Upper Salmon Lake

Upper Salmon Lake

We headed to Upper Salmon Lake for a day hike today. On arriving we discovered the lake still had some ice in it, and the surrounding mountainsides had quite a bit of snow. We wanted to go past Upper Salmon Lake to Horse Lake, or maybe even Deer Lake.

After missing the […]

Bike riding Tioga Road in Yosemite

Today was the last day of Tioga Road being closed to auto traffic, so I drove up for the day. I really missed not being able to ride up MacKenzie Pass in central Oregon, so this was my opportunity to get the same experience.

I started riding about 10:30 am at the Tuolumne Grove parking […]

Vacation in Sisters, Oregon

We just returned from a week in Sisters, Oregon. It is one of our favorite places to visit, and lately we have been going a couple of times a year. I like to go in the spring, even though our favorite high-country hiking trails are snow-bound. This year, the snow was especially plentiful. In fact, […]