This is the 60th time this year we’ve shared our week.
The blog serves as a reference point in our lives. What we did last week gets translated into words, images, and an occasional video.
As the year comes to a close it would be easy to focus on the dumpster fire that was 2020 … maybe naively think 2021 is going to be any better.
But a blog allows us a look back at directions we took and points we hit.
Last January started with a typical Central Oregon mid-winter thaw. This presented an opportunity to explore where just a few weeks before the roads were snowed in and would be again the following week.
By April we were in the clutches of “first wave” quarantine and social distancing. We discovered that fewer people working meant crowds in the forests and on river banks. Thus we had to look for alternatives.
Time was blocked out visiting via Zoom, experimenting with recipes and creating new rituals. Cocktail hour became a new favorite. We spent time sipping and testing different whiskeys.
As Spring shifted into summer we discovered new spots to spend a day. Explorations of different roads around Summer Lake, Fort Rock and the high desert forested edges occupied our day trips.
We upgraded our camera kit this year, adding a lens sized for wildlife photography.
The summer and fall got filled with days stalking feathered critters in addition to the usual finned variety.
A blog by design is retrospective, focused on what happened.
We actually got in quite a few great adventures while perfecting our social distancing skills. That said it will be nice to see the end of this year.