We arrived in Bend about 4:30 in the afternoon and checked in to our hotel, at the Old St. Francis School. It's one of the McMenamin's conversions, which are all over Oregon. They're always fun and funky. This one is an old Catholic school dating back to 1936.
Our room was very nice and spacious. The walls had been covered with heart pine from an old Jim Beam distillery warehouse in Kentucky.
One of the interesting features of the hotel is the tiled soaking pool.
After getting settled in our room, we walked a couple of blocks to the farmer's market, which was small but very nice. Another short walk took us to the banks of the Deschutes River. The banks are lined with beautiful homes and parks.
We walked through the downtown area, looking for a place for dinner. Nothing really jumped out at us, so we returned to the St. Francis and had a wonderful dinner there. After dinner we set out walking again, this time in the nearby neighborhood. There were lots of interesting older homes. We even found a 'Cadishack.'
The next morning we had another great meal at the hotel, then headed for Sisters, where we met Mary.
Our first stop was at Indian Springs campground, where we spotted something moving in a birdhouse up on a tree. No birds here, just a couple of chipmunks.
The weather was great and we had a fun day of birding. Our most exciting find was a chestnut-sided warbler, which we had heard about. We found it easily and all had great looks at it. It's really a beautiful little bird.
We had lunch in Sisters at the Depot Deli, then continued birding the area. About 4:00 we finally decided to call it a day and headed for home.
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