December’s snow melted away between Christmas and the first part of January. We took the opportunity to do some exploring along the upper Deschutes River. It’s closed to fishing this time of year, meaning far fewer people and with only a hint of snow on the roads you can get nearly to Wickiup Reservoir via USFS roads.
At one spot we stopped to grab some pix of lichen and such with the macro lens.
Tip figured it was a good time to play a bit of fetch. He proceeded to pull a stick from the pine needles and insisted one of us throw it for him.
This game can last a few minutes or carry on for half an hour … today it was a brief game before we got back on the road and continued exploring.