Heather | July 25, 2010
On Sunday after a couple days of camping and no luck fishing Central Oregon’s Cascade lakes, I decided to head back to a great looking little gem that I spotted in early June. It’s now midsummer, a hot buggy July day with a thundershower in the forecast. I’m already acclimated to the [...]
Heather | June 12, 2010
After such a gorgeous day in the Klamath canyon, the next day was not looking so good. Squalls coming over the mountains looked suspiciously wicked. Since we had worked our way around the Klamath Basin and all the fishable water was muddy, we decided we may as well head for home and be [...]
Heather | June 10, 2010
Are you Stumbling about in life, wondering what its all about? Feel like you should just put your head in a hole?
Well, pull your head out.
I pulled my head out in early June and was ready for my week of fishing. All forces conspired and spring runoff hit the rivers on the west [...]
Heather | December 20, 2009
Being away so much has me attempting to better understand my love for Central Oregon. Yesterday I drove from rainy Medford, on the West of the Cascades, home to Bend in Central Oregon. I felt desperate to reach the sunshine, and something more that I couldn’t quite put my finger on. [...]
Heather | October 18, 2009
There are moments that are just pure. The gold of October aspen, is such purity that it absolutely overwhelms me. If there is moment to mark and honor on my personal calendar of annual events its the GOLD of October Aspen here in Central Oregon.
Heather | October 10, 2009
There are small things of incredible importance. Small things make up the essential truths of identity and character.
In a very brief trip to Coos Bay, for my Dad’s 70th birthday a few short hours were full of these small things.
” …and these things we grew or caught and were [...]
Heather | August 17, 2009
Well, here’s a semi recap of the explorations in the Rogue Valley……
First stop was Jacksonville, a great little historic town. At 10:30 in the morning I wandered up to Britt Gardens and the amphitheater to check out the sight of the Britt Music Festival.
Peter Britt a famous resident of Jacksonville was [...]
Heather | August 9, 2009
Yesterday I felt the need to to do some high elevation reconnaissance.
I had glimpsed this canyon one day a couple of years ago when Gary and I had made a spontaneous “walkabout” decision. There wasn’t time that day to explore this spot, that day was a 270 mile wander with probably 75% [...]
Heather | August 2, 2009
[el-uh-vey-shuhn] –noun
1. the height to which something is elevated or to which it rises.
2. the altitude of a place above sea level or ground level.
3. an elevated place, thing, or part; an eminence.
4. loftiness; grandeur or dignity; nobleness: elevation of mind.
5. the act of elevating.
6. the state of being elevated.
The state of being elevated. [...]
Heather | August 1, 2009
I was recently reading my friend Dave Perry’s blog. He’s been pondering how the world of animals and nature relates to our inner state of being. Do we draw the wild creatures near, or push them far with our calmness or our agitation? I think it must be an age old [...]
