Diversion Day

We took a little trip Saturday.  The Mission Office will be closed for Memorial Day, and so we have a "Three Day Week-end".  We wanted to tour the mission, and see some of the locations where we have missionaries.  We pay the bills for all these different locations, or forward the mail to all these places, so we thought it would be fun to drive around and see where these towns are located.

So after laundry and cleaning the apartment, we were off.  In a round-about way we ended up at Lake Oroville which is a reservoir backed up by an earthen dam, that is hugh.

Look how far down the valley below the dam is.

The lake has become quite the recreation area with boating and fishing.

The Lake on one side of the dam.

The other side of the dam. Again, look how far down the valley is.

The Dam helps to generate electricity, but also has a very impressive "spillway" to alleviate excess water.

After visiting Oroville, we decided to go to Chico, have a nice dinner, spend the night there, and go to Church with the missionaries assigned there.

When we got to Chico, which is a nice College town with a population of about 65,000, we could not find a hotel with any rooms available.  At the restaurant we asked what was happening in the town.  It appears that the County Fair, and Graduation had taken up all the hotel rooms in town.

Without a place to stay, we decided to go home.  Our "Adventurous Spirit" is curbed by our need for comfort.  Fortunately our apartment was less than 2 hours away, and there we could sleep in our own bed.  We'll go to church in our own Ward, and make a day trip in another direction on Monday.

The roads we traveled go through endless orchards and farms.  On occasion there are road side fruit stands.  Cherries and strawberries are everywhere.  It is wonderful to have all this tree ripened fruit to munch everywhere we go.

Mom is standing in a Peach Tree orchard.

Love to all,

Dad