Monday, January 21, 2008

Lolo Pass 2




After getting such great weather with Andy, I thought a sunny MLK day was the perfect opportunity to take Shannon on a leisurely snowshoe outing. Unfortunately, the gale force winds came along as well. Also, there were some guys on ATVs shooting guns and dropping ammo on the road so we high tailed it out of there. Here we are hunkered down for a photo op.

Lolo Pass 1

Ah, winter! One day in December Andy and I got to go up on a warm, clear day. We met a guy who did an Oregon Field Guide article about a hidden waterfall, here he is describing it to us much the same way I saw him describing it on OFG a couple years ago.














We also saw a Sasquatch perched on a Power Transmission tower. No one knows how long he has been up there, but he seemed pretty comfortable.



















And finally, a shot of Andy enjoying the day.

Monday, January 14, 2008

Engagement and more


This year Thanksgiving day took on new meaning. I asked Shannon to be my wife the day before. Of course I took advantage of the fact that she was jet-lagged after getting off a plane from Africa the day before that. Then I schmoozed her at her favorite restaurant with a view of her favorite city (Portland) and she said YES! Here she is looking cute on a recent winter outing as an engaged couple...