This day we left our hosts, Sam Glass and his partner, Donna, at the Inn at Molson and headed south to Pendleton. We did have a wonderful bird sighting, but before I describe that, I want to post a couple of photos of the Inn. This is a home which Sam built himself, something he had never done before and which turned into one of the most magnificent homes I've ever seen. Sam 'scavenged' some of the wood he used from buildings which were to be demolished, & he incorporated interesting materials into each room. Ivan took a couple of photos and I'll try to describe them once I see how this website is going to display them!
OK, the top photo is of Sam in the kitchen. The next one down is of the dining room and I should tell you that he made the table and it's very beautiful and sturdy. The bottom photo is of the most interesting fireplace anywhere. It has a really large firebox that, he said, draws so well that he can get a nice fire going in seconds and the entire house is heated by this device. It was a warm evening when we arrived there so we didn't get a sample of what the fireplace could do, but I just liked looking at it!
Now, the rest of this has nothing to do with the Inn, but with our wonderful sighting after we left. We had not been gone from the house even an hour when I shouted to Ivan to pull off the road onto a driveway. We were in open country with a couple of low hills sort of close to the road. In the sky, circling above one of these very close hills were several large birds which I originally thought might be Canada geese, but I thought they were pretty big. When I realized what they were, I counted them - 40-50 Sandhill Cranes - and rolled down my window and shouted to them, "See you in February in Lodi!!" I regret to say that we have no photos of these fabulous birds. Doggie Divas, I knew you would love this story!
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