3.5 to 3.9 GPA. And he does have some AP classes. Smart boy!
We were in the bleachers behind and above the kids. This is Scenic Middle School. Because we were so far away, I had a hard time holding the camera steady to take the zoom pictures. (Sorry for the blurry pic!)
Austin receiving his award.
The proud kid! (Handsome guy with his shirt and tie!) This is his last year in middle school. On to Crater High next fall!
Proud parents, with our high achiever.
As you can see, while we were in the Rogue Valley we were very busy. It is so nice to see the family and spend time with the kids and see what they are doing.
Now we have to drive the RV back towards Klamath Falls to a state park just east of Chiloquin. It is past the upper part of the Klamath Lake and back in the pine forest. Thank goodness the snow was gone and the weather a little warmer. From Valley of the Rogue State Park to Collier State Park and Logging Museum is 102 miles. We left on May 28, the Friday before Memorial Day weekend.
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