Good Morning

Good Morning

6/3/26 7:00 48F (8.8C) Overcast with a light breeze and random sprinkles. It is about 10 degrees warmer than yesterday morning. We kept a fire going in the lodge all night and it was nice and toasty when I finally got up. After breakfast we will strike camp and try to...
Good Morning

Good Morning

    6/2/26 5:30 38F (3.3C) It is a cold, clear and calm morning with expectations of a hot afternoon. David made squirrel bread for breakfast,  notable not only because it was good, but because my brother never bakes.          ...
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...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  10/8/25 7:00 40F (4.4C) Blue sky with a light breeze coming up the canyon. It’s Wednesday morning, the last day in camp. The creek is nattering on like a garrulous old man. Somewhere upstream a squirrel is chatting with the birds, who whistle...