FINAL TWO DAYS WITH SOTF IN FLORENCE

I had to have a ride yesterday (Wednesday) so that meant basically a repeat of the previous day’s route with a few extra turns here and there. There are some short roads that wind, with some hills, through residential areas with homes directly on the lake, though the lake is hidden.

This one stood out to me.

And this one offered sweet happy faces.

My bimbling ride took me to several dead ends and turn arounds. I was not surprised to see there is ‘no mushroom picking’ allowed here, but the no cone picking was um… different. I assume that means no picking from the trees, and not restricting picking from the ground. But then again, it is private property so who knows.

This time I took a look into Honeyman State Park at the day use/picnic area. Here I found another view of the dunes. We have learned that those who ‘do’ the dunes are called ‘duners’. And actually, we are in Dune City. Says the sign…

Today (Thursday), our last day here, the Sisters have made reservations at the Lovejoy Tea Room for those of us who were interested. Count me in. Susan chose not to go and at first thought she would drive me there and hang around town waiting for me. Some research showed it was just over 5 miles away and I could potentially ride my bike there. There is the quarter mile long bridge across the Suislaw River .… with FAST cars and trucks — BIG trucks (it IS Hwy 101), and no bike lane or shoulder to use as a bike lane.

But fortunately there is a sidewalk that I chose to walk my bike across.

With a little help from Google Maps I found my way to the Tea Room and our Sisters group.

We all studied the menu and each made our choice.

Janine appeared appropriately dressed for tea time.

We were served our tea, our sandwiches and our scones.

My half scone got half eaten before I thought to take a photo…

Since I was on my bike, and even with pedal assist there are quite a few hill to climb on my extended route back to camp, I said my farewells a little early. (sorry I did not wait for Susan #2 to move her hair out of her face ;’-0)

I had taken the extended route that, even though hilly, would keep me off of busy 101 for about 4 miles. So I returned the same way and was rewarded with a fun photo op.

The next two photos I ‘stole’ from someone who posted on our fb page. 

Early morning or evening at the dock…

Evening with the lighted beach…

With that, this will be my final post for this particular outing. We head home tomorrow, have a day and a half at home, and pick up Jenny’s two — Etienne and Andre — on Sunday to take them on their adventure. I will not doubt be blogging a little about that outing, so stay tuned.