Today is going to be kind of iffy regarding weather so we decided to go into Redmond and check out the town. On the way we followed a sign to Steelhead Falls. At the trail head we hiked about .5 mile to the falls on the Deschutes River. The falls were pretty small but the hike was fun. Not far from a pioneer cemetery we saw two lone headstones by the side of the road. I wonder if these people were related.....
Redmond is nice but with a lot of empty buildings downtown. I guess the housing crunch and economy has really hit them hard. You can get some screaming deals on houses around town. Contractors overbuilt several years ago and we all know what happened with open lending. We went to a local brew pub for lunch and then drove to Smith Rock State Park closer to our park. This place is amazing. Climbers from around the world come to be challenged by the monoliths in the area. We saw a climber coming down the face of a huge rock. We are going to come back here in a few days when the weather is better and take a hike around the canyon and rock. Here is the rock just before sunset.
Back at camp I was greeted by one of the park dogs, Timone. He is a deer legged chihuahua. He was pretty timid when he first came by but I had him on my lap after a while. Now the rain has stopped and the sun is out with a little wind. This has been the weather since we hit the road this time. Sunday it is supposed to get into the 70's and warmer for next week.
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