Day 37 night Drive

  We spent the day on the mountain and it is almost dark. Pulling out now and getting ready to leave the Smith River Or.  heading south. As we headed south to Scottsburg we passed a group of the Clan Members they were all waving good bye. Then we crossed the Smith River l saw more Big Foots on the side of the road and Doug stopped to pick on of them up. I have no idea what is going on. I called Doug and Joyce answered the phone. I asked her who was that they stopped to pick up. She said that it was Sasquatche Bill from the Crater Lake Nat'l Park. He is going to be dropped off in Elkton off Hwy 38. He was here to see if he could be picked as a mate. But he said that he did not get chosen by the young lady. He will try again at a different Clan when the time is right. I asked how old is Sasquatche Bill and Doug said that he is 9 years old now. That would be about 20 in human years. It will take about and hour to get down to the Umpaqua River. Hi! Want to drop him off in Elkton and then head up to Bear Mountain. He wants to get up to the mouth of the East Fork of the Coquille River. This is at 3100 ft. At the top this Dutchman Butte up by Bear Mountain. Well we just dropped off Sasquatche Bill in Elkton and are now headed down 138. I was told it will take about 3 hours to get to Dutchman Butte up by Bear Mountain. It is only about 50 miles away but the going is going to be slow.  As we travel the back roads this is some of the prettiest back country l have seen in the moon light and we have a full moon tonight.   We are headed deeper and deeper in the forest and then all of a sudden we went through the town of Umpaqua. This is a small town as we headed south to Melrose. Doug said that we are about an hour from were we are going to be staying. Doug is in his New Motor Home and told me that it is running great. I asked how he likes having his own Motor Home to travel in. He said that it was going to make then trip south better. The only thing is that he can't work on the internet going down the road. Now they will have to work on the internet after they get to the camp site and he hopes that they don't think get to far behind. We just turned West heading to Situm. As we traveled up the road we turned off the road and north up to Bear Mountain. Big Foot Jim said we only have a half an hour to drive now and then we will get some sleep. The sun will rise about 8 am. The reason that we came to Bear Mountain is because they need to pick a new Clan leader. The son of the old Clan leader wants to leave and start a new Clan . The spot he picked for his new Clan is up by the Coos River about 6 miles north of this Clan's territory.His mate's sister is in a Clan up by the Coos River. But before he can leave they have to pick a new Clan leader, For the Bear Mountain Clan.