Eastern Oregon days 1 & 2

We left for Haines, Oregon http://www.hainesoregon.com/ on Saturday morning. Since we didn't start packing until late Friday, we were about 1 hour behind what the mister wanted. But since his cousins were going to be gone when we arrived, it wasn't that big a deal. The drive over (about 5 hours without stops) wasn't too bad. We were listening to Harry Potter book #3 which helped pass the time. We did have to turn on some Beach Boys to lull J2 to sleep at one point and we did stop at 1 rest stop and 1 gas station. All and all an uneventful trip. My MIL took us to dinner with her sister which was nice. The boys both put away lots of food so that was good too. The cousins came home and we visited with them until about 11 when we all (boys included) went to sleep. I was anticipating a long, peaceful morning without boys since they went to sleep so late but they were up early. J2 got up at 6 when I did and J1 woke up at 8. Not super common for J2 and almost unheard of for J1. Ugh. It is a farm so I guess they are keeping farmer's hours. Here is the sunset from the ranch and the hummingbirds that are almost constantly flying around out front - very cool!





Today we went to the Sumpter Valley Railway http://www.svry.com/ to take a ride on the steam engine train. We thought J1 would really like it since he supposedly likes trains. My MIL drove us all to Sumpter and then went to wait for us at the stop in McEwen. I thought the round trip may be too long for the boys and I think I was right. It was pretty hot and we chose to sit outside. Once you choose a seat, you couldn't move when the train was in motion. It was okay with the breeze but still fairly warm. J2 liked it quite a bit but J1 wanted to get off right away and then curled up and slept on the mister's lap. He was quite tired from running around at the ranch and not sleeping a lot but still... After that we went to lunch and back to the ranch. We had a yummy dinner on the patio and then to bed early for me and J2.

Not sure what is next but at some point we are going to the cabin in Anthony Lakes and I think the mister is going to pick blackberries at 4:30 tomorrow morning. Ick!