National Beagle Club Specialty - Oct 3 - 8, 2010

The National Beagle Club Specialty was held in Vancouver, WA this October, www.nbcspecialty.com. Very fortunate for us that a national show was held across the river from our hometown. Even more fortunate, we had TeamBeagle in town to show us the ropes, the eventual Trial Champions. See Brew (Starbuck Torbay Full Sail) on the specialty website, 2nd dog down.

TeamBeagle; left to right. Bob, Jo, Kevin, Janet and Brew











The Trial Champions, ready to go.












The agility competition, jumping.



















And weave poles.

Oregon Symphony & Hilary Hahn - Oct 2, 2010

Attended the season opener for the Oregon Symphony on Saturday night, Oct 2. What a great performance. Guest violinist was Hilary Hahn
( http://www.hilaryhahn.com/ ), playing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with the symphony. Her playing brings tears to your eyes.











The bright lights of downtown Portland.















Hilary signing autographs, as close as we got.

Three Sisters Wilderness, OR - Sept 25 - 26, 2010

Finally got out for an overnight backpack trip with the MtnDogs. Beautiful sunny weekend. Saturday was great, beyond Echo trying dig a big hole to sleep in at camp rather than laying on the fancy hiking pad we brought along for him. Sunday was a challenge, 7 hours of continuous barking after scenting a single horse just 15 minutes out of camp. Our destination was Linton Meadows on the west side of the Three Sisters in central Oregon, here is a link to google maps with approximate location of our camp. Hike was about 8 miles one way.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=108239453518895456126.000491e8803471553ee83&ll=44.133065,-121.830568&spn=0.034559,0.078707&t=h&z=14



Here we are at Frog Camp trailhead, seems like somebody changed the name. A sure sign of getting old, when one has been hiking so long that the names of places change!

Lynne on the trail

Roddy Dog.

North Sister

Through the lava flows

Shot from the lava flow

Middle Sister

Coulda swore one more beagle was in here

Waiting for breakfast.

Oh please, just one more biscuit.

View from camp in the morning

A lone rider on a horse passed by at the edge of the meadow, chaos ensued when the MtnDogs got scent of it. Wished I'd gotten a shot of the horse.


Here is the video, just a little sample of Sunday.

Elk Cove Trail - Mt Hood Wilderness, Oregon - Sept 13, 2010

A fine Sunday for a hike, finally got one of those bluebird days. Hiked the Elk Cove Trail to a beautiful meadow at the base of Mt Hood. 5.1 miles one way, 2700' elevation gain. Hike was on the spine of a ridge, mostly in the woods. One awesome viewpoint about halfway and the end of the trail is a huge meadow with great views of the mountain.

Shot from the car on the drive up - darn near the trailhead.

Shot from the viewpoint about halfway up. Nice contrasty photo, if only all were like this.

Rather stern looking fellow -- hmmm. I'm thinking Pink Floyd -- If you don't eat your meat, how can you have any pudding? How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?

Shot from Elk Cove, nice little lunch spot.

Here is the Roddy Dog, couple of happy hikers.

Portland Farmers Market - Labor Day 2010

To market, to market to buy a fat... ('mater, 'tater & berries)

The mushroom guy was there.

Deep Roots is one of our favorites.

The final product, everything from the farmers market.

Twin Lakes, Mt Hood; Labor Day 2010

Who You...

A walk in the woods on Labor Day. Just never know what you might see.

Now what is it these guys say:
Hoo
Hoot
Hoo, Hoo

Nick Eaton Ridge, Columbia River Gorge, OR; Aug 2010

The weather forecast was crummy for Aug 29, 2010. Government Camp on Mt Hood was forecast for mostly cloudy, high of 50 deg F, and wind gusts up to 29 mph. We needed a good conditioner for Labor Day weekend, so, opted for shorter drive time and traveled to one of our 'go to' hikes -- Nick Eaton Ridge in the Columbia River Gorge. View are not like up in the alpine, but, would not see anything today. Took the Ridge Cutoff trail to Gorton Creek trail and back to the car; 2800' elevation and 5.5 hrs hike time -- with heavy packs. Hope is to get out for 4, 5 days with the MthDogs over Labor Day.

First Break, Junction of Herman Creek and Nick Eaton

Roddy needs a break, too.

No Worries Here.

eWilson testing out Bono's next possible specs. haha

Nothing like to good days hike to mellow out the MtnDogs.