tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110693702024-03-20T00:37:58.883-07:00HolsgemAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00625618406216508403noreply@blogger.comBlogger172125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069370.post-68467833876070834782015-03-01T18:15:00.002-08:002015-03-01T18:39:48.902-08:00A pristine day in the Cascades - March 1, 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
We decided to head out past Detroit Lake and up into the Breitenbush area. In all over our adventures over the years we had yet to explore any of the roads out here. We really had no agenda, so we just picked the first road we came upon, which turned out to be the road to Elk Lake (NF-4697). While what we saw out here was worth the drive...I wouldn't recommend it if you don't have a 4WD with good tires. A good majority of the "road" feels a lot like a stream bed.</div>
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Here's our trek: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4dr3CBcmvKJMUxoNkhxMWJrWFE/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">KMZ file</a></div>
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We stopped for lunch on the east side of Elk Lake. </div>
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The headwall of the glacial valley we are in is behind me.</div>
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<i>Photo by Gary Miller, Jr.</i></div>
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Wiley enjoying the sun while we ate lunch. </div>
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Each trip gets harder and harder for his back legs, but he loves it every time we head out. </div>
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Of all our Danes he's been the most enthusiastic of our adventures, </div>
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even though he's the"handicapped" one.</div>
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Gorgeous view and day! If you check out the map with Google Maps in terrain view it's easy to see that Elk Lake sits in a glacial valley. In this panorama you can see the headwall. </div>
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Elk Lake in the foreground. </div>
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It's interesting to note that the surrounding valleys display a lot more fluvial erosion. My initial thought as to why is that the water is mainly moving underground except during high rain events. There was a lot of evidence of springs and seeps along the drive. The rocks, fractured volcanics, which are overlain by glacial drift in the valley itself.</div>
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After lunch we drove to the west side of Elk Lake and explored the campsites. </div>
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There is a nice big horse camp out there, though it was empty at this time of year.</div>
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On the way back out we stopped at Dunlap Lake, and the weather was so pleasant (~40F) that we decided to hike around it. There isn't actually a trail but the amount of "bushwhacking" is minimal. There must be enough snow here normally to keep the vegetation fairly sparse. The lake is smaller than it looks, so it didn't take us too long to traverse it's perimeter.</div>
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It was truly pristine...the geology...the water...the air...the day.</div>
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Here is the final map of our trip. <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/hou7E">http://goo.gl/maps/hou7E</a><br />
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I like to look at the Google Map in "Maps" then "Terrain" view. It makes many of the surface features much more obvious....and its really easy to see the Cascades Graben in this view (Western Cascades to the left and Green Ridge to the right). <br />
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We...well *I*...had a fantastic time. We couldn't have asked for better weather...no clouds anywhere...even the usually cloud covered peaks. <br />
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We headed out Hwy 22 toward Santiam Jct before sunrise. Along the way we stopped to observed the differences in stream characteristics & processes below and above Detroit Dam. <br />
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<i>Outcropping bedrock causes the rapids here...North Santiam State Park. Photo by GEM.</i></div>
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<i>Had the "V" versus "U" shaped valley discussion here. MP 59 along the North Santiam River. Photo by GEM.</i></div>
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Both of the above stops had obvious areas of erosion and deposition including cut banks and mid-challel bars...also erosion mitigation at MP59...some features are easy to spot in "Satellite" view on the Google map. Note that there is "Street View" available at the boat ramp at North Santiam State Park.<br />
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If one has time there are plenty of great stops along the North Santiam on this segment of the Hwy 22. It's one of my favorite rivers to explore close to Salem.<br />
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At Santiam Jct we headed to the Hoo Doo ski bowl turn off on Hwy 20. <br />
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Big Lake was our destination but we also discussed Mount Washington, Hayrick and Hogg Buttes, and Hoo Doo with respect to volcanic and glacial processes.<br />
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<i>Best view from here ever!! Mount Washington from Big Lake. Photo by GEM.</i></div>
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<i>Hayrick Butte from Big Lake. Photo by GEM.</i></div>
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<i>Photo op. Three Fingered Jack from the road out of Hoo Doo ski bowl. Photo by Hols.</i></div>
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Next we made two quick stops along Hwy 20 to view and discuss the formation of Blue Lake and Suttle Lake.<br />
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<i>Mount Washington and Blue Lake from the Mount Washington viewpoint. Photo by GEM.</i></div>
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Blue Lake is hard to see from the road and we've tried to access it from the Suttle Lake side with no success (private gate). If anyone knows a better place to see/access it please let me know!!<br />
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<i>Suttle Lake from with Black Butte in the background. Photo by GEM.</i></div>
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We hiked to the headwaters of the Metolius River to further discuss hydrogeology and volcanism....then had lunch in the picnic area.<br />
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<i>View of Mount Jefferson from the Metolius Headwaters viewpoint. Photo by GEM.</i></div>
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Quick stop along Hwy 20 on the way to Hwy 242 to discuss the relationship between Black Butte Swamp, Black Butte, and the Metolius River.<br />
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<i>Black Butte Swamp. Photo by GEM.</i></div>
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Then we headed to Hwy 242.<br />
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In retrospect I am so glad we added this segment of the trip even though it made for a very long day! The views of the Sisters and other peaks is spectacular along this road on a clear day. <br />
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If you are reading this post you are probably getting the picture that this was as near a perfect autumn day in the Cascades as you get!! We saw nothing but sunshine and blue sky!!! <br />
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Here we discussed volcanism and lava flows, jointing of rocks, extrusive rocks, and weathering processes.<br />
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<i>Mount Washington from the first lava field viewpoint along Hwy 242 coming from the east. Photo by GEM.</i></div>
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I had to laugh at the view of Mount Hood from Dee Wright Observatory...I'd never seen it before from here...and last weekend we were all bummed that it was too cloudy to view...lol. You'll have to zoom way in to see the peak.<br />
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<i>View from Dee Wright Observatory. Photo by GEM.</i></div>
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We were looking into the sun here...it was so bright I was crying under my sunglasses. It was also a very comfortable 60 degree here. Have I mentioned it was absolutely gorgeous?! Note my "Rock Star" shirt. ;)<br />
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<i>My students and I at Dee Wright Observatory. Photo by GEM.</i></div>
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We followed the highway west to out next official stop, Proxy Falls...making one unofficial stop (photo op) to look at the Sisters.<br />
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<i>North and Middle Sisters. Photo by Hols.</i></div>
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The lighting at Proxy Falls wasn't good for pictures so here is a shot from our last trip with Lockwood in August. Proxy Falls has a fun puzzle that I was fortunate to learn from Anne Jefferson via Lockwood. One of the two students who walked in with me (we arrived first) got the problem and answer right off...I was very proud!<br />
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We made a brief stop at a spring along hwy then headed to Sahalie Falls. This picture is from our last trip in August.<br />
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<i>Natural spring. Photo by GEM.</i></div>
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Sahalie Falls on Hwy 126 was not an official stop since I had the field questions printed before I found out it relationship to Clear Lake. It was well worth stopping for. Lockwood recommended it and it was spectacular!! <br />
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<i>Fish Lake with water on 10.13.13...and without water on 10.20.13. Photos by Hols.</i></div>
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Our final stop was Little Nash Crater...entrance is on Hwy 20 right before Santiam Junction. This is a long time student favorite (mine too!!). Here we talk about volcanic processes and rocks related to cinder cones. Also spend time thinking about mass wasting processes and the angle of repose with respect to cinder cones and the piles of human made road gravel that can be found there at this site. <br />
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Many colors of scoria can be seen here along with great lava bombs (some as much as 1m or more in diameter)...both those that solidified fully in the air and the bread crust type.<br />
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<i>Fighting sunlight at Little Nash Crater. Photo by GEM.</i></div>
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<i><br /></i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00625618406216508403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069370.post-67501350275571988922013-08-12T18:11:00.000-07:002013-08-16T18:12:19.128-07:00Geo Trip August 11, 2013We had a lot of <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/8ITVk" target="_blank">driving</a> on this trip. Left Salem around 7:30am and returned home after 10pm. The main purpose of the trip was hiking to the top of <a href="http://www.portlandhikersfieldguide.org/wiki/Sand_Mountain_Hike" target="_blank">Sand Mountain</a>. Hols and I attempted to visit it last fall but there was already to much snow on the ground to hike up the last 2mil stretch.<br />
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The first <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/j3qQL" target="_blank">129 mile segment</a> of the trip was picking up the Geo Blogger <a href="http://outsidetheinterzone.blogspot.com/">Lockwood</a> and one of Hols past geology students then heading out to <a href="http://www.portlandhikersfieldguide.org/wiki/Sand_Mountain_Hike" target="_blank">Sand Mountain</a>. At the time of this post the road was in bad shape from a rain storm so 4 wheel drive and high ground clearance came in handy. You can see the look out cablin on top of Sand Mountain from the spot we parked!<br />
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Due to road closures the <a href="https://docs.google.com/a/holsgem.com/file/d/0B4dr3CBcmvKJQWs3b1FobnI3LTg/edit" target="_blank">hike</a> was about 4 miles round trip with with 800' elevation gain and the view was great. The view was nice 360 degree image below.<br />
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font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.8</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069370.post-34817444621479838762011-05-07T08:16:00.001-07:002011-05-07T08:16:29.302-07:00Awesome 3000<div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.8</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069370.post-4192831684174189842010-09-29T18:48:00.000-07:002010-09-29T19:12:40.356-07:00#60 Matthew had his first football game<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">Stephens vs. Judson, His team won 28 to 0!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/TKPsVwyMdmI/AAAAAAAAAgo/M6Nq84txZ6w/s1600/P9290014.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/TKPsVwyMdmI/AAAAAAAAAgo/M6Nq84txZ6w/s400/P9290014.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/TKPsWLuG-7I/AAAAAAAAAgw/qTK8I_N8Q9Q/s1600/P9290029.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/TKPsWLuG-7I/AAAAAAAAAgw/qTK8I_N8Q9Q/s400/P9290029.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/TKPsWb4bQ5I/AAAAAAAAAg4/rCweIqtD878/s1600/P9290040.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/TKPsWb4bQ5I/AAAAAAAAAg4/rCweIqtD878/s400/P9290040.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069370.post-28810478867276343472010-08-14T13:49:00.000-07:002010-08-15T16:42:10.975-07:00Wiley walking on water<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/TGh52y--HEI/AAAAAAAAAgI/SJ1lT3NPseE/s1600/P8140843.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; clear: both;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/TGh52y--HEI/AAAAAAAAAgI/SJ1lT3NPseE/s400/P8140843.JPG" border="0" /></a> Wiley does not like to swim, but he figured out how to walk on water.<br /><br />This photo was messed up as our camera died, RIP <a href="http://www.dpreview.com/news/0601/06012602olympus_720sw.asp">Stylus 720</a> we had a lot of fun with you!<br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069370.post-29872590728173145042010-08-14T13:39:00.000-07:002010-08-15T16:43:52.719-07:00Matt and Ryan in the river<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/TGh6ptTS5pI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/arRpXaP3T5c/s1600/P8140836.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/TGh6ptTS5pI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/arRpXaP3T5c/s400/P8140836.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/TGh6p5mjUTI/AAAAAAAAAgY/a4IzmX6PYiE/s1600/P8140832.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/TGh6p5mjUTI/AAAAAAAAAgY/a4IzmX6PYiE/s400/P8140832.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br />Matthew and I met my sister and her family for camping up at the South Umpqua Falls, good weekend to be close to water.<br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069370.post-41688445843543877192010-06-20T17:35:00.000-07:002010-06-20T17:35:35.650-07:00Weekend Fun!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/TB6z0-HWkEI/AAAAAAAAAgA/aG2Qf4sPg8Q/s1600/OakesJune2010Video.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/TB6z0-HWkEI/AAAAAAAAAgA/aG2Qf4sPg8Q/s400/OakesJune2010Video.jpg" /></a> We went up to the Oakes this weekend to let Wiley (1yr Fawn) and Nova (10mo Black) play. They had a lot of fun wrestling and playing in the river!<div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069370.post-88065381873699871192010-05-17T07:23:00.000-07:002010-07-06T09:40:49.098-07:00Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/TBovzAnQbLI/AAAAAAAAAfs/RpibNFH0EBE/s1600/image1.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/TBovzAnQbLI/AAAAAAAAAfs/RpibNFH0EBE/s400/image1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Kent, Matthew and I visited the spruce goose out at <a class="l" onmousedown="return rwt(this,'','','','1','AFQjCNFqmGaxyxuUapGLlok17SjfPgS6rw','','0CBUQFjAA')" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBUQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sprucegoose.org%2F&ei=7y4aTP3yFJWwNpiovagF&usg=AFQjCNFqmGaxyxuUapGLlok17SjfPgS6rw">Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum</a> we had a full day of fun seeing and reading about the history of aviation and space history. We watched a 3D imax movie as well!</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069370.post-91156534806493366002010-04-18T18:50:00.000-07:002010-04-18T19:20:33.056-07:00My how tall I’ve grown!!<div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;">On the last visit to the vet...they said that Wiley is not even close<br />to being done growing yet and he’ll be at least<br />36 inches at the shoulders.<br /><br />Right now he is almost 10 months old and nearly 35 inches…<br />here he is next to the island in our kitchen that is 35.5 inches tall…<br /><br />Wow!!<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/S8u257TEqzI/AAAAAAAAAfk/EPLcQxluFlY/s1600/IMG_0434.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/S8u257TEqzI/AAAAAAAAAfk/EPLcQxluFlY/s400/IMG_0434.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="text-align: center; clear: both;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="border: 0px none; padding: 0px; background: none repeat scroll 0% 50% transparent;" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069370.post-74772417342003677392009-12-30T14:20:00.000-08:002010-01-05T10:42:04.660-08:00Playing outside in WA<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/Sz0HjJk1cVI/AAAAAAAAAfY/ose8oywxd2E/s1600-h/12-30.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/Sz0HjJk1cVI/AAAAAAAAAfY/ose8oywxd2E/s400/12-30.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069370.post-57040226877267415172009-12-29T20:11:00.000-08:002010-01-05T10:41:28.115-08:00Puppy love at the Oakes House<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">Wiley is 6 mos and Dweezel is 4 mos....</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">and of course Matthew is 12... </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/Sz0FgwnWucI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/D4N8gZ9vbIQ/s1600-h/12-29.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 509px; HEIGHT: 288px" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/Sz0FgwnWucI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/D4N8gZ9vbIQ/s400/12-29.jpg" width="501" height="319" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069370.post-79990732220530077912009-12-24T12:02:00.000-08:002010-01-05T10:42:23.303-08:00Christmas Eve Hike<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">The view from above the fog....</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/Sz0DVZldEeI/AAAAAAAAAe4/TgITl3GrHBQ/s1600-h/025.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/Sz0DVZldEeI/AAAAAAAAAe4/TgITl3GrHBQ/s400/025.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/Sz0DV79xVII/AAAAAAAAAfA/4G-6CEGuyq8/s1600-h/029.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/Sz0DV79xVII/AAAAAAAAAfA/4G-6CEGuyq8/s400/029.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/Sz0DV0k6LdI/AAAAAAAAAfI/QUYQd7J_unw/s1600-h/033.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/Sz0DV0k6LdI/AAAAAAAAAfI/QUYQd7J_unw/s400/033.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069370.post-11934061470513668422009-12-14T21:42:00.000-08:002010-01-05T10:44:22.303-08:00Hoping for a cookie to drop.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/Sych0nuszII/AAAAAAAAAeo/3p1JBdLOjKs/s1600-h/PC140534.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415334264838081666" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/Sych0nuszII/AAAAAAAAAeo/3p1JBdLOjKs/s400/PC140534.JPG" /></a><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069370.post-27540659435753440882009-12-14T21:38:00.000-08:002009-12-14T21:46:49.240-08:00Matthew making Christmas cookies<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/SychY-bSViI/AAAAAAAAAeg/XzLIhysLFCY/s1600-h/PC140532.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415333789894333986" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/SychY-bSViI/AAAAAAAAAeg/XzLIhysLFCY/s400/PC140532.JPG" /></a><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415333554946188290" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/SychLTLSJAI/AAAAAAAAAeY/HZ7nfEw5x4s/s400/PC140531.JPG" /><br /></div><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069370.post-59723807070894492382009-12-04T21:33:00.000-08:002010-01-05T10:44:35.432-08:00At the dog park<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415332022027912002" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/SycfyEnFg0I/AAAAAAAAAeI/j6RnL6tsssg/s400/IMG_0089.JPG" /><br /><div></div><div align="center">I love to run!!</div><div></div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415332166219840658" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/Sycf6dxHvJI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/UvnkMpx02pE/s400/IMG_0104.JPG" /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069370.post-50980127896032215722009-12-03T21:24:00.000-08:002010-01-05T10:44:55.164-08:00More pics from around the house...<div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/SycefkDeLsI/AAAAAAAAAeA/nzburLQxztU/s1600-h/IMG_0048.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415330604539326146" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/SycefkDeLsI/AAAAAAAAAeA/nzburLQxztU/s400/IMG_0048.JPG" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Spoiled Much...<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/SyceB33PrwI/AAAAAAAAAd4/a3eowYkuvRA/s1600-h/IMG_0043.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415330094460677890" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/SyceB33PrwI/AAAAAAAAAd4/a3eowYkuvRA/s400/IMG_0043.JPG" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069370.post-24051746226345880782009-12-03T19:04:00.000-08:002010-01-05T10:45:13.029-08:00Dog fun!!<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/Sxh8Odzj9XI/AAAAAAAAAdc/ASMXFgX0kGQ/s1600-h/12.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/Sxh8Odzj9XI/AAAAAAAAAdc/ASMXFgX0kGQ/s400/12.jpg" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069370.post-70750286708746754012009-11-30T20:45:00.000-08:002010-01-05T10:44:45.733-08:00Wiley Bear relaxing at homeSo we think we've settled on Wiley Bear as a name...but he's also Floppy Bear and Silly Bear...lol...<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/SxSf72ySRAI/AAAAAAAAAc0/GAwLDYUHkMk/s1600/PB300100.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410124903046333442" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/SxSf72ySRAI/AAAAAAAAAc0/GAwLDYUHkMk/s400/PB300100.JPG" /></a></p><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/SxSfg7cyk4I/AAAAAAAAAcs/M7UMMLVilqw/s1600/PB300105.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 216px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410124440441885570" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/SxSfg7cyk4I/AAAAAAAAAcs/M7UMMLVilqw/s400/PB300105.JPG" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069370.post-67058323859759670562009-11-30T11:20:00.000-08:002010-01-05T10:45:39.181-08:00Wiley Bear aka Lucky Number 3...We were Vegas visiting Hols sisters' family when we got the email from <a href="http://www.daneoutreach.org/index2.html">Dane Outreach</a>.<br /><br />"Little Bear is looking for a Holiday Home. He is just 5 months old and currently in a foster home for the <a href="http://www.idahohumanesociety.org/">Idaho Humane Society</a>. He is a fawn dane with natural ears and very adorable. Bear is learning crate training, house rules and manners and doing wonderfully. He is good with people, cats and other dogs. Bear is also current on his vaccines, microchipped and neutered."<br /><br />Considering we wanted a fawn Dane when we got Roscoe, who was a mantle, and the timing was right to bring a new Dane into our home...the decision to adopt this sweet guy was easy.<br /><br />Here's a pic of Bear on the ride home from Idaho...<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409984364747015442" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/SxQgHc0pxRI/AAAAAAAAAcE/8T5i0IP2kK4/s400/BearDayOne_01.jpg" /><br />We have little history on Bear, he is a rescue dane so there is nothing known about his parents. His rescuer, Susan, volunteers for the <a href="http://www.idahohumanesociety.org/">Idaho Humane Society</a> and has a special spot in her heart for Danes. A little over a month ago she saw the listing for Bear on Craigs list, "free to good home" so she contacted the seller and picked up Bear. His previous owners were forced to sell Bear as he was not allowed on the apartment lease agreement.<br /><br />Susan and her husband, JR, make it their job to rescue Danes who need good homes. In the last year they have rescued and placed over 100 dogs!! We are very thankful for the amazing work they do for these special animals. Thanks Susan and JR...you guys rock!!!<br /><br />Here's another from the road...<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/SxSa0hxjsGI/AAAAAAAAAck/cigEnapXcA4/s1600/BearDayOne_02.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 238px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410119279588913250" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/SxSa0hxjsGI/AAAAAAAAAck/cigEnapXcA4/s400/BearDayOne_02.jpg" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069370.post-66863666340960484682009-10-30T11:10:00.000-07:002009-11-30T21:02:07.397-08:00A life too short, Loved & Missed.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/SxSaYipz1lI/AAAAAAAAAcc/EekPRdE8x1c/s1600/P8020058.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 358px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410118798788515410" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/SxSaYipz1lI/AAAAAAAAAcc/EekPRdE8x1c/s400/P8020058.jpg" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal"></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal">On October 26 2009 Roscoe went into the vet at 8am for neutering, We checked in on him at 10am, 12pm, 2pm, and 5pm. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes">Then a</span>t 7pm the Vet called and said Roscoe had died.</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p>Great Danes can have reactions to drugs used during the operations due to their low body fat so we worried about that but it never occured to us that a routine operation might kill him. He must have pulled out some internal sutures and then bled to death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>According to the Vet they took him out to pee and 20 minutes later he was dead.</o:p></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal">When we choose to put Jasper down we were prepared...he'd been sick for months...and we knew it was the right thing to do for all of us. He was suffering daily and the meds for correcting Addison’s where not working...in essense he was the walking dead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Having Roscoe die during a routine operation was much different as the thought had never occured to us...it was devestating!!!</p><p class="MsoNormal">We are thinking about being Foster Parents for Danes with <a href="http://www.daneoutreach.org/">http://www.daneoutreach.org/</a>. They are based in Washington State.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069370.post-2330560574941384472009-05-30T20:10:00.000-07:002009-05-30T20:59:12.171-07:00better than yard work<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/SiH1QhgqXaI/AAAAAAAAAbA/DnZ5eONXwU0/s1600-h/P5300463.JPG"><br /><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/SiH1QhgqXaI/AAAAAAAAAbA/DnZ5eONXwU0/s400/P5300463.JPG" border="0" /></a>Hols and I woke up this morning and decided to to find a swimming spot instead of doing yard work. We drove about an hour East of Salem and found a little 4x4 road that lead us to a great spot! <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/SiH1Q6xSNuI/AAAAAAAAAbI/Y5s2pE-AUvk/s1600-h/P5300472.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/SiH1Q6xSNuI/AAAAAAAAAbI/Y5s2pE-AUvk/s400/P5300472.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Echo swam a lot at first but got fascinated with climbing on a fallen tree. Roscoe ran and played but wouldn't swim. <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/SiH1RJjPcuI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/Dd91B9TA90s/s1600-h/P5300505.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/SiH1RJjPcuI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/Dd91B9TA90s/s400/P5300505.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069370.post-52126400243112641262009-05-25T16:30:00.000-07:002010-01-05T10:45:26.626-08:00Think he was tired?<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/SiHzRa74QCI/AAAAAAAAAa4/LzEAv4FQqw4/s1600-h/P5250460.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OdgY62tuMD4/SiHzRa74QCI/AAAAAAAAAa4/LzEAv4FQqw4/s400/P5250460.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0