Meet Oddie

As many of you may know, we lost both our dogs and our last cat last year. Since we lost Gwen, our life has felt empty, the house way too quiet. Both of us keep looking around the dogs and cats. So for my birthday, I asked Jim for a pupper dog – one that could go camping and travel with us as we see the country.

So meet our newest addition. Oddie came from the local animal shelter and is a an almost 4 year old lab/beagle mix (now that brings quite a picture to mind!). He is about 45 pounds and is a golden color with white markings – and freckles on his snot. He’s also one of the sweetest dogs I've met. We hope that he is as happy with us as we are with him.

These aren’t the best pics but for now, you can meet Oddie. Better pics coming soon!

    

       

Ain't she grand!

This is my wonderful Aunt Kate. She will be 98 in March -- and still going strong. I believe she is holding one of her great-great grandchildren. I definitely miss being able to visit with her regularly. 

Love ya, Aunt Kate

Hells Canyon -- Oct 11-13, 2014

Our second camping trip of the year -- off to a late start. Hells Canyon is a beautiful area along the Snake River with 4 campground areas. We were in the furthest one up the canyon, Hells Canyon Campground. The campground was not the best of the four, but we stayed in the overflow area as we were last of the Tumbleweeds to get to the site. 

But we got the best of the area. All the others were nose to butt parking -- like they were parked in a Walmart parking lot. Luckily the overflow had only 3 spaces with lots of space between each site, and right next to the grass leading to the river. The weather was great for fall and we had a really nice time.