It's winter and all the bears are hibernating.  Woods?  Too cold and wet I'm going back to sleep.

We camped at Pot Creek for the Solstice, tons of wet snow.  Come on spring!  Bleu skies seem like a distant dream...6 more months until the high country?!!?!  Bah.

What better time to review maps, make plans for the upcoming nice weather and review places other people might not have seen before?

I think wintertime is the BEST time to do stuff like this...

FYI, I went up to the gorge on the 1st and explored the old log flume in WA across from Hood River.  An interesting piece of history.  If you are interested, you should go soon - the flume is very quickly being reclaimed by nature.  I want to go back when there is no snow and do a little more exploration.

Allow me to put one up, step aside nothing to see here...well except for the photo.

This is in a wilderness area I'm pretty sure at least.

Bob, would that be the lower end of the Cottonwood Meadows Trail? I know it kind of looks like that and it is in a wilderness area now.

Don

It is...boy you sure don't mess around.  YOUR turn.