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| Sahalie Falls - photo by Jackie |
The plan is to drive to New Orleans and Nashville over 12 days or so. Driving is only five to seven hours each day, so we have some time to see some sights and still get in early.
Today we stopped near home to get some berries, then drove to Bend, Oregon via Salem, taking us on a scenic drive through the mountains and Sisters, Oregon, a Western-themed town in the mountains near Bend. We decided not to stop in Sisters today, but Jackie wants to come back and stay the night there.
The theme of the day was smoke, which kept getting thicker as we got closer to Bend, and smelled like a nearby campfire when we stopped and got out of the car. We were starting to worry about whether our route today or tomorrow would be blocked by fires, but then in the last few miles the air cleared. Fingers crossed for tomorrow.
We did not plan to visit Sahalie Falls, in fact never heard of it until this morning when it popped up on Google Maps, but it was only 10 miles out of our way, and we have plenty of time. The falls is not very high - I think I could jump from there and survive, maybe - but it had an impressive amount of water flowing for mid-August. Definitely worth the diversion.
Tomorrow we head to California, and the first decision is whether to drive by the world's last Blockbuster store, about five blocks down the road from where we are staying. I'm inclined not to bother - I suspect it looks like a Blockbuster.
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