One of the things that brings us back to the Sunriver Thousand Trails is the opportunity to camp under the lodgepole pines.

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The Deschutes River meanders through this area and has, over time, created this wonderful oxbow in the campground.

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The Bend farmers market is held twice a week at Drake Park in downtown. The Deschutes River meanders through the city and has parks and homes along it. This market was all produce and meat - it appears that goat meat is the popular item here!

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The berries are in season and delicious.

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As always, there were unique veggies available like this kohlrabi.

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The market was in downtown Bend on Mirror Pond which is really a part of the Deschutes.

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Today found us in the jeep in the back country.

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Fly fishing is a very popular sport in this area. We came upon these two fishermen who evidently were being given lessons on the sport. While we were watching one of them got a fish which was pretty exciting.

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So far today we've seen chipmunks, squirrels, and even a few deer.

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The trail we were on followed the path of the Deschutes River to Wickiup Lake where it had been dammed.

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The wildflowers are out in abundance which makes the area quite colorful. We found this plant which looks like red asparagus but of course is not!

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We always seem to find a nice lunch spot along the way. This one was at Crane Prairie Lake.

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July 4th here at the campground has a few traditional events such as this bicycle parade...

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...and the giant 16 foot banana split contest. Four teams of 12 assembled their 4-foot portion of a giant banana split with one team member adding an ingredient at a time. The team that completed their section first got to eat first. Believe it or not, my team won!!

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Sunday found us in the community of La Pine enjoying their Frontier Days. One of the highlighted events today was the lawnmower races. They actually close down the streets and hold races! We were told that the lawnmowers aren't souped up but from the way some of them took off from the starting line we question that. How fun it was to see them popping wheelees to please the crowd that lined the streets.

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