2024 Non-Climbing

Silver Star

Silver Star Mountain with my brother. The first large patch of snow (April 13, 2024).

Silver Star (April 2024).

Continuous snow (April 2024).

Silver Star (April 2024).

The boys just below the summit (April 2024).

Shirley and Tom nearing the summit (April 2024).

The summit was a bit crowded (April 2024).

Silver Star (April 2024).

Starting the hike down (April 2024).

Silver Star (April 2024).

Happy dogs!

Silver Star (April 2024).

Somebody left it all on the hike!

A swimming hole by Hood River the following day (April 2024).

Cooling off (April 2024).

Drying cycle (April 2024).

One more (April 2024).

Spring Basin

Another late spring lap to Spring Basin and Horse Mountain (May 2024).

What a great hike (April 2024).

Spring Basin (April 2024).

Spring Basin (May 2024).

Spring Basin (April 2024).

Spring Basin (May 2024).

Spring Basin (April 2024).

Spring Basin (May 2024).

Spring Basin (April 2024).

Shirley on the shoulder of Horse Mountain (April 2024).

Were too early by about a week for peak bloom (April 28, 2024).

Spring Basin (April 2024).

Lunch and drinks on the summit of Horse Mountain – the endpoint of the Spring Basin hike (May 2024).

Spring Basin (April 2024).

Neskowin Beach

Neskowin Beach (May 2024).

Neskowin Beach good times (May 2024).

Neskowin Beach (May 2024).

Sharing water: OK. Sharing food: hard NO (May 2024).

Grassy Knoll

Grassy Knoll (June 2024).

Grassy Knoll: first lap of the season (June 2024).

The boys with Mt. Adams (June 2024).

Grassy Knoll (June 2024).

Benny and Mt. Hood (June 2024).

Grassy Knoll (June 2024).

Grassy Knoll: the summit plateau with Mt. Hood in the distance (May 2024).

Grassy Knoll (June 2024).

Macks Canyon

A rainy weekend in mid June. Pretty location but we were worried about rattlers so not much freedom for the beasties (June 2024).

A walk along an old railroad grade punctuated by some missing bridges (June 2024).

Macks Canyon (June 2024).

Junction Lake

Junction Lake – first visit of the year on Juneteenth. Bit disappointed that it’s still mostly frozen (June 2024).

Junction Lake (June 2024).

Play involved busting up the thin ice sheets in the shallows (June 2024).

A big of open water (June 2024).

Junction Lake (June 2024).

Patjens Lakes

Starting the ~7 mile look of Patjens Lakes. Perfect time to do it: snow-free and not unbearably hot (June 2024).

Patjens Lakes (June 2024).

Pre-cooling in a small tarn early on the hike (June 2024).

The boys (June 2024).

Shirley with Mount Jefferson and Three Fingered Jack in the background (June 2024).

Patjens Lakes (June 2024).

The boys with Sisters in the background (June 2024).

Shirley in a sea of manzanita (June 2024).

A dip in the first (of 4) Patjens Lake (June 2024).

Wrestling match (June 2024).

They ended up breaking the stick in two (June 2024).

Longer swimming session in the third Patjens Lake (June 2024).

Same lake (June 2024).

With Mount Washington in the background (June 2024).

And the swimming highlight of the hike: Big Lake near the trailhead (June 2024).

Davey launching (June 2024).

Big Lake (June 2024).

Mount Washington and Big Lake (June 2024).

Nearing the trailhead (June 2024).

Big Lake and Mount Washington (June 2024).

Shirley and the boys posing (June 2024).

Junction Lake

On the way back to Junction Lake 3 days later (June 2024).

Junction Lake (June 2024).

Junction Lake. Three days of warm temps really melted things out (June 2024).

Yes, there was swimming despite upper 50s (June 2024).

Will work for cheese (June 2024).

One (June 2024).

And two (June 2024).

Still plenty of snow on the approach (June 2024).

Bear Lake (Wallowas)

Looks like the right time to skip town (July 2024).

Packing up at the trailhead for our 3 night outing to Bear Lake in the Wallowas. Fourth of July Weekend 2024.

Early on the hike (July 2024).

The boys on the approach (July 2024).

Davey on the dry footed (pawed?) crossing option (July 2024).

The other way of crossing the first stream (July 2024).

On the hike out, both boys ended up falling off this little bridge into the stream (July 2024).

Entering the alpine zone (July 2024).

Further up the valley the views become a bit more alpine-y (July 2024).

Benny!

Cheese break (July 2024).

More airborne cheese (July 2024).

A break during the approach (July 2024).

The handsome big boy (July 2024).

Arriving at Bear Lake, our home for the next three nights (July 2024).

Tom, Shirley, and the boys (July 2024).

Davey dog between his lap swims (July 2024).

Shirley getting dinner ready (July 2024).

Oh yeah!

Bear Lake (July 2024).

Backcountry gourmet (July 2024).

Bear Lake at dawn. Another from the Tom collection (July 2024).

A bald eagle (July 2024).

Beach time (July 2024).

Benny (July 2024).

A big wet Dave dog!

Davey loving life (July 2024).

Benny and Davey (July 2024).

Swimming the boys (July 2024).

Bear Lake (July 2024).

Tom and the boys on a small snowfield at the far end of Bear Lake (July 2024).

The trip hit all the canine spots: hiking, swimming, and snow shenanigans (July 2024).

More beach time (July 2024).

Both were tied off during dinner prep (as the food is all perfectly at their nose level; July 2024).

Chilling in camp (July 2024).

Tired Dave Dogg (July 2024).

Dinner number two: freeze dried…kidding! All fresh (July 2024).

Another dinner prep (July 2024).

Evening in camp (July 2024).

Camp life (July 2024).

A nice campfire on evening number two at Bear Lake (July 2024).

Pre-swimming morning coffee (July 2024).

Another day of swimming shenanigans (July 2024).

Tumble dry cycle (July 2024).

Davey taking off (July 2024).

And coming in for a landing (July 2024).

A quick shake (July 2024).

Davey and an airborne stick (July 2024).

Loving it!

Benny’s turn (July 2024).

Loving it!

Davey!

Bear Lake (July 2024).

Cooking meth and pouring vino (July 2024).

Another backcountry dinner (July 2024).

Benny boy (July 2024).

In camp (July 2024).

Starting the hike out (July 2024).

On the hike out (July 2024).

Bear Lake (July 2024).