On August 13 (the 6 year anniversary of our ‘retirement’) we drove to Hells Canyon on the Snake River with our friends Mark & Sue. After a 12 hour drive, including a 3 hour drive on a fantastic  24 mile gravel road along the Imnaha River Canyon down to the Snake, we set up camp.  The purpose of this trip was to drop off Robert and Mark and their bikes and gear to start the 2nd “Corner to Corner” motorcycle trip! In 1989 Robert, Jesse and his brother Buster, rode motorcycles from the NE corner of Oregon (on the border with Idaho along the Snake river) to the SW corner of Oregon (on the border with CA along the Pacific Ocean) on primarily gravel and dirt roads. This ‘redeux’ is in memory of Jesse Cline as well as being a fabulous adventure on the backroads of Oregon. Here’s some images of the first leg of the trip, getting to Hells Canyon!

We all know how important it is to practice good dental hygiene. I doubt if Mavrik knows the benefits, but he seems to enjoy his teeth brushing as evidenced by these pictures taken last summer. Now if I could only make him sit still for his pedicures!

An electric toothbrush no less!

My, what BIG teeth you have!

We arrived at our friends place in Hiwasse, Arkansas on April 8. Mavrik was elated to finally have acres of green grass to run and romp on after several days in the truck as we traveled across the panhandle of Texas and the rolling hills of Oklahoma. We’ll be here for awhile enjoying the hospitality and helping with the springtime chores.

The Yellow Submarine propane tank.

The Peace Shop.

The garden headstone (or is it the stone head?).

We’ve spent 2 days at Three Rivers Petroglyph Site, New Mexico, a BLM maintained cultural site with a great small campground. We climbed the ridge above the campground to explore some of the over 21, 000 petroglyphs. I’ll let the pictures tell the story.

There are so many pictures, it's hard to concentrate on one. Notice the hand has 6 fingers, I wonder if the 6th was added after the original picture (as a joke maybe?).

Lots of animals are depicted.

Lots of animals are still around, besides this bunny we saw a collared lizard and many birds.

The geometric designs are more complex than at first glance. If you follow from any point along the line you'll see that it is one continuous line.

The original peace sign?

This stylized bighorn sheep appears to be pierced by three arrows.

Crystal Hill gives up her treasure!

Tiny quartz crystals in a horsehair basket

Small crystals sparkle in the light.

We didn’t find any large crystals. This area has been well picked over. The US Fish & Wildlife Service has banned use of any tools or digging for collecting, so we can only pick up the leftovers on the surface. It’s very mesmerizing to hike around on the hill, eyes glued to the ground, looking for the sparkle that will yield up a treasure!