Adeventures at WFR

Julie at the fire tower

My Birthday Bash!!!

Now that the weather is nice we have been able to explore the property more. There are 64,000 sq. miles of land that the camp sits on, so there is alot of exploring to do. For my birthday, I was asked what was one thing I would like to do. I haven't been horseback riding in a couple years, so my roommates set up a horseback ride with some friend at camp. We saddled up the the horses and went on a ride. We went riding for about two hours. We were riding for awhile, when my friend, Gene, said "OK, now we are going to go up that hill." It was steep!! We did make it even though it was a little scary. Riding a horse can be hard for me b/c I tend to lean to the left so I feel that I might fall off sometimes, but I love it!!! I was very sore and came back to take a hot bath, but before I got my bath, Mark 2 ladies had a nice birthday dinner made for me.

Another adventure we went on was a hike to the old crematorium. You are probably wondering why there is a crematorium here. The Rajneesh built it when they occupied the land. There was only one reported death, but who really knows remains a mystery. Now it is torn down and is just rubble. The Lord sure has redeemed the land. It was a very pretty hike and pretty flat all the way.

So close

At the fire tower, we finally made it!!

The next adventure we went on is to the fire tower. The fire tower was built (by the Rajneesh) to look out for fires around the camp and other places. Having 64,000 sq. miles of land must be hard to have fire control. We started out driving there, but then got to a very steep, rocky hill and decided that we should almost be there so started walking. Little did we know that we were only about half way there. So Autumn went back to 4-wheel the truck up the hill, as we kept walking. The rest of us hiked all the way. When it was all said and done, we probably hiked 1.5 miles

Are we there yet!!!!!!

This past weekend we took one last big adventures before summer. We all piled in the car and headed north to Portland for the Rose Festival. Portland is the City of Roses, so why not celebrate!!! There was a parade with floats made of flowers and other natural things. There was also a carnival, boat races and ship tours on the water front. We stayed in a motel and rode the I-Max downtown, which was very exciting for a bunch of us who live in the middle of nowhere. We ate a lot of junk food and went on many rides, which I am becoming a party-pooper about rides. (Sickness.)

We have been on many adventures ans summer has just begun!!! Who knows where we'll go next!!! The Lord is good too us!!!!!

God Bless you all