A Day In the Woods

A Day In the Woods

We had been hearing rumors of boletes being found at higher elevations, so Amy loaded Michael,  Walter and me into the CrossTrek and we headed north of Trout Lake.                              ...
Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon

        8/29/25 85f (29.4c) 3:00 Clear sky with a  few mosquitoes. Mike, Walter and I made an excursion into the woods to escape the heat and look for mushrooms. It felt a good ten degrees cooler in the forest.          ...
Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon

Amy’s  Uncle Joe and Aunt Judy are visiting  from back east. I collected their autographs, then we spent the rest of the day wandering downtown Hood River.                              ...
Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon

8/11/25 3:00 105f (40.5c) Clear sky, no wind in town.             I had been  cooped up in the house with this cold for eleven days. Walter had been  cooped up here with me.  We were both going  stir crazy. I was feeling better, enough...
Good Evening

Good Evening

8~9~25 7:30 80f Clear, blue sky with the sunning dropping low in the west, casting golden beams of light through the almost invisible haze of fire season. I painted the back decks yesterday, and soaked the soft spots with Minwax wood hardener. This morning I filled...
Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon

8/5/26 2:30 83f (28.3c) , mostly clear with a light breeze. Apparently ,  I  don’t have the contagion.  Guess I will run some errands before I run out of ooomph.                            ...