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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The smoke has been creeping in slowly to our area from all the fires in California, Oregon and Idaho, we decide to head home. Our first stop is in Lewiston Idaho at a restaurant called Brava’s, the wind was still blowing so we sat inside, the service was great and the food was even better. […]
Its pretty amazing to be in an area where you have two of the greatest rivers in the USA so close by. We get up early this morning so we can make it over the same forest road we were on before but we will make it to the Snake River this time. Its hot […]
We are exploring today in our new playground, we heard you can drive up the mountain to Hells Canyon National Forest. Almost everyone here has an ATV and the police don’t care where you drive it, some of them are bigger than our Mini Cooper, we saw many of them on our way up the […]
This is our last day here at Wallowa RV park, we are enjoying our time here and going back to Wallowa Lake for some Kokanee fishing tonight. We head to the city of Joseph and go to The Joseph Fly Shoppe, these guy’s have their thumb in the fishing scene. I talk to one of […]
This morning is bright and sunny, our plan is to go to the Wallowa Lake and explore some more. The State Park is at the south end of the lake, it is beautifully maintained. It has 121 full hook ups, 88 tent sites, yurts, showers and group tents are available. There is a marina near […]
One of my dreams at least of fishing was to do it in shorts, consider that dream come true. To do this only a few feet from our RV parking spot was another pleasure, even Angela got her rod out. The owners of Wallowa RV Park took great pride in their place. They had a […]
