Dog Days, 2018

Labor Day is approaching and the long hot smoky days of summer draw are drawing to a close.  Fire season necessitates sticking close to home over the summer but there have been some chances to escape to a nearby lake or two, and even a couple of days on the coast.  Here’s a couple of shots from the last month or two of adventures.

Paulina Lake never disappoints with its blue water and beautiful sunsets.  The kokanee are pretty tasty too.

Sunset over Paulina

 

Before fires completely filled the sky with smoke later in August we were treated to a few nice color filled sunsets, including this one spotted on the way back from an evening trip to Paulina.

 

Smoky Sunset

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Chickahominy!, 2018

We’ve driven by on the way east many times, the sign always beckoning, but the time not allowing a visit.  This past weekend it was finally the destination.

 

 

Chickahominy is a reservoir in the high desert of eastern Oregon.  Several hundred acres of water seem a bit out of place in the sagebrush ocean of Harney County.  Along with the reservoir is a campground with well over 30 sites, a nice boat ramp and lots of fishing opportunities with views for miles.  Saturday was going to be the nicest day in a week and it was time to start getting out and about.  After a short drive we had a campsite with a lake view and were quickly trolling.  Before long we started getting some takers and it didn’t take too much to figure out where the biters were.

 

Trolling Chickahominy

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