OREGON VACATION DAY 3

Sunday's weather started out with cloudy skies and rain. The weather was supposed to clear around noon so we decided to go to Redmond and eat breakfast, then go shopping for food items for the week. We went to a restaurant called "Country Nook" which was supposed to have good old country cooking. We ordered their special which was sausage gravy and biscuits with scrambled eggs and bacon. The food was great although service was a little slow because of the number of people eating breakfast. They kept our coffee cups refilled so the wait wasn't two bad. I commented when I checked out that they seemed to be pretty busy. He said they were, but not like last week-end. He said they had a line of people for breakfast that lasted for over three hours.
After breakfast we went shopping and then back to Eagle Crest to put away our purchases. We decided to go to the town of Sisters to visit some of the shops. A lot of the buildings have been around for awhile. The Hotel Sisters which was built in 1912 is now a restaurant called "Bronco Billy's". Many of the other buildings are around the same time period.


We visited a very unique furniture store. All the furniture was made by local artisans who made the furniture from old juniper trees. The furniture was beautiful, but very expensive. A set of bunk beds sold for almost $1,300--too expensive for my budget. They had just about anything for the home made out of juniper wood.


We visited an antique shop which had a lot of vintage items. Prices were a little higher than in Ohio, but, it was fun to look.

Linda found a book of Oregon breweries and one was located in Sisters. The name of the brewery was Three Creeks. We decided to go there to sample their beers and eat a late lunch. Unfortunately, the beers we wanted were not available because they were bottling the beer. I selected an Irish dark beer and Linda selected a blonde. Both were good, but not as good as the amber and the dark beer that we had wanted.

We decided to try a couple of their burgers. Linda ordered a mushroom burger with Swiss cheese and I ordered their spice southwest burger with jalapeno peppers. The southwest sauce was a little spicy but tasted very good. The jalapenos also added a little kick to the burgers.

There were some very nice cottages near the brewery which looked like a good place to spend some time and most of the cottages were full.

(picture is the view from our bedroom deck)

We decided to go back to Eagle Crest to take a hike on one of the walking trails along the river. There are three trails; a 1.6 mile trail; a 2.2 mile trail; and a trail that is over 3 miles long. We decided to try the shortest trail first.

Getting to the trail was a little tricky. It was a pretty steep decline and a sign warned you that you should be in good health to begin the hike. We walked down to the river and along the trail for awhile. I took a lot of pictures which are included in the slide show. We saw a sign that said south trail end. We thought it was too early to be at the end of the trail, but when I looked at my watch, it had been almost an hour since we started. The hike was so enjoyable that time flew.

We went to our condo and Linda read her book. I was going to work on the blogspot, but the couch was so inviting that I laid down for a nap. The day is almost over and we both have had a very relaxing day. Not sure what we will do tomorrow. I guess it depends on the weather.