Friday, June 15, 2012

As I mentioned at the end of yesterdays report, something special happened this morning.  

As we were preparing to leave I went back inside the office/dinning room to take some pictures of the beautiful dinning room.  The room is furnished with crystal glassware throughout and includes a baby grand piano and a large crystal chandelier. The entire facility is is very tastily decorated with antiques and collectibles which provide the feel of the old world charm located in the middle of wilderness.

As I was preparing to leave one of the staff asked if I would like to see their library, which I eagerly accepted.  As I entered the room, I was greeted by Lady Enubi, the owner and mama to the entire staff. While she is the owner, they have created their own family of around 7 staff members, some of which are actually direct family members, while others are adopted members.  All four library walls were completely filled with numerous books and publications. 

 As Enubi was proudly showing us before and after photo's of the facility she invited us to see here personal parlor.  As we stepped through the door we felt as if we were entering another time period and location.  The blue carpet complimented gilded furniture and numerous antiques from a prior life.  Each piece brought it's own tale including a Hopi kachina, carved Chinese wood carvings, and beautiful paintings.  Lady Enubi was originally from Austria and she certainly has kept the European flair with her numerous pieces of ornate furniture and crystal chandeliers and glassware. As we left to go finish our packing she advised us that we were only the third couple that she has ever shown her personal quarters.  Our experiences at the Eagles Nest is certainly something we will remember forever.

As I mentioned yesterday, we were heading to Nimpo Lake this morning but the mosquito's were so intense we elected to bypass Nimpo Lake and continue east towards Williams Lake, some 200 miles away.  When it became apparent we were not gong to arrive in daylight and the local weather report was no rain until later the next day we opted to stay at Bull Canyon campground along the river.  Well, let me say, the weatherman in this area is no more accurate than the weatherman in Seattle.  As we completed setting up the tent and was preparing dinner the rains arrived.  Fortunately we were able to grab dinner and eat a gourmet meal of bacon and eggs in our tent.  We fell asleep listening to the music of raindrops on the tent and thinking of how we were going to pack the wet tent tomorrow morning.

Good Night,


Shirley and Roger


(Sorry for the font issues but this program seems to have a mind of it's own sometimes and I could not get rid of the underscore and color.)