Our “one more day of travel” couldn’t have been any more beautiful;-)  The happiest days we have on the road is when we travel those ‘green dot roads’!  (Our atlas marks the scenic highways with green dots – thus a ‘green dot road’.)  And today was no exception.  Finding cooler weather as we journeyed along the base of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains, skirting the Lassen Volcanic NP between yellow flowered meadows – –

We found some cooler weather.

Wildflowers are already starting to bloom at 6,000 feet.

– – Up popped Mt. Shasta at 14,000 feet and snow capped right in front of us – –

Just follow the ‘green dot road’ to Mt. Shasta.

It hasta be …well, you know.

After such a beautiful travel day, we set up ‘camp’ – in Phoenix (OR) – of all places!  The itinerary here  included a round of golf, exploring/enjoying Ashland – and best of all – visiting with our friends Priscilla and Steve at their Salt Marsh Ranch sheep farm.  It was a fabulous day of lunching, visiting, catching up and checking out the new ‘guard dogs’ and lambs – –

Our Hosts on the Soay Sheep Ranch – Steve, Priscilla and Molly

Steve and Chloe minding the Soay sheep

It is always lots of fun for us to visit Priscilla and Steve from year to year, as we visited the first full year of their residence here and met Molly when she was just about 6 months old (she is now 11).  We have been able to watch the Ranch grow – in terms of acreage, number of houses, number of sheep, dogs and llamas, number of buildings to care for the sheep and house the farm implements and general ‘grooming’ and maintenance of the property.  What changes over the years and how much we enjoy seeing it all!!  Thanks to Priscilla and Steve for always opening your doors to us and sharing your ‘interesting retirement’ with us;-)

Next stop – Canyonville, OR for a Tiffin Rally and seeing LOTS of Magic relatives!!

Having fun already – E & G