We got up early, but stayed in the hotel room (and the air conditioning) as long as we could.  At the continental breakfast at the hotel, they said it was 110 yesterday, but it was only supposed to get up to 102 today.  By the end of the week, it'll only be in the 90's.  Where's my sweater?! 

We took care of our tire (the reason we're here) and a few other errands.  After grocery shopping, we headed out to the Mystery House at the Oregon Vortex.  

The Mystery House at the Oregon Vortex is a tourist trap wrapped around an anomaly.  There seems to be something there.  They say horses and mules would refuse to go into the area.  There are no squirrels, chipmunks or other small animals that would stay in the area (we didn't see any) and birds that build nests there abandon them.  It didn't stop miners from digging out all the gold in the area, but people aren't as smart as animals.  An old mining building from early 1900's was used for a few years and when the gold played out, sat on the land abandoned.  Suddenly, in 1911, the building slipped off it's foundation at the weird angle it sits today.  It's held by cables for the safety of visitors.  While standing on a level platform, people are supposed to get larger or smaller depending on whether they are near the center of the vortex or further from it.  We felt something while we were there, but maybe we're just hungry.  

We stopped at a rest area to make some dinner on the road and someone came up to chat with us about our travels.  Mike Guthrie is an Oregon local, originally from Arizona, retired and camps a lot.  He gave us a couple of books on camping in the state and on the state parks.  

We moved on to a short visit again with Martha at her "Neverdone Ranch" in Lebanon, OR.  We got to Martha's late, but we still caught people awake. Martha's having company, Greg and Julie with their kids, Willie and Claire.  All the kids were heading out to "camp out" on the trampoline for the night.  Sounds like fun!