Playing in the mountains

Sunday the weather was beautiful so we decided to spend the day hiking in the mountains. We found a new hideaway called Elks Lake. The lake and surroundings are amazing and you can rent little camping cabins for $58 a night and boats for $80 a whole day. Theres even a little lodge with a market and restaurant. It felt like we were a million miles away when really, we were only 37 miles from our house. Journee had such a fun time. Everytime we take her in the trees and let her explore, she just loves it! There wasnt really a hiking trail around the lake so we found a little spot, took our shoes off, and played in the muddy (gross) runoff water. I have to remind myself sometimes that I am with a guy from the country, not the city. While sometimes certain things like playing in muddy, gross, runoff water, is kind of a little much to me, Ryan grew up doing those dirty outdoors things. We were even ohhhhh so lucky to have a little water snake slither past my feet. That was enough for me....shoes were back on. Towards the end of our little excursion, a bald eagle flew right over us and landed on a tree by us. He hung out for a little bit before getting back to fishing. It was really awesome! Apparantly, it is pretty common to see them flying around in Oregon.

Saturday was the annual Bite of Bend where alot of the restaurants in town set up booths and you can buy samples of their food. They have live music, an iron chef competition, and of course, the kids area. Journee got to play on all her bouncy toys again. She wasnt so happy when we had to leave tho :0( Almost everyone in the area was staring at us as Journee was screaming and Ryan and I are trying to get her sitting down (as she is arching her back) in her stroller. I think I am going to rent a blow up toy for her second birthday...that way she can jump all day! Anyways, we had a great weekend. Here are some pics. This weekend is suppose to be in the 90s, so we might go on our first camping trip in Oregon (And Journees first TENT camping trip) sure to be an experience. Love you all x0x0