A Weekend of Blessings

This weekend Lamar and I took advantage of his long weekend and drove over to central Oregon.  Our friends, Dean and Lorraine Marsh are in the process of moving to La Pine, so we took a few straggler boxes over for them.  We were blessed to be able to stay at the Inn at Eagle Crest for two nights.  It was nice to get away and do something different. 

We were blessed as we drove the pass over  Mt. Hood.  The roads were clear but I

must say I was a little disappointed that there wasn't more snow

along the highway.  This was actually taken inbetween Bend and La Pine. 

When we woke up, it had snowed a little bit, so we were blessed with a pretty drive.

Lamar and I met up with Dean in Bend to unload their boxes and

then drove to La Pine to have lunch.  We ate at a local Mexican

Restaurant that was really yummy.  Dean showed us around La Pine

a bit, and then we drove back to Redmond.  We were blessed

with a great visit!  We're going to miss having Lorraine and Dean

around!

But, on the way, we decided to look around Sunriver.   One of the

gates was open, so we drove in and drooled over the beautiful

homes and grounds.  "I could live here"...."I could live here"....

"I could live here"....was about all that would come out of my mouth.

This frozen pond was inside the gated community and we were reminded

how we are blessed with God's beautiful creation around us.  As we circled

around the grounds, we made our way out towards the entrance

and our hearts stopped (briefly) when we saw that the gate

was closed.  Uh oh....oh, thank you God...it

automatically opens when you leave! That would have

been really embarrassing!  :-)

After the rain and snow stopped, we were blessed with blue skies.   Ahhhh.

We took a long walk Sunday morning at Eagle Crest before we packed

 up and started for home.  It felt so good.

On our way home, we hit some patches of fog. Not enough to

be a problem, so that was good!

Going over the mountain, we were blessed with a rainbow!

And at the end of our trip, we stopped by to see

our newest granddaughter, Raegan and her

mommy, Kelly.  A little blessing for sure!