Thursday, June 6, 2025
After spending close to half the day at Home Depot making repairs to BB and trying to clean the glass out of the couch and floor without cutting ourselves, our hearts were not in any more touring in California. On the afternoon of May 26, we decided to return to Oregon where we had planned to be on Wednesday anyway. It was a beautiful drive through the mountains and was a good time for us to wind down from the events of the day. We arrived in Roseburg late afternoon and were able to check into the site we had reserved for the Huddle, 3 days early, so we wouldn’t have to move again. Since we had been moving almost daily, we were looking forward to being stationary for a few days.
Tuesday, May 27 we began the process of scheduling the repair of BB. We emailed Paul, one of our friends at Coachman and explained what happened. He was very helpful and by Wednesday we had an estimate for the repair and a time tentatively planned to get the work done. The folks at Coachman Class B Division are always so helpful. We also had to make a claim with the insurance company, Progressive, and get that process started. They have always been good to work with and we trust that this time will be no different. The rest of the day on Tuesday we just rested and visited with friends. The rest was definitely needed.
The Switch It Up Huddle began Thursday afternoon and it was great to see old friends and make some new ones. Friday was our give back day when we always do some work to leave the community better than when we arrived. This time we worked at a children’s center, improving the play areas and some landscaping on the front of their building. We had a great group of workers and we accomplished everything the agency had planned for us by lunchtime.
Friday afternoon there was a painting class. There was a lot of laughter and visiting with friends along with learning more about painting. Anne says that she still has a lot to learn.
Saturday was a very busy day. We drove the Waterfall Highway to hike to some great waterfalls as you will see below. We would have loved to have more time at the waterfalls but we barely managed to get our deviled eggs ready for our potluck dinner that night.
Sunday we had a worship service with Todd and Shelia, always one of the highlights of the weekend. We had a wonderful catered dinner at a winery Sunday night. The setting was so peaceful, landscaping beautiful and food delicious. This was a smaller than usual Huddle, but because of that, we were able to get to know more new friends. It was very good. Monday morning is the hard day at a Huddle. We will probably never see some of the people again. Sad! It’s when we have to say “see you down the road” to our friends. We will see some of these friends at Talona Ridge (Georgia) in the fall but until then we will keep them in our prayers for safe travels.
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