This is what I woke to every morning, sat on the cabin step at 5:30 am (everyone else was asleep) and enjoyed this

As the morning progressed, we began to receive visitors:




If you ever wondered...does Oregon still have teepee's..well the answer is

of course
This is Wallowa Lake


The view from my in-laws home


Standing in downtown LaGrande


Joseph - the little town just before the wilderness area in which we stayed, has a bronze casting plant. We were following this on the road

This is the view coming back from Wallowa into Pendleton (where the in-laws live) down what is fondly known as cabbage hill (don't know why) - it is a very, very, very long, very, very very steep grade


Pictures of the Columbia River in the Columbia Gorge - these spots are about 30-45 minutes from my house








