Crater Lake, Oregon

A trip to spend the night at and explore Crater Lake gave me the opportunity to capture these photos. I won't label any of them except the first one.

This is Ghost Ship Rock and I believe I have captured the essence of the Ghost Ship part.

Cutting Horses in Oregon

We went up to Ft. Klamath last week to the North West Cutting Horse Association's meet. It was very well attended by both professionals and amateurs from all over the US. I talked to folks from Texas and Arizona but noted many license plates from farther east. What wasn't there were any non-participant spectators!! Becky and I were about it. As a result we had our choice of seats and vendor prices were more like downtown prices. Quite unique.

The first photos give some idea of the size but since the land is flat I could not get a good overview. Take my word for it - there were several hundreds vehicles and horses at the meet.

The next series show a saddle maker. He is from Australia and made some beautiful saddles. I didn't ask the prices but they looked like one of those 'if you have to ask you can't afford it' items. The leather was the softest I had felt on a new saddle.

The action photos are my attempt at capturing the speed and agility of these horses. Probably not successful but those horses are a joy to watch.

An Oregon Drive

These are some photos we took as we wandered around the area. Alright, the ones of the redwoods are in California - but we weren't REALLY in California, not mentally anyway. Ask if you have questions about any of them. Some folks have indicated they like the photos better without all my commentary so I will leave it up to you to ask.
The woodworking was at a VERY strange shop called the Burl Wood Shop. He had done a lot of unusual things - starting with his shop.