I THEENK CHIHUAHUA'S ARE SUPPOSED TO DRINK MARGARITAS!

This is "Baby", a native born in Mexico Chihuahua, belonging to Gene and Darlene. She is contemplating the cultural benefits of traditional immersion.

GETTIN DOWN UPDATE 5, SEPTEMBER, 2010

HAPPY LABOR DAY (Now a Chinese Holiday)

So.............here we are in Bend Or. for one more day, then off to Junction City. With all the offloading of our labor, which was valued so much we made it a National holiday. High quality, innovation, dedication, and determination to make this country great Now a memory. Top candidate for renaming....Nuevo Shanghai Babalonia.

What a nice week. Believe it or not (thanks Mr. Ripley) we had snow here in August. The locals claim Bend, OR. is the only place on the planet where you can experience all 4 seasons in one day. We met up with Pio Pico regulars, Terry and Glenda, a fellow Rohr retiree. We joined up with Gene & Darlene, and took a trip to Sisters. A good time for all. McDonoughs & Brehms took a scenic tour along the Cascade Lakes Highway. About a hundred Miles, of beautiful scenery. Tomorow we leave for Junction City for upgrades, then on to the Coast, and a couple of months to reach SoCal for the winter. Hope all is good for you! Look forward to seeing you in the winter or wherever we can hook up.

Love & God Bless.........................



Louie & Clarkie.......................

WELCOME TO SISTERS

Sisters Oregon, just a stones throw North West of Bend, Oregon. Named for the three sisters; Too hot, Too cold, and Just right. Actually, more boring, mountains; North Sister, South Sister, and guess who's in between? You bet............. middle Sister. Nice little town with adeqaute public restrooms.

HIGH CLASS INVASION OF SISTERS.

Gene, Diane, Terry, Glenda, Darlene, and I decided we should visit the town of Sisters, home of Dan Fouts, yea! go Chargers! It is kind of a touista town with an old western flavor and history. It has the typical art galleries, expresso shops, and boutiques. Worth visiting.

leonard the chipmunk

When my kids were little, we took the Heavenly Valley ski lift to the top. It was summer in Tahoe, so no snow, but the view of Lake Tahoe was wonderful, and as we sat on the rocks, watching the scenery, there were a bunch of little chipmunks dashing about. Donna said, look Dad, there's a chickmouse. Ever since, I have always though "chickmouse" was a better name.

STUMP BREAK

Well, here we are, taking a break on the edge of a beautiful Oregon Cascade lake. Nice weather, nice scenery, good friends.

THE MARINA AT ELK LAKE

Elk Lake has one of the nicer resort areas of all the lakes on our tour. Elk Lake has a marina, boat and floater rentals, a restaurant and a whole group of beutiful scenery.

OREGON NATURAL BEAUTY

For those of you who have been here before, I can't describe the beauty you have seen, but if you haven't been here, you have missed one of God's favorites.

NORTH SISTER FROM ELK LAKE

This is one of the several lakes we stopped at or drove by on our tour of the Cascade Lakes. They were all beautiful with Mt Bachelor and the "Sisters" in the backround.

HAPPY HOUR AT THE BREHM'S

After a nice tour through the Cascade Lakes Highway, all the party people gathered at our place for drinks, music, conversation, and good friendship. From left to right; Cowboy Geno, Hi Tech Terry, Glenda, the good witch, Deer Diane, Darling Darlene, And your resident publisher..

STILL GETTIN DOWN AS OF 29 AUGUST 2010

BEST REGARDS FROM BEND/SUNRIVER, OR.

Greetings, loving family and friends, from Bend/Sunriver Oregon. What a nice week, kickback, no changing campsites, we love the one we have. Weather has changed in the short time we've been here. We have gone from tank tops to sweatshirts in a week. We hooked up with good friends Andy & Linda, who are camped a few miles south of here, and were able to enjoy the area and their friendship for a few days. Our good friends from Pio Pico, Gene and Darlene came up to join us. They drove up more than 24 hours faster than mortal beings can. We enjoy their company and have done some touristy things you will see in the pics. We like this campground so much, we extended for another week. When we leave here, we are headed for Junction City OR. where we are going to have some home entertainment upgrades done to the coach. From there, we will start our two month return to SoCal. We hope you all had a wonderful summer. We wish you health and peace and laughs as your prosperity. Love and God Bless..............

Help me Rhonda, and Roger th3e Rabbit..................

DESCHUTES BREWERY TASTING STAFF

We were fortunate enough to hook up with good friends Andy and Linda Clarckson. They are high class people like us, so they took us to the Deschutes Brewery directly. We sampled the fine embibed delicasies of the establishment, and took a tour thereof. We are now capable of producing super suds, all we need is a brewery and $29,000,000 in operating capital. Pledge documents will be forthcoming.

PARTY, CLARCKSON STYLE

Our friends, Andy and Linda Clarckson were camped down the road at Cascade Meadows, in LaPine. Being the consumate hosts that they are, they pulled a party together of their Yuma neighbors in the winter, who come home to Oregon in the summer, along with their Pio Pico friends, us and the McDonoughs. Lots of fun, nice people, new friends, good food and drink, and lots of companionship. Thanks Linda, thanks, Andy.

LAVA BUTTE, THE TOP OF NEWBERRY VOLCANO

This picture taken from the top of the volcano.

In the distance, you can see Pilot Butte. Click on this pic, or any of the pics for that matter, to view is full screen. This area is abundant with extinct volcanos.

VOLCANIC BEAUTIES

Darlene and Diane at the top of Lava Butte. Mt Bachelor in the backround.

BEND IN THE DISTANCE

This picture was taken from the top of Lava Butte (Newberry Volcano) towards Bend OR. and Pilot Butte to the right. Highway 97 is visible heading toward Bend.

HIGH DESERT MUSEUM TROUT

This beauty just swam right by us, looking for bugs on top of the water.

HIGH DESERT MUSEUM

Diane, Gene, and Darlene at the entrance to the High Desert Museum, a privately owned and operated not-for-profit museum, that has a lot of Idaho, Washington, Montana, and Oregon displays and artifacts.

HIGH DESERT MUSEUM

The High Desert Museum in Bend Oregon has many recreations of living situations from the past. This is a recreation of an old miners camp.

GETTIN DOWN WITH THE BREHMS, 22 AUG. 2010

HOWDY FROM SUNRIVER/BEND ORGON

Things remain well for us all. We had a couple of nice trips from Twin Falls, ID. through Boise, and on to Burns OR. then from Burns on to Bend Oregon, where we are camped for a couple of weeks at the Thousand Trails, Sunriver Preserve. As we approached the preserve, we noticed lots of "EVENT" signs leading to various massive parking lots, shuttle buses, and signs saying something about a golf tournament. As we wiggled our way through the congestion, we realized we were camped almost next door to the PGA Open at Sunriver. After we got set up, we turned on the TV and there is was, being broadcast live.

We are happy to be here, nice weather; Down comforter at night, sweatshirt for the early morning walk, and tank top in the afternoon. We are 22 miles from Bend, so we will be able to get anything we need there. We are anxiously looking forward to hooking up with friends Andy and Linda, who are already up here somewhere, and Gene and Darlene, who are on their way up from Pio Pico in the San Diego area. As we were parking the motorhome here, we ran into our friends, Steve Dombrowski and his wife. After we leave this area, we will be heading toward the coast, where we hope to hook up with more friends, Glenn and Grace. Hope you all are doing well, love and God Bless.....

Ralph and Alice.............

OUR CAMPSITE AT TTN SUNRIVER

Lovely setting. Lots of pine trees, huge sites, the little Deschutes river, and the snow capped "Sisters" in the backround.

SUNRIVER TOWN SQUARE

One section of the camp is an "Old Time" town square. A semi-rickety boardwalk takes you past an old saloon, sheriff's office, courthouse, library, and of course the country store. Every building has carved characters of the towns people.

SUNRIVER ACTIVITY/DINING CENTER

This place has more food stands than you can shake a stick at. Ice cream stands, snack bar, bbq grill, and of course, the dining hall.

EXPRESSO ANYONE?

Yes, there it is, right on the campground property, an expresso chuck wagon. Open 6 am to 2 pm.

GET DOWN WITH THE BREHMS, 15 AUGUST 2010

GREETINGS FROM POTATOVILLE, USA

Another wonderful adventure! We drove from Butte, Montana to Eden (as in the garden of......), Idaho. The drive was pleasant, and the campground very nice. We are about 15-20 miles North of Twin Falls, so everything we need is close by, even a Costco. The campground, in fact, most of the rural area is surrounded by potato, corn, and onion fields. We have seen the falls, a beautiful herd of elk, the countryside, and downtown. There is an Applebee's in Twin Falls, and it is a fatal sin to drive by an Applebee's without stopping to buy Diane lunch. I did good! might get lucky....

Next week we will head West again with Burns, OR. in our sights. From there to Bend, and Sunriver OR. and on to Junction City, near Eugene, for some home entertainment upgrades. We have an appointment for 9/7.

Hope you are all doing great, and having as much fun as we are. We are looking forward to our next get together. Love and God Bless.............



Ray, Diane, and our keepers.................

SHOSHONE FALLS

Ain't we just a couple of knockouts? Behind us are the stunning Shoshone Falls at Twin Falls, Idaho.

ELK BURGERS ON THE HOOF

There we were, just meandering our way down the Snake River gorge, when all of a sudden, I glanced up on the very edge of the gorges cliff. There were at least a dozen absolutely beautiful and huge elk looking down on us. They stayed there all the time we were down at the falls.

ELK, ELK, AND MORE ELK

Another incredible view. They just stand on the very edge and look down at the falls.

SHOSHONE FALLS

Note the rainbow at the bottom. Shoshone Falls is called the Niagara Falls of the West. It falls 212' which is 50' higher than Niagara Falls.

GODESS OF THE SHOSHONE FALLS

These are the beautiful Shoshone falls at Twin Falls Idaho. upstream (east) of the falls, is a dam used in hydroelectric generation. Usable energy through natures beauty! I made that up myself...

PERRINE BRIDGE

The I.B. Perrine bridge was built in 1976. It is 1500' long, and 486' above the Snake River. It is used year round for base jumping: parachutes and bungees.

SNAKE RIVER GORGE

This picture is taken from the "Falls" area, looking west toward the Evel Knievel rocket bike jump site. It's about a mile and a half from where we are standing. Can you believe that was 36 years ago??

BREHM ADVENTURES AS OF 8 AUGUST, 2010

GREETINGS FROM GARRYOWEN, MT.

We came to Garryowen as a stopover between South Dakota and Idaho. We also wanted to visit the Little Bighorn Battlefield again. Our two day stopover has turned into a week. Sure is nice to be flexible and do what feels good. We hit storms from the time we left Sturgis until we were well inside the Montana border. So bad at one time, we had to pull off the road for a spell. Raindrops the size of tennis balls, winds about 60 mph, and visibility like an unlit basement. Deadwood got hit so bad they had 4 ft. of hail on the ground and in basements. Took them a few days to clean up. It has been gorgeous here, but we did have a T-stom one day where it rained and blew for 45 minutes. The wind was blowing the passenger side slideouts in, so Diane and I had to keep them pushed out til it passed. We will depart this camp on tues. and head west.

Everybody, including the fur people are doing well, we hope you all are, as well. Till we see you again, love, laugh, be well, and God Bless................

Adonnis & Cleopatra................

NICE IRON ADORN THE STREETS

Mostly Harley owners come to these rallies, but as you can see, there are Indians, Victories, BMWs and even an occasional Honda.

MAIN STREET, HWY 16A, THROUGH KEYSTONE

The bikers are starting to gather.

THE BOARDWALK IN KEYSTONE, SD

Keystone is a small western type town just below Mt. Rushmore. This time of the year, it becomes one of the favorite stopovers for bikers on their way to Sturgis.

BIG SKY SUNSET

Pretty much a daily feature in the high plains. Happens between 8:30 and 9:00 pm.

"LAST STAND HILL"

This is "Last Stand Hill" and the last place Custer and his small contigent of soldiers could run at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. The grave markers were placed where the soldiers fell. The marker with the black shield, is Custer's.

OUR CAMP AT THE 7TH RANCH

The camp at 7th Ranch is built on a hill that rises out of the plains and the Little Bighorn River, very similar topograghy to the battle site. We are camped at the very top of the camp.

Diane with old Yellow Hair Hisself

This is the Museum at Garryowen. The villiage is on the Crow Reservation, and consists of a Conoco gas station, a museum sits where Sitting Bull camped during the Battle of the Little Bighorn, and a campground, "The 7th Ranch", where we are camped.

STORM IN THE SOUTH

From our camp in Garryowen, MT. We have a thunderstorm that comes from the South almost everyday. They last from 10 minutes to a half hour, and make the day a little more interesting.

STURGIS UPDATE, 1 AUGUST, 2010

GETTING READY TO HIT THE SUPERSLAB

Howdy friends and family and others. Another interesting week in Western South Dakota. Made a trip or two into Rapid City, took care of some business, picked up our mail, and met with our friend Dixie and her friend, John for lunch at the Firehouse Brewery. We had a nice visit, but almost immediately after we split, John became ill and Dixie had to take him to the VA Hospital in Sturgis. John is home now and doing well. We took a day trip to Deadwood for a visit, left some gelt at a couple of casinos, and had lunch. We then took a drive up to the town of Lead (Leed) which is an old mining town but is being nicely restored and reinhabited. From Lead we drove through Spearfish Canyon to the town of Spearfish. Great road trip! Black Hills scenery with the river running along side the road.

After 3 tries at trying to get a permit for personal security, we finally suceeded, but it took a lot of negotion and pleading with knee pads on. Seems they cease issueing permits during the Rally period, which is now. But after involving the Meade Co. sheriff and the Secretary of State at the Capitol. We got it. We are exceptional! Day after tomorrow, we hit the road again, heading west through Wyoming & Montana. Y'all take care now! See youse down the road...

Carlos & Willie.............

WELCOMING STREET BANNER

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FAMILY PORTRAIT

Bikers hang out here!

GUNNER'S PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIAL CLUB

If you can't find a place to get a drink and hear loud music, you ain't in Sturgis!

ONE EYED JACK'S LOGO

This boy's missing more than an eye! Fun place....

RAT BIKE DOWAH DIDDY DOO

You can see all kinds of machinery at a motorcycle rally. Sturgis is no exception. The owner of this old 49 has probably got a fortune invested in this.

MAIN ST., DEADWOOD

This is the street frequented by Wild Bill Hickok, Calamaty Jane, and a host of other interesting characters. Mostly casinos, restaurants, bars, and gift shops now, but in a very quaint 1876 way.

THE "HOLLYWOOD & VINE" OF DEADWOOD

This is the West end of the main part of downtown Deadwood. Although the town has had some devastating fires, it recovers everytime and looks like it did 100 years ago.

SPEARFISH CANYON

The drive from Deadwood to Lead to Spearfish Canyon is breathtaking. Black Hills, as you see here, waterfalls, shear banks and cliffs on either side, and the river running alongside the road.