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While we were in Bend

 We got to visit with Rick and Sheri. We know them from South Texas and southern Arizona in the winter. This is our first visit with them in their summer habitat.  Who knew they had such a cool house? It’s outside of Terrebonne, with a view of Crooked Creek Canyon.  While we were there, a Lazuli Bunting visited their feeder.   
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The Great Pacific Northwest Tour

 2015 summer trip map We haven’t had enough.  We headed north.  Now we’re at Memaloose State Park on the Columbia River.  We got lucky.  When we got here, the site we had reserved wasn’t that good, but the ranger had a nice one in reserve and we got that.  There are trees, but the satellite dish on our roof is open to the sky, so we could watch the republicans debate each other, and watch Jon Stewart’s final show. The campground is nice.     And we saw a Lewis’s Woodpecker. 
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Happy Anniversary to us

 It’s our 10 year anniversary in the bus today.  In celebration of that event, we’ve brought the motorhome back to her roots in Bend Oregon.  We’re at Beaver Coach Sales, where we made the purchase.  We’re getting a few things fixed; some tank gauges, a slide-out latch, some minor interior stuff. It’s fun to work with the people in the service and parts departments that have been with Beaver Coaches for all this time.  Many of them were helping build them in the factory fifteen or twenty years ago.  When we describe things we want fixed or modified, we get instant recognition of what we’re talking about.  They’ve seen all this many times before.  They know their coaches. We had an appointment for Tuesday morning at 8am.  They were ready for us when we walked in the door.  They did everything on our list in a day and a half.  A visit to a repair shop and we’re almost sorry for it to be over so fast. We’ll be off to continue our adventure first thing tomorrow morning.  
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Oops

 I misspoke.  That’s not a titmouse, it’s a bushtit.  Similar name.  Different bird.  This is the bushtit. This is a titmouse.