Pictures for Pam, Day 167: HFF: Old Barn & Fence

(By the way, this picture is not from Upper Klamath Lake because my images are on my laptop which is still packed away!)

We are home from our wonderful trip to Upper Klamath Lake! It may be only a couple of hours away but both of us are totally exhausted from our adventure. :)

My morning was absolutely amazing. As dawn lightened the sky, I awoke in my little nest. I had a bucket list item that needed tending to. The internal argument was on…

"Janet, you have this one last chance to see a sunrise over Upper Klamath Lake." "It's too earlyyyyyyyy!" "If you don't get up you will be so unhappy with yourself and you'll be kicking yourself every day and totally regret it." "But I'm too tired!" "Oh come on you big baby, get up. I promise it will be worth it!" *GROAN* *MOAN* "Get up!" "No!" "Yes!" "No!" "YES!!" "AWWWWW, ALRIGHT ALREADY! STOP YELLING AT ME!!" "YES!!!"

Once I kicked my *** into gear, I was instantly excited and couldn't wait to get out there. I dressed quickly, grabbed my camera and let Steve know what I was doing. He hoped that I had a great time before rolling over and going back to sleep. (Actually, he told me later that he peeked out and smiled at the sight of me out on the dock enjoying myself.)

Scampering out of the trailer, I took a picture of the leafless trees on the way to the dock and couldn't believe how beautiful the sky looked through the branches. Stepping onto the dock, I was awed by the sight of the colors on the horizon. There were birds on the water which made lovely silhouettes. I made my way down to my favorite spot and sat down to watch the show, taking pictures every few minutes. Looking around, I noticed the moon was in the sky and made a pretty picture too.

The sounds of the waking birds was so wonderful and I watched some geese and ducks flying by, each honking and quacking to one another. It was incredible to be out here to experience this sunrise, and as the sun's beams finally broke the horizon I could not control my emotions, tears brimming over as I welcomed this new day. I'd done it. I got to see the sunrise on Upper Klamath Lake. It was an indescribably beautiful and special gift and I was so happy that I coaxed myself to get up and witness it.

After a little while I made my way back to the trailer and went back to sleep for a little while before snuggling with Steve and beginning our last morning here.

Getting things stowed and ready to go was really easy and fast. We prepared as much as we could and then sat down to an incredible steak, mushroom and onion omelet made by Steve while I prepared our espressos. As we enjoyed our breakfast, we beamed at each other. Both of us were completely delighted by this trip. It was the right length for our first time out. We learned a lot, figured out a few changes to make for the future, and felt great about our fabulous RV! We were both looking forward to our next trip but also comfortable going home today.

Our trip home was easy and uneventful but our initial attempt to leave our site was quite exciting, and not in a good way, lol. When we backed our trailer in originally, we were further over to one side than was ideal, putting us very close to the water hookup pipe which stuck up a couple of feet. When we went to pull out, we were too close to the pipe to actually clear it. Because it's counter-intuitive to maneuver a trailer, Steve was actually doing the opposite that he should have, which boxed the trailer into an impossible-to-get-out-of situation. However, one of the guys from the resort noticed that we were having a problem and came over to help out. Steve realized what he was doing wrong and switched his tactics to the opposite of what made sense and finally he was able to work the trailer out of the predicament. All of us cheered when Steve pulled the trailer out of the spot without a scratch to the RV or any damage to the water pipe! Hooray!

We arrived home at about 2pm and had the easiest parking yet! We were both totally bushed but managed to get most things that belonged in the house back inside. I took a nap and Steve chilled out. Our animals were very mellow and tired but happy too. Our trip was a complete success! :) YAY!!

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Ok! Well, it's 7pm on Thursday so I'll be posting my Happy Fence Friday picture! I had a picture from Upper Klamath Lake but honestly, it's not as striking as I would like, and on top of that, it's on my laptop, which isn't unpacked. So I'm posting another picture from the motorcycle trip that Steve and I went on a few years ago. I really did get so many great fence shots and it's wonderful to have the opportunity to post some of them! :)

On our first day we rode from our home in southern Oregon out to the coast and south to Fort Bragg, California. Day two was from Fort Bragg south past San Francisco to Santa Cruz, California. Along the way, a bit north of San Francisco I took the picture I'm sharing today. Once again, at about 80 miles per hour from the passenger sit behind Steve! (no more pictures today, I just don't have the brain power to do more!)

Finally, I would like to say thank you to all of you for your support and amazing comments and stars. I'm so touched. It tickles me that my writing is fun for you to read. It means more to me than I can say. *BIG HUGS TO ALL OF YOU* Tomorrow I'll be able to visit your wonderful pictures again and I'm so looking forward to it! :)

Pam, I'm about to fall asleep in my soup but I did want to say thank you so much for your dear comments and warm wishes for our adventure. Wish you could have been with us! I'll be visiting your pictures again starting tomorrow now that things are settling down again! :) *BIG HUGS*!!!!

Explored on 4/26/19, highest placement, #6.