Journey To Spirit Mountain

Minter Bridge Road to Burkhalter Lane Alpaca farms dot the hilly terrain, baby llamas Wear thick curly fur, until the shears come They look really funny when the fur is all gone From the top of Chehalem, a significant drop down Now into Newberg a quaint little town Velvet moss cloaks the ivy in emerald green Entwined through a forest of Juniper trees On to Spirit Mountain, Grand Rhonde’s old legend Where old spirits dwell, their holiness beckons It’s best to go slow in a horse powered engine, that Would have impressed the Pony Express, the Ghosts of Rogue River's tribes of Kalapuya Smoking peace pipes in wigwams On the banks of Nestucca KA/ 2003 Note: A place where you can truly feel the old spirits dwell. Kalapuya (Calapooya) means “wealthy way of life”. A semi-nomadic people who lived in permanent winter villages (near present day Portland, Oregon) and traded with their neighbors of Northern California, Oregon Coast and Columbia River tribes.