It's been a busy 24 hours

Last night we went to see Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men at a little hole in the wall called The Domino Room. Not exactly the kind of place we're used to seeing live music in, but it was OK and Dave rocked! He played flat-out for 2 hours, non-stop. It was awesome - and it only cost $10! We came home around midnight and sat in our backyard to watch the meteor shower - another thing you can't do in Santa Cruz. We're at 3600 feet, with no city lights around, and you can see the Milky Way perfectly while sitting on our patio. And it was warm out!

Today we got up and took our Oregon drivers tests. Karen and I both passed on our first try. I guess we really are transplants now. Oregon drivers licenses, Oregon plates on our cars, trailers, and boat. All the Tahoe ski resort stickers are still on the space box on the truck, though.

After getting our new drivers licenses, we did a little light-duty 4-wheelin' up in the mountains on a fire road and came to this great view of Mt. Bachelor. Some of our favorite "backside" ski/snowboard runs are in the background.



On the way down we stopped at Todd Lake and played in the water with our inflatable kayak which we had brought along. That's Broken Top Mountain in the background. We struck up a conversation with a guy on the side of the lake. Turns out he is an inventor who comes there to think. He invented the indicator on the side of household batteries that shows remaining battery strength, among other things. He was working on a way to indicate hours an electric device/appliance has been in operation. Pretty neat. We always meet interesting people whenever we go out here.



All-in-all a good 24 hours.