Happy New Year all. Wow, we are already almost two weeks into the new year. We took advantage of the winter weather in the mountains nearby and headed out for a ski. The snow on the trees was so beautiful with the bluebird skies as a backdrop I thought I’d post a few pics. It’s been foggy and rainy at home, so getting out into the bright sunshine for a ski sure brightened up the week!
Hey does this site still work? Yes, it’s been pretty quiet around here lately, but that is all about to change. After working every day but one since December it is time to get back on the road and on to new adventures.
We figured since we are here on the right side of the country why not give it a look around? We intended to do that when we moved to Vermont, however, it has ended up that we have only had 5 nights in the camper since last August, where we expected to have many dozens based on the lies we were told about the job we took. That is totally unacceptable and is changing starting today! What was the point of coming here anyway? Not to work 100 hour weeks, that’s for sure. Time is our most valuable asset, we have an unknown but finite amount of it, and we want to use the rest of ours wisely. Goodbye Woodshed, hello open road.
We are headed south out of Vermont on a grand road trip we are calling the East Coast Adventure. Now don’t get me wrong, Vermont is great, but if you aren’t able to get out and about what’s the doggone point? So here we go.
Labor day had come and gone. Summer fishing adventures in the high Cascades are winding down and we are moving on to our list of fall destinations. Counting the possible destinations and the number of weekends available until Thanksgiving rolls around, it seems the numbers don’t quite match up. But, we’ll get out to see what we can see and maybe have a list left over for next year. The first stop turned out to be a trip to the high country of the Malheur National Forest, and the headwaters of the Malheur river.
This is familiar country to me but I haven’t visited in a long time. I used to hunt deer and elk here regularly but with how difficult it is to draw a tag now in Oregon and how lousy the hunting is I’ve concentrated more on fishing the last several years. It was good to be back and see the country again. With the days getting shorter we arrived in the dark on Friday night. First up on Saturday was a hike in the Strawberries to High Lake.
