Showing posts with label Klamath Falls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Klamath Falls. Show all posts

Sunday, October 19, 2008

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.

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.