Good Morning

Good Morning

    11/6/25 7:30 48 (8.8)  Cloudy, soggy, calm. Birds twitter through a desultory rain on this relatively  warm November morning. Tall firs loom through the mist, which hides the surrounding canyon from view.              ...
Good Morning

Good Morning

    11/5/25 6:00 46F (7.7C) Dark, damp, and overcast with a slight breeze. The rain has ceased for the moment. A jet rumbled through the clouds, then all was still. The morning feels like a soggy dishrag. Walter punctures the silence with an occasional bark...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  11/4/25 5:30 42F (5.5C) Overcast,  raining lightly,  no wind. Last night’s rain is dripping from the trees even as the sky still weeps.                                  ...
Good Morning

Good Morning

      11/3/25 8:00 40f Raining. The remaining leaves on the trees are yellow.  Almost as many carpet the ground. Enjoying a long soak in the hottub this morning  because we bailed on another day camping in the rain and packed it in yesterday. Andy will ...
Halloween on the Big Lava Bed

Halloween on the Big Lava Bed

            It was a beautiful, crisp autumn day when Kent and I drove north into the Big Lava Bed. The road was rugged, just ruts worn into jagged rock, winding between collapsed lava tubes and stunted trees finally arriving  at a flat...