Day 3 we are getting the hang of things paddling and doing our best to avoid the boulders just under the surface, fishing is still very slow. It’s very strange to not see hardly any wild life, the salmon truly determine what goes on in the eco system. This camp we found is perfect, it’s […]
The next morning, we all were feeling it after paddling down the lake and hitting every boulder on the river. After breakfast we get packed up and load the rafts for our second day. We found a few places to finally get our lines in but the salmon are late and not that far up […]
Today is the day, hopefully all the gear will fit in Jamie’s truck. There’s always an excitement getting the trip started, thinking about what we might have forgotten and reviewing the food plan in my mind because there are many moving parts to this trip from the guy’s getting here from the “Lower-48” to making […]
It’s always exciting to come back to Alaska, we lived in Alaska for over 30 years and have great memories and friends here. To give you some back ground on this trip when we lived in Alaska, I was the Carhartt representative, one of the greatest jobs I ever had. I still have some great […]
My Alaska trip with my buddies Jay his son Weston, Ken and Jamie is about to begin, my departure city is Portland OR, so I came up early to spend the night because I’m leaving at 6:00 am tomorrow. We stop in Oregon City just outside Portland and find this interesting place for lunch inside […]
The sun greets us this morning as it does often in Bend OR, the plan today is grab some lunch at Spork, one of our favorites in downtown Bend and then off to Wickiup Reservoir to test our inflatable canoe. Spork has many good things to enjoy but the $3.00 tacos are the best. The […]
Central Oregon is truly one of my favorite spots, as a child I use to come over to visit my grandparents in Prineville, such great memories. There is a very distinct herbal smell of the Juniper tree that greets you once you gotten over the pass. Its always interesting how smells and music can take […]
Their are some eclectic mixes of restaurants downtown Salem, we decide to investigate one called Taproot Lounge & Café. If you are walking down State St. and you hear music you are not far from Tap Root. Its philosophy of fresh local food stands out with a great menu, the food was delicious. Taproot Four […]
Big trip to Zion with our first stop in Bend OR. We traveled along the Santiam Pass for the first time since the horrific fires of last summer, it was devastating to see, all the burnt homes and trees. We had to make a number of stops as the work continues to clear the scorched […]
Salem Oregon is definitely our go to for Shopping and Restaurants, today we are going to the Sassy Onion for breakfast, it will be our first time. They are certainly outfitted for Covid, the staff is friendly and we could see lots of orders going out for takeout. The place was very clean, the food […]
In preparation for our next big trip we are in Salem Oregon today. Our lunch stop was a little out of the way Thai food place called Mina’s Café. It was family run and Mina greeted us as we were family, she has survived all the problems Covid has brought to small business like hers. […]
We are in Portland Oregon today and find ourselves at Washington Square, its one of the premier shopping centers in this area. We both use to work for Nordstrom and have always enjoyed their Café. Nordstrom of course is most noted for their retail apparel but if you have not eaten at their Café you […]
We are back in Salem OR , the capitol of Oregon, which is only a short drive from Monmouth OR, to run some errands and we stopped in to Ritter’s Restaurant down town for lunch. Salem has a great selection of restaurants and this one of them. Normally we do a restaurant critique when we […]
