After a long
day driving and seeing the John Day Fossil Beds yesterday we started the day
slowly. In the late morning we took a stroll in Drake Park and Mirror Pond adjacent to downtown and
took in the great views of the river, park and mountains. After
building a hunger we settled on Drake, a nice restaurant in downtown Bend, for
lunch. About halfway through our meal
the governor of Oregon, Kate Brown, decided to join us at Drake and sat in the
booth next to us. Kate always seems to
make time for us, even when we don't ask.
(We have never asked.) In the
pictures Kate is the woman behind Brian and her security detail are the three
nicely dressed young adults over Tom’s right shoulder sitting in the back of
the restaurant. After a while the pull
of beer tasting was too great over even lunch with the state governor so we
said goodbyes to our new friend Kate (not really) and went to Boneyard Brewing
and the Crux Fermentation Project.
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| Brian and Oregon Governor Kate Brown (really, it is) |
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| Tom, the waitress at Drake and Kate Brown's security staff against the windows |
Our final
tourist stop of the day was Pilot Butte, an extinct volcano that towers 500
feet above Bend. The views go on for
days and we saw a great portion of Oregon form here including Mt. Hood, Mt.
Jefferson, the three sisters, Broken Top and Black Butte as well as many lesser-known
landmarks.
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| Compass on Pilot Butte |
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| A well-traveled Prius on Pilot Butte |
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| A well-traveled Tom on Pilot Butte |
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| Mt. Bachelor and Broken Top |
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| View to the west towards the John Day Fossil Beds |
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