Opal Creek, Oregon, May 2019
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Mom and Shirley waiting for Benny to get his fill of swimming (good luck waiting for that! May 2019).
![Opal Creek](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_0006-1024x768.jpg)
The first of a handful of swimming breaks along the Opal Creek hike (May 2019).
![Opal Creek](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_0023-1024x768.jpg)
Benny loving life in Opal Creek (May 2019).
![Opal Creek](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_0026-1-1024x768.jpg)
Happy dogs (May 2019)!
![Opal Creek](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_0032-1024x768.jpg)
Lunch break (May 2019).
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Mom on the Opal Creek hike (May 2019).
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Another swimming hole (May 2019).
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Opal Creek (May 2019).
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Opal Creek (May 2019).
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Opal Creek – an old mining settlement along the hike (May 2019).
Iron Mountain, Oregon, June 2019
![Iron Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC_0115-1024x681.jpg)
Mom, Shirley & Benny on the Iron Mountain loop (June 2019).
![Iron Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC_0122-1024x681.jpg)
Not a bad lunch spot (June 2019).
![Iron Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC_0121-1024x681.jpg)
Family shot with Iron Mountain in the background (June 2019).
![Iron Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC_0129-775x1024.jpg)
Somewhere along the loop (June 2019).
![Iron Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC_0134-1024x681.jpg)
Last remnants of snow on the way to the summit (June 2019).
![Iron Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC_0133-1024x681.jpg)
Almost there (May 2019).
![Iron Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC_0136-1024x681.jpg)
Summit observation deck on Iron Mountain (May 2019).
![Iron Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC_0138-728x1024.jpg)
Pointing (June 2019).
![Iron Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC_0140-1024x681.jpg)
Iron Mountain (June 2019).
![Iron Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC_0141-1024x681.jpg)
Iron Mountain (June 2019).
![Iron Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC_0146-1024x681.jpg)
Iron Mountain (June 2019).
![Iron Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC_0144-1024x681.jpg)
Iron Mountain (June 2019).
![Iron Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC_0153-1024x681.jpg)
The Three Sisters from the hike down (June 2019).
Dome Rock, Oregon, June 2019
![Dome Rock](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC_0154-1024x681.jpg)
Rhododendrons on the Dome Rock hike (June 2019).
![Dome Rock](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC_0157-1024x681.jpg)
Some pretty flower along the Dome Rock trail (June 2019).
![Dome Rock](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC_0162-1024x681.jpg)
Benny and Shirley approaching the summit of Dome Rock (June 2019).
![Dome Rock](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC_0165-1024x681.jpg)
Jefferson from the summit of Dome Rock (June 2019).
![Dome Rock](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC_0171-1024x681.jpg)
Summit of Dome Rock with Jefferson (left) and Three Fingered Jack visible (June 2019).
Junction Lake, Washington, June 2019
![Junction Lake](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC_0182-1-1024x681.jpg)
Junction Lake in Indian Heaven Wilderness (June 2019).
![Junction Lake](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC_0183-1024x681.jpg)
And we have lift off (June 2019).
![Junction Lake](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC_0191-1024x681.jpg)
Happy wet dog (June 2019).
Crescent Mountain, Oregon, June 2019
![Crescent Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC_0194-1024x681.jpg)
Pretty flowers along the Crescent Mountain hike (June 2019).
![Crescent Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC_0205-1024x681.jpg)
Crescent Mountain hike (June 2019).
![Crescent Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC_0199-1024x681.jpg)
Beargrass, Benny and Shirley (June 2019).
![Crescent Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC_0211-1024x681.jpg)
Shirley on the way up to Crescent Mountain with Washington (left) and The Three Sisters (June 2019).
![Crescent Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC_0213-1024x681.jpg)
Benny on the summit of Crescent Mountain (June 2019).
![Crescent Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC_0220-1024x681.jpg)
Shirley and Benny on the summit of Crescent Mountain (June 2019).
![Crescent Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC_0216-1024x681.jpg)
Crescent Mountain summit (June 2019).
![Crescent Mountain](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC_0232-740x1024.jpg)
Hiking back down (June 2019).
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Crescent Mountain hike (June 2019).
Mirror Lake Overnighter, Wallowas, Oregon, August 2019
![Wallowas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DSC_0234-681x1024.jpg)
The first swimming session on the way up to Mirror Lake (Aug. 2019).
![Wallowas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DSC_0253-1024x681.jpg)
Second swimming session (Aug. 2019).
![Wallowas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DSC_0283-1024x681.jpg)
Same spot with Eagle Cap looking on (Aug. 2019).
![Wallowas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DSC_0278-1024x681.jpg)
The third and the best swimming of the trip: a little tarn midway up to Mirror Lake (Aug. 2019).
![Wallowas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DSC_0302-1024x681.jpg)
Look at that water (Aug. 2019).
![Wallowas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DSC_0306-1024x681.jpg)
Benny hoping for another lap in the tarn (Aug. 2019).
![Wallowas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DSC_0325-734x1024.jpg)
Benny and the Matterhorn of Oregon (Aug. 2019).
![Wallowas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DSC_0327-1024x683.jpg)
Benny and Eagle Cap (Aug. 2019).
![Wallowas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DSC_0335-1024x681.jpg)
A lake just above Mirror Lake. Lots of mosquitos but that apparently does not detract from swimming (Aug. 2019).
![Wallowas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DSC_0350-1024x681.jpg)
Everybody got in on the swimming action (Aug. 2019).
![Wallowas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DSC_0361-1024x681.jpg)
Watery perfection (Aug. 2019).
![Wallowas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DSC_0366-1024x681.jpg)
Same tarn, different view (Aug. 2019).
![Wallowas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DSC_0374-1024x681.jpg)
Not ready to go home (Aug. 2019).
Twin Lakes Overnighter, Elkhorns (Blue Mtns.), Oregon, August 2019
![Elkhorns](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_7880-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley and Benny hiking up to Twin Lakes in the Elkhorns above Baker City; a fun overnighter we did in late August 2019.
![Elkhorns](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_7889-1024x768.jpg)
Wildlife. Had an all night orgy lapping up our piss outside of our tent (Aug. 2019).
![Elkhorns](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_7904-1024x768.jpg)
Some (lots!) quality swimming time at Twin Lakes (Aug. 2019).
![Elkhorns](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_7908-1024x768.jpg)
Good times (Aug. 2019).
![Elkhorns](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_7892-1024x768.jpg)
Lap after lap (Aug. 2019).
![Elkhorns](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_7913-1024x768.jpg)
Great little backpack in a new-to-us area except for forgetting the stove…fortunately, we had a quart of wine and a couple of flasks of scotch (Aug. 2019).
![Elkhorns](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_7922-1024x768.jpg)
Self control; good boy (Aug. 2019).