After Franti, Melanie invited us back to her house to park Frank and work the next day. We stayed up late getting biking and activity recommendations before heading to bed. Melanie went to work early but she graciously opened her home to us and Tim and I used the day to work, do laundry and clean up.
When Melanie got back from work, we invited our new friend up to Sisters. We were going to meet Sean and Chelsea Armstrong for dinner at the Kokanee Cafe. Tim and Sean were in KA together at William and Mary and they hadn’t seen each other in 10 years.
It was a gorgeous drive through the old Oregon forests to get to the lodge at the base of Black Butte. We sat on the screened in porch under the pines and immediately the stories started to fly. When we ordered our second round of drinks, our waiter told us that they were already bought for us.
“What?” We couldn’t figure out who’d been so generous. Then we noticed the table of 4 guys next to us. They were fisherman from Michigan who were telling some raucous stories of their own. They’d been concerned they’d been too loud and bought us a round. We laughed at that and assured them we couldn’t be offended.
We then talked Sportsmobiles, travel and fishing with them for the next 1/2 hour. After a round of Oregon cherry cobblers, we were ready for the check. The waiter then told us that the check was already taken care of too. The 4 guys waved to us as they left the restaurant.
Unbelievable. Between our awesome hostess Melanie and our generous restaurant neighbors, Tim and I are blown away by the welcome of Oregon.