Little House on Laurelhurst Way

We made our way to our new neighborhood: Braeburn. Keep in mind we rented this house via the internet.  Sight unseen. A lot of things could have gone horribly wrong - but they didn't.  Our little house was as beautiful as advertised.

We have a neighborhood sign and a waterfall at our entrance.  Its lovely.  Our neighborhood is built to look like a little storybook village. Sweeping sidewalks, manicured lawns, three dog park areas (one of which is in our front yard) and access to the Deschutes River Trail (more on that later....) from our back yard.

This last photo was taken from my kitchen window.  Our yard ends at the sidewalk - thats the dog play area beyond that (mowed by the Homeowners assoc.) and a glimpse of one of the bavarian style cottages in our 'hood. See the perfect blue sky above - we have had one day of rain since we arrived. Lucky us.

And this my friends is what it looks like to live in Bend.  Every where you look, snow capped mountains. Makes even mundane trips to the store better.