We woke up to beautiful sunshine and started breaking down our camp. While working, Sweet Andrea brings us breakfast of farm fresh eggs, toast with homemade strawberry jam, and coffee. Plus, she said that we could pick a couple of handfuls of blueberries. It was all soooo good and was a perfect start to our day. (Thanks, Andrea for all of your hospitality and kindness!) We found out from Andrea that we ARE actually in Langlois. It's so nice to find out that we made our goal! We're about a mile away from the famous Langlois Market and they also have a post office. (Which is hopefully the LAST post office stop we will make!)
So we're off. The countryside is beautiful here, and we are enjoying our day so far. We get into town and go by the market. We meet the owner, Lee who is a very nice man! He gave Petunia some veggies. We also meet lots of nice locals outside the market. It's fun to just hang out here, because everyone who comes in or out of this place knows each other by first name. There are lots of smiles and hugs exchanged, and you just know that this is a special community. It gives you a good feeling just to be in the middle of this kindness for a little while! We head down to the post office and pack up 2 more boxes to send. And then we head down to the library for some much needed computer time!
My favorite thing that I saw today was on the way to the library...a sign that said "Gone for the weekend. See you Wednesday!" And today is Friday! How awesome is that? I want weekends like that...or wait a minute, I guess I have them now! We spend a lot of time at the Langlois Library. We had a great talk with Vern, who recently moved back to Langlois to be closer to family. He did live in Eugene, and we talked about High Street (ah, how I miss High Street!) This morning, Andrea suggested that we stop by a restaurant called La La Belle's. We leave the library so that we can make it before it closes at 6:00.
We get to La La Belle's and are greeted by Dawn, the owner. She is a sweetheart! We got to meet her father in law and her little boy, Jack, who is 4 and was recently in "My Fair Lady". He sung the song he did in the play for us ("Wouldn't It Be Lovely"), and it was adorable!! Dawn served us yummy broccoli and cheese soup and a beautiful salad with local greens and locally made dressing! It all tasted so good! We mentioned that someone suggested that we camp at Flores Lake tonight and she offered us a ride, since it's a bit off of the 101. (Thanks so much Dawn!)
We arrived at the lake, and it is so beautiful! We set up camp and meet some of the other campers. As it turns out, this lake is the most western fresh water lake in the continental US, and it's a popular place for wind surfers and kite surfers.We spent some time with Jay and Rochelle and their puppy Jake, who are from Eugene and came to do some surfing. They are so sweet and shared some of their dinner with Petunia. The sunset is beautiful tonight. And Jason made a fire so we could warm up while eating our peanut butter sandwiches. We didn't have much wood. But as soon as our fire started to die, Jay came over with a whole armload of wood for us. (Thanks, Jay and Rochelle!) I feel like I'm starting to get a bit sick...(sore throat). So the warm fire was wonderful before bed!
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