Tumalo Creek – Bend, Oregon – Hike Report

It was a long drive for most of us from the Pacific Northwest. Kendra, George, Patrick and Jackie Callahan had arrived a day early. Clarence and Toni were going to be arriving later in the afternoon. About 4:00PM Kevin and Linda led us on a peaceful walk along the Tumalo Creek.

There were 11 of us including the late arrivals: Cam, Diane and her dog, Bacchus, Gerlinde, Ida, and Joanie. (See us on a bridge. A sign said it was “Supported by Grants”. Posts would offer more reliable support - haha!) We hiked about 1.5 miles up the trail. Linda, Gerlinde and Cam turned back to set-up for dinner (enchiladas). The others continued to a meadow and then planned to return by walking back to Kevin and Linda’s house.

We had an added adventure getting Gerlinde’s car back to the house. It is a complex route so she was to follow Linda, but somehow took off following another car! The erroneous car was going very fast! Linda and Cam followed, honking and waving arms to get her attention. After a considerable chase, Gerlinde realized that something was wrong and stopped. We had a good laugh. Thereafter, Linda put a bright ribbon on the lead car.

Submitted by Cam Bradley