Patricia Vanikiotis
Celebrations
Oct 16, 2021
A Special Dinner
Oct 9, 2021
Strolling Around Sisters
Oct 2, 2021
Putting and Pool Time
Sep 25, 2021
Central Oregon Hiking
Sep 18, 2021
Never Forget, but Build for a Better Future
Sep 11, 2021
A Great Place to Stay and Play
My husband and I have just returned from a 10-day vacation in Central Oregon. We stayed at Eagle Crest Resort, located just outside of Redmond and about 20 minutes from Bend. This part of the state is considered high desert, with less than 12 inches of precipitation annually and 300 days of sunshine. Don't let the term "desert" lead you to believe it's all sand and cactus, though. In fact, there are no cacti, but mixed forests of pine and juniper (some very old and fascinatingly gnarly) cover large areas, interspersed with sage and irrigated crop and grazing land.
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This past Wednesday neither my husband nor I was up for cooking dinner. We'd spent a good chunk of the day doing yard work with our N95 masks on. No, not because of COVID (though cases have skyrocketed in our under-vaccinated county and the hospitals are beyond capacity) but because of another respiratory scourge: wildfire smoke. It was hot and uncomfortable work, and neither of us wanted to spend any time in the kitchen.