Our week started cold and wet. This did manage to cool off a wildfire that had Sunriver residents on edge.
At the end of last week the Lava Lake fire joined what was now being called the Mt. Bachlor complex. Burning up thousands of acres on the south edge of the mountain and headed east toward the resort.
The rain and low temps also flushed out a smoke plume that was plaguing Central Oregon. In typical High Desert fashion these gray skies moved on but left behind more fall temperatures and really nice days.
On Wednesday we celebrated national cheeseburger day at our favorite old school diner, Tastee Treet. Then, as the nice weather persisted we decided to take a jaunt over to Kiyokawa Orchards in Hood River.
It’s height of apple season and there are plans to can some sauce and reduce some cider for syrup.
The trees are heavy with fruit and farm stand shelves are loaded with a variety of apples and pears. The fresh cider was an unexpectedly good treat.
As long as we’re over there, we decided to swing up to Dufur, check out the Dufur Market and then spend the afternoon on the Lower Deschutes.
Still no Summer Steelhead, but I had a great time building up my cast count.
It was a perfect afternoon to sit along the stream . . . we’ll likely head up there again next week and try to find the illusive ‘fish of a thousand casts’.