8/20/18 -La Pine, OR

It was 42 degrees this morning. After breakfast we found the water leak.  It is coming from a small pin hole near a hose clamp connection to the water pump.  I also found the source of the sizzling noise coming from the running lamp.  The fine spray from the hose was hitting the wires going through the trailer hull to the running lamp.  With the water turned off, the noise stopped.  Without running water in the Casita we seriously thought about coming home.  But, if we were camping in a tent we would have to have water in containers.  That is what we will do until we can find a place to have it fixed.  At least we have a fridge, cooktop, TV and a bed. 

We took showers and had to use the only two things I had in the Casita that weren’t wet.  We had to dry off with kitchen hand towels.  Pretty small, but they worked just fine.  After breakfast we went to a viewpoint to see the Deschutes River.  Then we went into town to wash the towels.  The smoke is really bad today.  My eyes itch and its really hard to breathe.  It isn't healthy to hike in this smoke so we went back to Bend to visit some breweries.  We went to Worthy Brewing and Silver Moon Brewing.  There is a Bend Ale Trail here and if you visit 10 of the 16 breweries and get a stamp on a pamphlet, you get a reward at the visitors center.  We had 10 after visiting Silver Moon and the visitor center was a couple of blocks away.  We walked there and got a couple of really nice silicone pint glasses.  After that, we drove up to the lookout point at Pilot Butte State Park.  The pictures from here show you how bad the smoke is today.  On a clear day you can see the surrounding mountains.  On the way back to camp we stopped at Riverbend Brewing.  (The visitors center gave us back the pamphlet to continue to get stamped.  After all 16 breweries are visited, you can get another reward.)