On the road again

Our Baker City days are coming to a close, we should be outta here this weekend or early next week. You never know with the Fed's, it's kind of like being in the military--they change their minds and "things" happen--kind of like a fickle woman!
We've really enjoyed our time here, with a couple of side trips. One up to Sumpter to see the train and the dredge and then we drove through the Elkhorns down to Haines and home again. The trees were just beginning to change and the Tamaracks are so bright golden. Last weekend we took a antiquing trip through Baker, La Grande and Pendleton. So many antiques!! I love to wander through the old stores, especially the ones that haven't been messed with for a long time--everything brings back memories--that's how old we are!! We're always saying "I remember that, or I use to have one of those" that's how you know that you are older than dirt! We had an awesome dinner at Hamley's Steak House in Pendleton, I love the history of these towns; gold, ranching, pioneers, rodeos, cowboys. We are going back this saturday for an underground tour of Pendleton--I'm excited!
We then drove up to Hell's Canyon and over the Eagle Caps to Wallowa Lake, Oregon's little Switzerland. So beautiful with the changing leaves and a little snow on top. We stopped in Joseph for some dinner at the local pizza pub and while I ws washing my hands in the rest room my ring (wedding band) just slipped off my finger and down the drain it went before I could catch it! Of course it was an old crusty sink with no stopper or catch in the bottom--the owner had to come in and a man that was eating dinner there helped her to undo the trap and luckily my ring was still in there! It was a tense moment until I saw it!
We have been trying to eat at all the yummy places around town, one of our fav's is the Geiser Grand Hotel pasta night--so yummy and enough for 4 people! The Geiser is known to be haunted, but we haven't seen anything fishy while we've been there--but of course I haven't been down to the dungeon where the rest rooms are--I had a scary experience there once! They are having a special tour through the hotel on Halloween night, you are accompianed by Ghost Hunters! that ought to be spooky!