Marc and Kerry, I am booking reservations for dinner for your anniversary but need to know more about what time. As you can see, they are only open Thursday -Sunday 4-9 pm. More about this later. I want it to be "special." (just kidding)
Jane had the day off and we had time to kill so we took off in a direction yet to be explored. We found this sign on Highway 31 as we headed southeast of LaPine.
I didn't even know Oregon had an outback, "mate." We didn't have to travel far, about 30 minutes to Fort Rock to discover why they call it the "outback."
This is Fort Rock. For all you scrabble players it is what is referred to in geologic terms as a "tuff." Size and scale are difficult in pictures but you can just make out the park host's 5th wheel as the white speck in the middle third of the right picture above.
Below is a picture of Jane in front of one of the larger rock formations inside Fort Rock near the back wall. Notice "Tilley the rock-climbing dog."
Also, there is me on top of the back wall at its lowest point. Not bad climbing for an old man!
The pictures below were taken from the back wall where I was standing looking southwest over the desert.
On the way home we stopped off at the aptly named "Hole in the ground." No explanation and off the beaten track some, I suppose it is some form of collapsed cindercone. As you can see, it is quite large. Those are pine trees on the far side.
Marc and Kerry, as promised, the "special" pictures of the Cowboy Dinner Tree Steakhouse are below. We found this place 4.5 miles on a dead end road out of Silver Lake. Believe it or not, it is a real restaurant I've heard about from more than one person with steaks that have a reputation of being large enough that it can take all week to eat it. I can't decide whether to try it out or wait for you guys.
Dan, I wonder if they have ribs?
That would be about all for now. Oh yeah, by the time we got back to LaPine it was snowing hard.
Love to all,
Marty and Jane
