On the way to (Forest Service Road) FS 39, outside of Joseph, Oregon, we are greeted with some rancher humor.

In the area around Ollokot, the six campgrounds on FS 39 and 
FS 3960 are the camps we help maintain with Carla.  She is responsible for an additional four more camps.   The Wallowa-Whitman National Forest has hundreds of campgrounds in three states, but is mostly in Oregon.

Our Aliner is set up next to this wonderful 16' X 32' Host cabin.  We sleep in our Aliner and cook and eat, and shower in the cabin.  It has a real stove and refrigerator run on propane. And a stand-up shower , flushing toilet and propane hot water heater. We also have a cold water spigot and propane hook-up next to our Aliner.   With the temperatures at 100 degrees this week, we have no trouble getting enough solar power to run our lights in the camper. 

Last weekend a bunch of us helped Carla put up her Tipi.  It's about 100 feet from the cabin.  She stays here on holidays and some weekends, and we share the cabin's kitchen and bath when she's here.  We have a lot of fun together and have a lot in common.

Hell's Canyon Lookout...

About ten miles from our campground is the 
Hell's Canyon Lookout.  It's  at  5240 ft. elevation and
we can get a phone signal there, but not internet.   
As you can see it's a real burden to have to drive there
 to make a call.

At the end of the day, we like to sit down by the Imnaha River and watch the deer and the ravens.  There are so many wildflowers, it's fun to see which ones have opened that day and, of course, take a few pictures.

Miss you and love you all!

Betty, you will be missed.  
Our thoughts are with you, Kim and all your family. 

This is Site #2 in Ollokot on the Imnaha River.  We arrived a few days early and picked a site by the river. Our first day of duties as hosts starts on Tuesday, June 23.  The rest of the summer our Aliner will be camped next to the host's cabin, a short distance from the water and the 13 camp sites available to the public.

One short word about our absence from writing.
It has been four months since we recorded a blog.  So many things came up in our life that changed the path we were on and it was to hard to write about our travels.  Now our business is settled and we are back to following the life that has called to us for so long.  
It is so strange that the last thing I wrote about was a memorial 
to my sister, Marie.  Now I will say a goodbye to my other sister, Janet.  She sadly passed unexpectedly on April 29 of a heart attack.  Janet, we miss you.  Be at peace. 

Yes, the hail storm hit us from the north west as we went thru Indiana at the base of Lake Michigan.

After getting around the Chicago area, we turned north to pick up US 20 out of Rockford, IL.   We then took US 20 all the way to Oregon.  Through  Iowa and Nebraska, we never tired of the beautiful farms and the Big Sky views.

Rolling hills led to mountain passes in Wyoming.  On the west side of US 20 in Wyoming, the road passes right through  Yellowstone National Park.  We spent two nights outside of Yellowstone in Montana and explored the park. This was David's second  and my first visit to Yellowstone.  
I am not ready to revile how many pictures I took in one day at the Park.

On through Idaho' s mountains and into Oregon; eight states in ten days.

David and I with Carla, the Ollokot park manager.

Sitting in front of the host's cabin at Ollokot Campground.
David, Barb, Shorty and Hazie.
        Jean in front row,  with dogs Muffy, Clara B and Blue.