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Columbia Hills & Syncline

Columbia Hills (January 2022).

They boys and Mount Hood (January 2022).

Columbia Hills (January 2022).

Davey and Mount Hood (Jan. 2022).

Columbia Hills again – this time with less snow (Jan. 2022).

One more of Hood (Jan. 2022).

Back at home (January 2022).

Kings of self-care (January 2022).

Home sweet home (January 2022).

Is that really comfortable??

Modesty (January 2022).

Is that a tweaker or a crackhead?

Benny (January 2022).

Syncline (January 2022).

The boys and Columbia River (January 2022).

Columbia Hills…again (Jan. 2022).

Snowy Columbia Hills above Horsethief Butte (Jan. 2022).

Columbia Hills (Jan. 2022).

Wrestling match (Jan. 2022).

Columbia Hills (Jan. 2022).

Wind Mountain & Cottonwood Canyon & Sauvie Island

Wind Mountain summit (February 2022).

Cottonwood Canyon (February 2022).

Sauvie Island (January 2022).

Sutton Mountain

Starting up Sutton Mountain (Feb. 2022).

Sutton Mountain (Feb. 2022).

Summit of Sutton Mountain (Feb. 2022).

Lower Deschutes River

An early season dip in the Deschutes River (Feb. 2022).

Lower Deschutes River (Feb. 2022).

Indian Heaven Wilderness

We just sort of drove out along one of the forest service roads till we could drive no further. Then we potholed for a few miles while playing a rolling game of fetch (March 2022).

Double Molotov cocktail toss (March 2022).

Indian Heaven Wilderness (March 2022).

On one occasion, we made it to Panther Creek Falls (February 2022).

Panther Creek Falls (Feb. 2022).

Panther Creek Falls (February 2022).

Rockaway Beach & Grassy Knoll (Trailhead)

Rockaway Beach (April 2022).

Grassy Knoll trailhead. We drove there midday on a Sunday not expecting to get through all the way. In fact, it was only the recent snows that were covering the FS roads (April 2022).

Grassy Knoll. We just hung out and played fetch in the meadow by the trailhead (April 2022).

The boys in their element (April 2022).

The boys (April 2022).

Grassy Knoll (April 2022).

Good boy (April 2022).

Grassy Knoll trailhead (April 2022).

Heading home though they still had another 2 hours of running in them (Dec. 2022).

Spring Basin

Spring Basin (April 2022).

This was our second outing to Spring Basin and the hedgehog cacti blooms were really impressive this time around (April 2022).

Look at that smile (April 2022).

Spring Basin (April 2022).

The boys in Spring Basin (April 2022).

A rolling game of fetch (April 2022).

A little stick (April 2022).

The boys (April 2022).

On the way to Horse Mountain (April 2022).

Shit eating grins (April 2022).

Spring Basin (April 2022).

Spring Basin and its hedgehog cacti (April 2022).

Benny taking in the views (April 2022).

Spring Basin (April 2022).

Benny (April 2022).

Davey (April 2022).

Summit (or near to the summit) of Horse Mountain (April 2022).

Spring Basin (April 2022).

The boys in Spring Basin (April 2022).

Sharing a water bowl (April 2022).

Spring Basin (April 2022).

A little souvenir (April 2022).

Duffy Lake

On the way up to Duffy Lake (June 2022).

Duffy Lake (June 2022).

Junction Lake

Junction Lake hike (July 2022).

On the way to Junction Lake (July 2022).

Junction Lake (July 2022).

Little Strawberry Lake

Starting our little day hike to Little Strawberry Lake (July 2022).

The very nice Strawberry Lake. We hiked up Strawberry Mountain with Blondie some 20 years ago but it was probably in October and did not remember the lake as being this inviting (July 2022).

Benny in Strawberry Lake (July 2022).

More Benny action (July 2022).

Team towing a log (July 2022).

Ready monkeys?

Why throw a stick when you can huck a log (July 2022).

Davey hauling logs (July 2022).

Benny and Strawberry Falls (July 2022).

Davey going in for a closer look at Strawberry Falls (July 2022).

The boys in the Upper Strawberry Lake. No, it’s not algae (July 2022).

Upper Strawberry Lake (July 2022).

Happy dogs (July 2022).

A pee break on the drive home (July 2022).

Davey (July 2022).

Cultus Lake

On the way up to Cultus Lake (Indian Heaven Wilderness), we encountered continuous snow and ended up bailing on the hike. Insane amount of snow for mid-July.

Air Benny (July 2022).

Mount Adams from the trail (July 2022).

Priest Lake, Idaho

Priest Lake, Idaho (July 2022).

Priest Lake (July 2022).

Perfect water (July 2022).

Priest Lake (July 2022).

Twin Lakes Via Marble Pass, Elkhorns

Starting the spectacular hike from Marble Pass (July 2022).

Davey dog (July 2022).

We’ve hiked up to the Twin Lakes a couple years ago (pre-Davey era) via the lower trailhead. This is so much better and infinitely more scenic (July 2022).

The Elkhorn Crest Trail hugs the crest and stays above timber (July 2022).

Davey taking in the views (July 2022).

Twin Lakes hike (July 2022).

Very very scenic (July 2022).

A rolling game of fetch (July 2022).

Along the Elkhorn Crest (July 2022).

Nearing the Twin Lakes (July 2022).

And there’s the lower Twin Lake (July 2022).

Twin Lakes (July 2022).

Smelling the flowers and taking in the views (July 2022).

Both Twin Lakes in view (July 2022).

Lower Twin Lake. Ready?

Twin Lakes (July 2022).

The lakes were stunning if a bit cold for us (July 2022).

Twin Lakes (July 2022).

Wrestling match (July 2022).

Twin Lakes (July 2022).

Hiking back (July 2022).

A break near the trailhead. They were pooped out (July 2022).

Dollar Lake in The Wallowas

Starting the hike up to Dollar Lake in the Wallowas (August 2022).

Never pass up an opportunity for a dip (August 2022).

Bonny Lakes on the way up to Dollar Lake (August 2022).

A quick dip (August 2022).

Happy dogs (August 2022).

Just above Bonny Lakes (August 2022).

A very nice hike (August 2022).

Cool looking alpine flora (August 2022).

Cooling off (August 2022).

On the way up to some unnamed pass (August 2022).

More cooling off (August 2022).

Aneroid Mountain from the pass (August 2022).

Shit eating grins at the pass (August 2022).

Dollar Lake (August 2022).

Holding back the beasts (August 2022).

Tied off so we can have our lunch in peace (August 2022).

A poser (August 2022).

Dollar Lake (August 2022).

Quite nice (August 2022).

Dollar Lake (August 2022).

Starting the hike back with Aneroid Mountain in the background (August 2022).

Davey dog (August 2022).

What up chief?

Bear Lake in Indian Heaven Wilderness

The spectacular Bear Lake in Indian Heaven Wilderness (August 2022).

Bear Lake (July 2022).

Perfect swimming conditions (July 2022).

Bear Lake in The Wallowas

Starting the hike up to Bear Lake in the Wallowas (Sept. 2022).

With two feet of the bridge left, Benny decided that the shit was too sketchy for his taste and jumped down into the stream (Sept. 2022).

Fall colors in the Wallowas (Sept. 2022).

Eagle Creek Meadow on the way up to Bear Lake (Sept. 2022).

Shirley nearing Bear Lake (Sept. 2022).

Bear Lake (Sept. 2022).

A bear in Bear Lake (Sept. 2022).

Bear Lake (Sept. 2022).

Deer Lake in Indian Heaven Wilderness

Getting ready at the trailhead (Sept. 2022).

Benny ready to roll (Sept. 2022).

A snack break at Junction Lake (Sept. 2022).

Crew at Junction Lake (Sept. 2022).

Our camp (compound?) at Deer Lake (Sept. 2022).

In camp (Sept. 2022).

The crew (minus Benny and Davey; Sept. 2022).

A wider angle view (Sept. 2022).

Cox clan at Deer Lake (Sept. 2022).

Bear Lake in Indian Heaven Wilderness

Bear Lake (Sept. 2022).

At Junction Lake on the way to Bear Lake (Sept. 2022).

Bear Lake (Sept. 2022).

Thanksgiving Road Trip (to Tucson)

Somewhere south of Burns, OR. Pretty much the start of the road trip (Nov. 2022).

Morning in Tonopah, NV (Nov. 2022).

On the road (Nov. 2022).

Lunch above Lake Powell, NV (Nov. 2022).

The boys working remotely from Tucson (Nov. 2022).

Mom and Davey in a Tucson city park (Nov. 2022).

At our Airbnb in Tucson (Nov. 2022).

Mom at Saguaro NP (Nov. 2022).

Saguaro National Park (Nov. 2022).

Saguaro NP (Nov. 2022).

Mom and the Beastie Boys in Catalina State Park (Nov. 2022).

Catalina State Park just outside of Tucson (Nov. 2022).

Catalina SP (Nov. 2022).

More Catalina SP (Nov. 2022).

Mom, Shirley, and Benny in Tombstone, AZ (Nov. 2022).

One more in Tombstone (Nov. 2022).

Tombstone, AZ (Nov. 2022).

Somebody’s been a bad boy (Nov. 2022).

Thuglife (Nov. 2022).

Tombstone (Nov. 2022).

There’s a new sheriff in town (watch out you filthy tweakers!).

Tombstone, AZ (Nov. 2022).

Benny and I found our dream ride in Tombstone (Nov. 2022).

A bit of a hike along a cross country drive on the backside of Cochise Stronghold (Nov. 2022).

Back to Catalina SP (Nov. 2022).