The first week of our trip had been pretty eventful so we decided to take it easy. We usually need a vacation to recover from our vacation so this time I planned ahead. If we only took one week off we would have come home in need of some rest. Week two has been the the second vacation. We went for a walk on the beach Sunday. Melissa collected more sea shells than the two of us could carry with out the help of a plastic grocery bag from a passerby. Monday we rented a Polaris Razor and rode the dunes in the morning and in the afternoon we walked to two of North Bend's local book shops and an antique store with an extremely talkative owner. Tuesday, Wednesday, and half of Thursday we hung out in the hotel room, read a book, watched TV, crocheted, did word searches, did puzzles, ordered in pizza, and took a nap whenever the mood struck. In the afternoon on Thursday we were going a little stir crazy so we went for a walk around Mingus Park.
The park is less than a mile away from the hotel and is deceptively large. You can only see a small part of it from the road but once you get in it just keeps going.
I think the person who designed this park was a big fan of buffet style dinners because there is a little of everything here. A large duck pond with a walking trail around the perimeter, Asian Gardens, wooded walking trails, a small boardwalk along side a stream, an amphitheather, and a playground for kids, all in about four acres.
Here is Melissa on the Asian Bridge between the duck pond and the gardens. It is amazing how green everything is here compared to Redding at this time of year. The funny thing is they have fire season warning signs up around town.
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