Denio Junction Lunch Stop, Winnemucca

We stopped at the 140 Junction at the Denio Junction Motel and Café to eat lunch. On our way out we asked directions from a lady and she was just passing through but told us we should stop and eat at this little café because it was very good. We didn’t have time and we had eaten in Winnemucca so we didn’t eat there on our way to Klamath Falls. We stopped on our way back and from the outside it doesn’t look like much but the inside it has a warm wooden interior, it is cute, clean and unique. There are several booths and a sit up bar. Everything is wood. The ceiling and beams, the bar, the walls, and the booths. It is obvious that this is a place frequented by hunters. There are deer, antelope, and elk heads on the walls and pictures everywhere of hunters and their catches. There were even a couple of rattle snake skins and cow hides hanging on the wall. They are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. when the kitchen is closed. They serve breakfast in the morning and the lunch and dinner menu are the same. The lunch menu had burgers, salads, ice cream, a kid meals and drinks. We had the Denio Burger. It looked deliciously juicy and thick. It didn’t disappoint me. It had a thick beef patty with cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomatoes and onions. My husband and I usually share a meal and told them that we wanted to share. My son and his wife shared a Western Burger. When they brought them out to us they were split in two and served in separate baskets. The condiments were on the table. The service was great. Bobby bought the business three years ago. And he is the cook. As you know when the owner is there the business is generally a good business. I was a salad that someone else ordered and it looked good too. One note is that they only take cash. If you are out of cash there is an atm machine there. They have a little store there. They were watching a football game on the TV and they were all cheering and talking about the fame. There was a chart on the bar counter with everyone’s names on the football betting pool.

We made a stop in Elko to see if we could see any of the damage form the earthquake from a couple years ago. We went by the casinos that we used to come out and stay in on bus tours. The Stockmans and the Clondike. Maverick gas station was our gas stop and snack station in Winnemucca, NV. There are several casinos there too. We had a quiet late night ride back to Logan.

john's stuff: wild donkeys

I found John's blog that had pictures of the donkey signs. He has some good pictures of them. john's stuff: wild donkeys

We pasted on Hwy 140 both coming and going to Klammath Falls. There were road signs with pictures of horses and then donkeys. We didn't see the horses but we did get to see the donkeys. Going up the were crossing the road in front of us and then going home we saw the donkeys again and this time there were two baby donkeys. They were right at the side of the road. I was going to do a video of them when we saw them again but I got so excited about taking pictures of them that I forgot. We saw two other groups of donkeys out further in the distance and one donkey on its own by the road.

See more pictures and infor at:http://jjhbfi.blogspot.com/2007/09/wild-donkeys.html

Lakeview Oregon

My favorite town was Lakeview. The town promotes itself as "The Hand Gliding Capital of the West." Lakeview is localed east of Klamath Falls on Highway 140. It is also known as one of the tallest town in Oregon. It's elevation is 4,800 feet above sea level. Read more about the events, maps, history and the town at: http://www.geocities.com/lakevieworegon, http://www.lakevieworegon.org, http://www.lakevieworegon.us/home.html, http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g51941-Lakeview_Oregon-Vacations.html
The town has a picture of a cowboy that looks a lot like the one in Las Vegas. It is found several places. At the town entrance, at the entrance to the fair grounds and even on the Safeway sign. I searched for a while to get the story on the cowboy symbol and finally found a blog that told all about the contravery over the two different ones. You can read about it at: http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2008/03/lakeview_to_vote_on_tallman_sy.html

I wanted to go visit this little local museum. I love to explore the small places that make up a town but it was closed. I will check it out next time I come through here.

We ate at the Queen Burger that was next to the museum. It was good and very hometown feel.

The water tank about the city say "1988 Finalist for All America City"

The best price on gas was at the Cheveron Station on the corner of the highway junction. It was hard to get used to the fact that you don’t pump your own gas in Oregon. There are servicemen that fill your tank. They tell you not to pump your gas they do it for you. One of the service men said that in Lakeview alone that created 20 plus jobs. So it was good for us and for them. He said they are one of two states that the service stations service includes pumping your gas. It was kind of fun to be waited on. He cleaned our windshield and offered to check the oil.

Hunters Hot Springs has Old Perpetual Geyser that goes off every 90 minutes or so in the rainy season. It shoots water up of 60 feet in the air. It is the only hot water geyser in the Pacific Northwest. You can stay at the resort and enjoy the hot springs and the Geyser Grill Resturant. Read more about Hunter Hot Springs, Oregon at: http://www.huntersresort.com

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Travel websites I use to get travel deals.

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Cattle Fields

The mountains here are like something out of a retirement dream. The valleys were filled with cattle mostly of the Angus variety. At the edge of the lake there were hundreds of ducks. It looked like the water had dark spots all over in it.

Lodge at Crater Lake (Super Food)

My son and his new wife.

We went from Klamath Falls up to Crater Lake. We went up there to see the lake but when we got there it started to snow. It was beautiful. We couldn’t see down into the crater to see the lake but we went into the lodge and warmed ourselves by the fire. There are two huge fireplaces in the lodge. The man at the front desk was so helpful giving us information on the area and the hotel. It looked like such a fun and great place to stay. We had lunch in the lodge restaurant. I had clam chowder and the Crater Lodge Salad. The Salad had a raspberry vinaigrette dressing with chopped nuts and apples. My husband had the Monte Cristo Sandwich. It was like a very fancy French toast sandwich. He just kept saying this is so good. This is sooo good. It had turkey, ham cheese inside and was dusted with powdered sugar. The fries were thick and fried to perfection. The hot chocolate came in a V-glass. It was pretty and smooth topped with whipped cream and chocolate topping. They kept coming and refilling it. The service was great.

Next we toured North of Klamath. We went to a housing division where the houses were built along waterway fingers. They had boats docked behind their houses. It was a place I could relax and live in.
We drove through the Running Y Resort. There were houses all over in the trees. The resort has a swimming pool, golf course, an ice skating rink and lots of amenities. There are time share condo's there. It would be a beautiful relaxing place to go on vacation.
We went by a place where they are mining the gray rock out of the hill that is being used by various companies to melt and then spin it into a product that is strong like steel but can be used instead of fiberglass.
We went to a canyon that is made of pumas rock. It had grey pumas walls and I think it was called Abby Canyon.
When we came back we went to the Klamath Falls Yacht Club or Pelican Yacht Club. It was a little dock area with boat slips. On one of the long docks there were pelicans packed together covering the dock.
We went to a gas station just north of there. I used the bathroom because I had to and it was the dirtiest ugliest bathroom I had seen in the US. I had to clean the toilet before I could even stand it. The people following me should be grateful. There is still a working Mill here. I was sad to see the pilings left over from former mills that are no longer in existence. The town is still recovering from the loss of mill work. There is the Air Force Base here that flies the F15’s. There were lots of deer along the way. What fragile agile creatures they are.
The Klamath Falls area is a great mix of farm, open country, rivers, lakes, mountains and towns. You could spend a week or more and still have more to see.
We didn’t get to go to the Wild bird refuge or the lava caves but they sounded fun too.

Touring Klamath Falls Area

We stopped at the Klamath Fish Hatchery a stop I would have made for sure if I had children with me. There were 7 of us adults. We had a blast. I was shocked by the number of fish that are grown here each year. We saw rainbow trout, brown trout and they have Salmon too. Look at this picture of thousands of baby fish. They moved together as a school. You could just wander around and look at all the different bays and ponds. It was really fun to watch them.

We went to a small pier overlooking the river and fed the fish. They would come up to the surface and swoop up the food. Some were huge!

Trip from Logan Utah to Klamath Falls Oregon

We drove for 12 hours from Logan, Utah to Klamath Falls, Oregon. We went from Logan to Tremonton to Snowville to Park Valley to Oasis to Wells to Winnemucca to Denio to Lakeview to Klamath Falls. The scenery from Park Valley to Oasis was flat and pretty boring. There started to be pretty interesting scenery from clouds to rock formations on the mountain sides and flowering sagebrush. The scenery was sparse but beautiful.

The Clouds were awesome.

Long stretches of road.

Sage brush and Pine trees.

Waterfalls

We drove straight through except for gas and a fast food stop in Elko. We stopped at the KFC in Elko. The managment and employees were great, way outstanding service and happy greetings and the food was excellent.

Klamath Falls area is spread out over a large area but the town itself is not very big. They do have a Wal-Mart so they are on the map.

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