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
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Another Cascade Lake
A season’s change has it’s tells; leaves turn, day’s shorten, and mornings frost. Harbingers of winter are also accompanied by migrations. When we were in the television news business, ages ago, one of the annual migrations was Kokanee Salmon. They would spawn upstream of Lake McDonald on Fish Creek. We hauled video cameras up to …
Davis Lake
It’s easy to forget that we have taken up residence amidst volcanoes. Truth is, Oregon was sculpted by a series of geological eruptions that started more than eight million years ago, which ultimately resulted in what is now the Cascade Range. In the last 500 thousand years volcanic activity pushed up the high cascades giving …
The First Breath of Winter
It’s been cold all week. Our daytime high temperatures didn’t even break into the 40’s. Later we did have some days that finally hit the fifties. It rained a bit throughout the week, but mostly, it was clear and frosty. But not so cold we passed up our morning walk. Activity has picked up at …
PHOTO ESSAY
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.
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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!
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