( Writing this on June 21, 2015 from the Ollokot Campground in Hell's Canyon Recreation Area, Oregon. We are on FS39, a National Forest Service Road, also known as the Hell's Canyon Scenic Byway. It is located in the Northeast corner of Oregon in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, between the cities of Joseph and Halfway. We will be here for two and a half months enjoying a position as camp hosts at Ollokot.
It is very much like being on the Au Sable River except there is a 6000 ft mountain above us, while Ollokot Campground is
at 4000 ft elevation.
We will have Tuesday and Wednesday's off to go to town, one hour away, to get supplies and do laundry. That's when we can make phone calls, check emails and write our blog. While at camp, the forest service is providing us with a hand-held radio for emergency purposes.
In this blog I would like to share a few pictures taken of our drive from Michigan on June 8 until we reached Oregon on June 16. The coming blogs for the next two months, you will explore with us the remarkable wilderness of the Wallowas. )
It is very much like being on the Au Sable River except there is a 6000 ft mountain above us, while Ollokot Campground is
at 4000 ft elevation.
We will have Tuesday and Wednesday's off to go to town, one hour away, to get supplies and do laundry. That's when we can make phone calls, check emails and write our blog. While at camp, the forest service is providing us with a hand-held radio for emergency purposes.
In this blog I would like to share a few pictures taken of our drive from Michigan on June 8 until we reached Oregon on June 16. The coming blogs for the next two months, you will explore with us the remarkable wilderness of the Wallowas. )
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.
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.
Leaving Michigan on the 8th...
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.
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.
David, Barb, Shorty and Hazie.
Jean in front row, with dogs Muffy, Clara B and Blue.
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