A to B to C: Summer Lake Hot Springs to Silver Lake, OR to campspot in Fremont National Forest near Cowboy Dinner Tree

We wanted to sleep in, but woke up by 8am. We had another nice chat with Duane, the owner, who showed us the cabins they were building around the property. They hope for it to be used as a retreat in the winter. We soaked again both in the bathhouse and the little stone pools outside, showered and got ready to leave. It felt really nice to be so clean and relaxed. We plan on returning there for sure. Before we left, Max was able to score us a reservation at the Cowboy Dinner Tree for 4pm - apparently they are so well known that we should have booked weeks in advance but we were lucky today. We drove back south to Paisley, OR to have a late breakfast at the Pioneer Saloon and Restaurant. Max learned from the chalkboard above the counter that custom dictates you can leave your hat on at the bar, but must take it off at the table. We were sitting at a table, so he took it off. The nice teenager took our orders and brought us the best breakfast we had had so far on the trip - generous, delicious portions of farm fresh eggs and bacon for a fair price. Melani at the Summer Lake Hot Springs had told us that there was a water pump in front of the ranger station in Paisley so we stopped by for some water and a map of the Fremont National Forest. The ranger in the office told us that most of the roads through the forest were well paved or graded gravel and it looked like we could cut through the forest to get to the Lava Beds National Monument instead of going back on 31 to Lakeview and then west on 299. By this time it was getting late in the day so instead of visiting Abert Rim and the Old Perpetual geyser as planned we decided to put it off for another trip. You can do anything you want... Max was right, buying a postcard of something before you go see it does doom you! We drove back to Silver Lake, where the woman working at the grocery had told Emily was a second-hand store. We walked into Nana's Nook - a small house packed with amazingly-well organized second hand items. We spent an hour and a half in there and could have spent more time. By giving up our original plan to stay an extra day to chance getting to eat an awesome meal in a cabin in the woods, we happened onto a fantastic store that is only open on Thursday afternoons - when we were there. It seemed like our new plan was a good one.