Sunriver in September

Not that i don't like children, but let me just say that the best time to go to Sunriver is after Labor Day, once school is back in session. It was so nice to be in Sunriver and not have a bunch of kids everywhere you go.

For those of you that don't know, my cousin Bart has a place over in Sunriver that he generously lets us use if no one else has the house rented. It has been a boon on years that the vacation funds (like this year) are low. Susie and i had been talking about a week / weekend over there, and the weekend of the 6th through the 10th came up. Thankfully the house wasn't rented, so we were in like flynn.

Funnily enough, my uncle, aunt and cousin (other side of the family) were in the house right next to us. We were able to hang out with them a little bit, but uncle Mike had caught a cold, so he wasn't feeling the best. It was fun to see them, and to have good neighbors.

This is the bridge over the Deschutes River right near Bart's place



There is a mountain bike trail that Phat Eddie introduced us to a couple years ago (Phat Eddie was a roommate in college) that Susie and i had to ride since we were there. Usually we take 2 vehicles, drop one off at Inn at the 7th Mountain, then drive back to a point on the trail and just ride one way (around 12 miles) but since we didn't have 2 vehicles, we decided to start from Sunriver and see how far we could make it before i ran out of steam. Surprisingly, we went all the way there and back (40 miles roundtrip) and there was only one uphill stretch that i had to walk up instead of ride. This is a picture along the trail.



The next day we went fishing at Devil's Lake, right across from the starting point of the trail to the South Sister. Last time we fished there, we slayed em - this time, not so much. It was really windy and we weren't catching fish, so we didn't stay all that long. We did some driving around looking for other fishing options, but besides a cast or two here and there, didn't come up with anything great.



We took a ride around Sunriver on the bike paths - another 20 miles on another afternoon. We took some paths we hadn't been on before and saw some of the sights of Sunriver.



We were tempted to ride the bikes at Bart's house, but not knowing what to expect, we took our bikes. Of course we had to give his old-school rides a spin.