6 18 CHRISMAS VALLEY, OREGON

Today we left our motel after having another soak. We drove north toward Christmas Valley. On the way we drove thru Summer Lake Wildlife Sanctuary. We saw lots of water fowl.

We had an incident with an avocet. The bird decided we were in its way and refused to get out of our way.

Since we could not see the little bird in front of the car, Duane had to get out and chase the bird away.

After arriving in Christmas Valley we got a room and then went to see dunes made of ash from an ancient volcano. Actually, I think this ash came from the volcano that is now called Crater Lake.

We made believe our Ford 500 was dune buggy and drove up and down some dunes.

Then we went to see a ponderosa pine forest that exists where it should not exist. It doesn’t get enough water, but there it is.

Tomorrow we go toward some lava flows and an extinct volcano.