trinity alps in july

trinity alps: bear basin to granite lake

Macintosh welcomes you.

Christmas Crab

Thanksgiving in the Fire Tower

It was snowy-er than expected on the day before Thanksgiving in the mountains of Oregon. This soft and forever-vast expanse of grey was a perfect backdrop for the sighting of Alan and Dabney's fire tower refuge.


and Alan and Dabney cozy inside...

Morgan, Deb, Malia, Josh + soLo
that's Brian up there...


and Brian with his rockin' sis








moss mustache woman and moss-mustache man
old moss mustache beard man
regal moss mustache contemplating man


snow sliders!!!

the bear bit the inner tube

or:

Elisa and Kayla pay us a visit.


the penny is there for scale - that's something Josh got in the habit of while photographing the mushrooms he collected and classified. The bear's tooth put a hole in the innertube and we were no longer able to float down the river with it.

these are some of the mushrooms -

notice the penny for scale?



-but I get
ahead of myself. The mushrooms we collected later in the fall - just before Thanksgiving in time for a fungal feast.

The bear bit the inner tube around the time of Elisa's October visit.


This is Elisa.
She would do well to look behind her because I think that's Sasquatch.

People have noticed him around.

Josh introduced himself to Bigfoot, and now we're all friends.



Kayla and Solo are also friends.

Kayla took the big bed, so Solo had to be contented to stuff himself into Kayla's bed.

It was great to see E. and the big K.
Until next time... keep your innertubes inside or the bears might bite them!

the river