I had a lovely Christmas break and I hope you did too. I did manage to read a couple of the books I wanted to read but I was busy getting in twenty hours of physical exercise for school. Which I had no problem doing seeing as how we went to La Pine, Oregon with an ATV and than to Parkdale for a refreshing four days. On the way back from Parkdale, we hit a part blizzard, part nightmare and Dad had to put the chains on and off, four separate times.
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| Dad putting on the chains with the wind howling |
We finally got to Parkdale though, completing the trip in 7 hours instead of 2 and a half hours.
We went ice skating on a pond/lake 10 minutes from our cottage. It was superb up there but unfortunately I got no pictures. I did take pictures of our meager ice on our creek though!
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| Gypsy on our frozen creek |
There were a lot of tracks in the sparkling snow....... and birds at the birdfeeder!
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| Mt. Hood clothed in elegance. (From cottage window) |
Gray squirrel track
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| Oh no....not another bone! |
