Over the River and through the desert....

Admittedly, I'm always looking to escape the sage brush and summer temps, especially when it is to a place like Sun River, OR. It's the ultimate resort! Restaurants, shopping, bike baths, swimming pools, golf, tennis, horseback riding and all kinds of adventures (from spa treatments to wilderness trips). And so, recently we trekked through the sage brush, across the mighty Columbia River, past the wheat fields and a few towns that time seems to have forgotten, to a different kind of desert. OK, so there is sage brush and there are high temps, but at least there are several varieties of pine trees and manzanita bushes and great views of snow covered mountains, which make it quite a bit different then the desert of SE Washington. This area of Central Oregon is known as the high desert, and there is no better place to learn how to appreciate it then at the High Desert Museum right outside of Bend, OR. And no better place to enjoy it then a condo at Sun River with a big crowd of friends and family. What better way to wake up then by taking a short bike ride to the village and grabing a mocha and aomething sweet from the bakery? Then it's back to the condo for a big breakfast and the newspaper. Hmm...shall we relax and read or go on an adventure? Off to the lava beds or the ice cave or just sit by the pool? Perhaps shop at the village market for the BBQ tonight, with games for the kids afterwards. It's vacation time and everyone is relaxed. Heck, even the turning circles, those traffic frustrations, seem to work at Sun River......