Emmigrant Lake

I have Cobie for the weekend. He is by far my favorite dog to watch. He was really mopey the first time I watched him and I thought that he must be really mellow. However, every time I watch him he gets a bit more spry. There is no wearing him out this weekend! We walked, we played fetch and his energy level stayed on that same highly elevated plain so off to the lake we went. He played for HOURS! He had a great time and he let me sleep until 8 today. Much better than the 4 am wake up call yesterday...

Leah wanted to show up her favorite juniper tree out by the lake so we walked along the shore and hunted for pertifed wood. Gary founs one good piece of petrified palm tree, which was pretty cool. There is some interesting geology out there. It's one of those places that I wouldn't think of as being interesting because it's kind of a nasty reservoir, but in actuality, it is quite unique.

We were starving yesterday. It was day 6 of the cleanse and we spent several hours talking about sugary good treats. Oddly though, it didn't make me crave them any more than normal though. In fact, in kind me into stubborn mode. I will not be ruled by the chocolate chip cookie!

Big D went HUGE last night. I made lentil soup and he added 4 sausages to it. I was impressed my his stomachs holding capacity. That is a mixing bowl that's he eating out of, by the way. I wish I could eat like that and be as slender. I don't really have much to complain about. I eat fairly well, but it's not like I really have to torture myself with restrictions.

interesting...

This is Sag's horoscope for today. I think this is interesting because I have been struggling with this in the past 24 hours. I'm freaking out about the state of affairs at work, the move, my mid life crisis in general. hmm, maybe I'll try something new and open up about my freak outs instead of internalizing them today.

"Although you might try to stay on the sunny side of your disposition, there could be a rather serious issue that needs airing. Others may expect you to be positive or even uplifting, but don't let their expectations stand in the way of your honesty. After all, part of your reputation is based on your ability to tell it like it is. You will feel much better once the truth is out in the open."

Whiskeytown

I went down to Whiskeytown with Peter, Melissa and Derek this weekend. It was a new place for all of us so we had fun exploring. Peter and I decided to mountain bike the entire weekend and yesterday was an adventure. Part of the trail was really fun, although littered with bear scat. We decided to check out Mill Creek Trail, which was quite beautiful but defanitley not a mountain bike trail. I think there were about 15 stream crossings, none of which were ridable. So, basically, we hiked our bikes along that one. Today was great though - we checked out a different area and rode the Shasta Mine Loop, the Clear Creek Canal Trail and a few others. It was fairly smooth, fast, and easy riding. Actually a really nice change of pace. Apparently there are three resident bears at Oak Bottom Camp Ground where we stayed and the camp host "assured" us that the bears would be in camp scavenging for food. I stayed up half the night waiting for one of the buggers to roam into camp - nuthin! I enjoyed the full moon though so it was worth being up half the night just for that.

First snow of the year

Holy crap! It really snowed last night. Apparently this is unseasonably early, but I say, bring it on! If it's going to snow and close all the mtn bike trails and good road rides, we may as well be skiing. I'd better head up the hill this weekend for one last attempt at the Ashland loop road before we're all valley bound for the season. Guess I had better do a Green Springs Loop on the road bike too because as the fog is lifting, it appears there is quite a bit of snow on that side of the valley as well. I'm impressed! The next question...can I really hold out on heat until I move at the end of the month??? 3 weeks to go and I'm running out of blankets to add to the pile.

The Wild and Scenic Rogue River

We had a great trip this weekend. It was the Momentum end of season employee trip and it was also the 1st weekend that we had rain, so it ended up being a fairly small group. Eight of headed down the Lower Rogue for this 3 day trip. I had never been on this section of the river so it was a real treat. It is an absolutely beautiful float.

Here's Alex putting his pirate flag on his boat at the put it. Derek, all smiles.
Robyn giving the cheers.

Tequilla shots to start off the trip. I went down the river with Alan. He was a great guide and he even taught me to row. I got quite a bit of practice in the flats and some of the very easy rapids. I pretty much sucked because I hit every rock in the river. I finally started to get it today though.
Pete and Robyn - we were calling them the Love Boat, but they didn't know it. hehehee
Mule Canyon was beautiful. The entire trip was really pretty. It rained most of the day and night on Friday and then really rained and poured most of the day Sat. We did have a few pockets of dry though and it was really nice last night when it finally stopped raining. We sat outside around the fire pit. It ended up being a really late night...

There was a water slide near camp. Of course, it was way too cold to actually partake in that fun, but we hiked up there to check it out. The canyon was incredible.