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I made a quick stop at Oregon’s largest Ponderosa Pine in LaPine Recreation Area. It is approximately 500 years old and stands 162 feet high with a diameter of 8.6 feet. From here, I headed south to Crater Lake.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN!
My gracious hosts for the evening prepared an excellent breakfast of oatmeal topped with cinnamon, bananas, and raisins; a soft boiled egg produced by their own hens; toast; cranberry juice and coffee…a feast! After breakfast and of course a shower, I toured Richard and Renate’s Alpaca Farm.
Richard, from New Jersey and once in sales for a large company, and Renate from New York City, once a curator for a museum, retired from their jobs early and moved to Brookings where they opened a retail shop as a retirement business. While Renate loved the business, Richard didn’t, so she said, “Then find something else for us to do.” Richard said, “Let’s purchase a herd of Alpaca.” So around ten years ago, they began their alpaca business called www.alpacasontheweb.com.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN!