We moved to a small town in Central Oregon’s high desert. With Tip, our border collie, we live each day by a simple motto…”a good time will be had by all.”
Jack, JQ and Tip
We moved to a small town in Central Oregon’s high desert. With Tip, our border collie, we live each day by a simple motto…”a good time will be had by all.”
Jack, JQ and Tip
We spend a lot of time on the Crooked River. The drive is short and we find there are very few people mid-week. Plus, we never get tired of sitting by a stream. Fishing is only part of it. We have a couple of spots that offer good access and plenty of shade. These places …
We’ve settled into summer. The mornings are cool and the afternoons are hot, so we travel in the morning hours and are comfortably ensconced in AC by late afternoon. This will be the rhythm of our days for the next few months. Back on the Crooked River we’re looking for a Caddisfly hatch. We have …
The heat of summer really started up this week with temperatures pushing toward 90º. High desert days, even the sweltering ones, usually start and end cool . . . sometimes even cold. So we shift our travel to early mornings and are sheltered in AC with a good e-book by afternoon. One recurring trip in …
There’s a fascinating world just underfoot. Miniature worlds just waiting to be explored. These spaces are filled with Intricate patterns, vibrant colors and fascinating creatures.






We downsized, quit our jobs, shed a ton of worldly possessions, and are living in Central Oregon’s high desert on the east side of the Cascade mountains. We are Jack, JQ, and Tip the border collie.
Our days are spent exploring streams, wilderness areas and geological marvels, this blog is focused on those excursions.
It’s not #retirementlife, #flyfishing, #outdoors, or even #bordercolliesareawesome … but a bit of all that, just from our point of view.
This pretty much sums up what you’ll find in these posts, along with some discussion about cooking and dining sprinkled in. We hope you will find it entertaining, even useful. And if you do please leave a comment, Thanks!