GETTIN DOWN WITH THE BREHMS, 16 OCTOBER, 2013

     Willamette River right behind our camp.

POOL AREA, RIVERBEND RESORT, HARRISBURG, OR

Nice place, right on the Willamette River. We rarely indulge, but we had chores to do in Junction city and other campgrounds were further away, so we figured the difference in price would save on diesel fuel.

RIVERBEND RESORT, HARRISBURG, OR.

Combination resort RV Resort and hotel. Pretty ritzy for us, but what the heck....

BURGERS AT BUGSY'S

We stopped in Junction City, OR. to get a couple of tires for the coach, and to get measured for a residential refrigerator for the coach.
While there we were able to hook up with old friends from Rohr, Rose Corvin and Carl Thurman. We enjoyed their friendly company and a couple of dinners and cocktails with them.

MT. SHASTA IN SEPTEMBER

After leaving Oregon, we stopped to visit friends Jim and Maxine Dimick in the town of Mt Shasta. This is the view from their backyard.

DINNER AT CASA RAMOS

Jim and Maxine Dimick, Diane and I enjoyed mountain Mexican food at Casa Ramos in Mt. Shasta. We were fortunate enough to spend a couple of days with our good friends. We meet up with Jim and Maxine, along with several other couples every year at Salton City.

POLE STRIPPING

No, don't get all excited. This not a Gentleman's Club. This is a computerized piece of logging equipment called a "Limber". It picks up the fallen logs, and the head at the far end of the machine, pulls the log through the mouth at the other end which strips all the limbs from the log. There is a chainsaw built into the head which cuts the de-limbed log to standard lengths.

THE BUNYAN BOYS, PAUL AND JIM

On the right is one of our Salton Sea buddies, Jim Dimick. He and wife Maxine, own several hundred acres if timberland in the Mt. Shasta area. On the left is Dave Richardson, who owns the logging company that Jim hired to "selective cut" part of his forest.

LOADING LOGS AT DIMICKS FOREST

The equipment used in logging is very hi tech these days. These claws grab the de-limbed trunks as gingerly as a Chinaman picking up a shrimp with chop sticks, and place them strategically on the logging trucks.

OUR HOME FOR A WEEK OR SO.

A must stop for us anytime we are in North Central California. When we arrived, the were holding  Remote Control Hydroplane races. Fun to watch, those little gas engines really move those little boats. Fishing is also pretty good, if there are no races.

LAKE MINDEN, R.V. RESORT

This was our view everyday from our camp at the TTN Resort at Lake Minden, Nicolaus, CA. About 20 miles north of Sacramento

STATE CAPITOL, SACRAMENTO, CA.

Can't help but question how people of such inspiration and purity can build architecture of such awe to house people of corruption.

CALIFORNIA CAPITOL ROTUNDA CIELING

These dome ceilings are always amazing to me. Almost beyond man's capability. I have admired the ones at the Vatican and other European cathedrals, along with many in the U.S. This one is beautiful.

DIANE AT THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA

This picture is made on the second floor of the Capitol with the rotunda mezzanine in the background.

US VISITING THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA AND CHAMBERS

I lived many years in California, and have been to Sacramento many, many times, but never visited the Capitol until now. Californians should be proud of this fine piece of architecture.

RONALD REAGAN GUBERNATORIAL PORTRAIT

Are you old enough to remember honesty, honor, intelligence and leadership from a statesman.

"MOONBEAM" CALIFORNIA CLOWN KING

Yes, believe it or not, among all the dignified portraits of California's past Governors, their stands this 3rd grade oil painting of Edmund G. (Jerry) Brown. While we were visiting the Capitol, the Gov signed into law, approval for non-physicians to perform abortions in California. Home Depot, Starbucks, and Mr. Goodwrench started advertising immediately.