Driving through Southern Oregon

Leave our nice place and head out on 2 lane highways for the day. We drive 356 miles through twisty -turney roads. Lunch in Hilander (Burns, OR) at a nice Chinese place. When passing an RV today I then saw the biggest Eagle I have seen in 10 years. He was perched on a telephone pole with his side/back to me. It was 3+ feet from head to tail. I thought it was a vulture at first til I saw the head, then knew it was an eagle. Immediately after we saw a flying eagle and a flying hawk.

Growing onions and other crops everywhere around here.

Drove past Alkali lakes and took photos. Many were dry, and they all smell slightly of rotting eggs.

Left Ontario around 10:45am Mtn time and got to Klamath Falls OR about 7pm Pac time. Over an 8 hour driving day with no interstate. We are very tired the last hour.

This part of Oregon is still the high desert (much like nevada) to the south of our road and then more green and mountainous to the north- we drove along this edge to avoid the high temps (114+ F) in northern Nevada this week.

Driving day: from Utah through Idaho to Oregon

Leaving Oden, Utah very hot. Stopped by Dragonfly Health Food Store to drop off Biomat books/brochures. They also promote yoga/dance, holistic health. Visit them at www.DragonflyHealthFoods.com We had lunch there. The place is painted in several bright colors - the kind I love to wear! (Jocelyne).
Beautiful driving weather although we noticed a dark cloud most of the day and it was as if we drove around it. Thanks for that!
Key words/signs today: Summit, Independence, Eagle, Echo, Four Winds, Bliss, Pioneer, Knight Transportation, Sinclair (French word translation - free of sin). In true history, the Sinclair family was part of the Royal blood line. Some referred to us as pioneers following our bliss and setting fears aside. As we arrived in Oregon and stopped at the rest area, we read about the Oregon Trail reminded of how challenging some trails can be while others breeze right through to the golden days.

Warning: "Dust Storm area". I believe it with big open spaces and large areas of dry land.
Ate at 'Garden of Eden' in Idaho. '7th Heaven' was a sign by the highway.

Getting easier and faster to pack/unpack.
Over 12 miles of freshly poured black tar. Josh and I used cotton cloth as a mask to shield to strong odor. Jeff said "What smell?" (joking)
Staying at a Holiday Inn Express. The hotel clerk was impressed to log in a zip code starting with '0' - we still use our Manchester address until such time as our permanent address is known to us.
Driving miles: 365 miles
Total from CT: 2,254 miles

Driving thru Utah

Today we left Grand Junction Colorado around 10:30am. Beautiful clouds. Driving along I-70 West is like cruising through a mini version of the Grand Canyon. You can see old Reef areas from when this part of the country was under water. Rocks vary in red, whites, grays, greens and yellow colors in varying layers. The wide open spaces make Jeff feel expansive and for Jocelyne the same areas feel desolate until large rock formations are visible and bigger than life. There are areas where there are no towns/services for 100 miles. And few, if any plants, with dry areas for many miles.
Stop at a rest area about 30 minutes east of Salina, Utah. Total mileage so far: 1855.5 (note the repeating 5's)
555= hold on cuz things are about to change!
Salt Lake City and Provo, Utah were easy to drive through on route I-15 North even though there was a lot of construction. Once we got onto I-15 North then the green plants started to come back with the sage brush and yucca.
Today we thought we were traveling 6 driving hours and 350 miles. It ended up being 400 miles and 6+ hours of drive time. Including time out of the car from hotel to hotel was 9 hours. Much longer day than intended. We made it to our hotel just at 7pm, right in time for a our conference call as Josh was happy to check out sports car videos on his laptop. Long day!

Colorado Springs to Grand Junction, CO

Wake up in Co. Springs @ the Travel Lodge. Head out around 10 am to Castle Rock. (about an hour). Stop at Library for directions to the Cherokee Castle. A castle that was imported from England (block by block)over 100 years ago. It went into to a ranch called Daniels Park and was originally Highlands Ranch - a ranch many miles across and is now a suburb of 100,000 people just south of Denver. We need an appointment, so we cancel that idea. Alternate plan is we Go to Wolfensberger and 105 "Sanctuary" along a scenic route. Great views etc. Then take Jocelyne and Josh to Bee Rock for a minor attunement for them.
Then drive up Sante Fe (stopped in Sedalia for 10 minutes waiting for a coal train to pass by) to 470 and have lunch in Idaho Springs. Good fajitas.
mileage so far: Idaho Springs 1461 miles
Driving along I-70 West from Denver is well worth the time. You can see spectacular views of mountains up close and far away with snow on them in the middle of July.
Driving thru Glennwood springs area it rained on us. This is unnerving for Jocelyne as we are suspended above the canyon about 100' to 800' for 10 miles or so on a 'bridge' that contours the river below. She makes sure to follow the speed limit feeling more safe.
Make it to Grand Junction around 7:30pm to the Clarion hotel – nice place and reasonable $89. It's 92 degrees here at 7:30pm. When we get out of the car, both Jocelyne and I feel ‘tingley’ all over like a very fine vibration, more intense on the feet.
Total miles for trip: 1672 mi
5hrs just in the car (left hotel at 10 am and arrived next hotel at 7:30pm with excursions on the way)
320 travel miles today

Leave Nebraska - enter Colorado

Leave Kearney, NB around 10am. Go to a few tourist rest stops for info.
Go to Ogallala, NB for lunch and great pies (one for Jeff and one for Jocelyne)at a local eatery. We go to Petrified Wood Gallery. Amazing works of art. See www.petrifiedwoodgallery.com/
Arrive in Broomfield, Co around 7pm. We meet our hostess who has offered up her home to us for awhile and we have agreed to help her through her transition phase.
We found her extremely talkative, with very little focus feeling overwhelmed in her last 5 years since divorce. House was unkept. We felt like we were in 'Reality TV' back in the days of "The Odd Couple: Felix and Alex". Kids are fairly well adjusted though. Go to sleep late wondering what the heck we have gotten ourselves into.
Driving miles: 365 today

Leaving I.C. & later 'smelly spaces'

Pick up our Biomats that we had lent out around 7:30 am.

Leave Barb’s home around 9:30am for the road. Driving across Iowa & Nebraska. A few rain storms – short but heavy. Otherwise mid 70’s temps and mixed clouds with sun. Yesterday was over 100 degrees F in NYC, Philly, and Hartford areas. Staying cool here. Lunch at Quiznos in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Rain as we exited so we skipped doing some sound healing with the crystal bowls. Instead Jocelyne did 'toning' from the car.
Clouds were different today. Spectacular in many ways. Jocelyne talks to the clouds. We see more windmills in Iowa.
Stopped at a few rest stops and took photos. Made it to Kearney, Nebraska around 7pm. Check in and out of Ramada. Jocelyne wanted to check out a less expensive hotel but found out the fun way its worth the extra $10 for clean and non smelly. After dinner we checked into a different hotel called Wingate. We had to change rooms again from the smell of shampooed carpet that hadn’t dried yet. Did all this have to do with crossing the Racoon and Skunk rivers today? Something about self-respect today?

driving 430 miles today
6 1/2 car hours plus many hours out exploring, eating etc.