Yonderosa 2011 video

Just some pictures from 2011

Winter is knocking on the door

Accessibility to the Yonderosa is never guaranteed.  The snow is making it well down the hill.  It sure is pretty.

Piper loves the snow!

What happened to Summer part three

Hopefully I can get more pictures upload this time...

 This Rainbow arched the sky while I was taking pictures of the Deer.  The camera didn't pick up its vibrance unfortunately.

 The trails littered with Birch leaves.  The Larch is not quite peak color yet though a large number of needles that found there way between back and my pack whilst I was roaming around the woods.

 The outpost - luxury camping.

Mother nature made it clear that Winter is on its way.  I snapped this picture on the way home.  I don't think the pass will be open much longer...

June escape

Though employment pressures abbreviated this much needed escape, we are very glad to have been able to escape to the Yonderosa for a few short days.

 Things had definitely greened up since our last visit.

Amelanchier alnifolia

 This was also our first trip of the year over the late(st) opening of the North Cascades Highway.  The extra snow has all of the rivers flowing as high as I've ever seen.  The locals say this is the worst flooding they've experienced since the mid 1990's.

Nature was putting on quite a show - flowers everywhere.

The weather was very mixed.  Beautiful sunshine, heavy rain and hail, to gray overcast.  The low temperature we saw was 38*F and the High was 76*F - very comfortable.

One needed to be very careful where he steps as there are many brand new babies in the forest.  The deer were plentiful and it appears there is a good crop of fawns again.

The Truth about Rainbows - There is a Treasure at the end of them

I was enjoying a walk in the meadow during a rain shower, I looked up and saw a rainbow and was not surprised to see it ended on a treasure.

Guess which tree was hit by lightning last year?

This Just In!

Just got back from six incredible days at the Yonderosa, way too much to tell so I'll try to save some words by using some pictures.

The primary reason for our trip was to make progress on our little building. We managed to get some siding on and took Happy Days' (thanks Deb) advice and tried earth tones. Yonderosa Green and Greener



The Soffit on the Eves and Gable Ends turned out great, still have the Porch Soffit to do.



Two more Windows! Besides a great view we watched Deer feeding in the meadow, a Coyote hunting down by the Kirby Creek and enjoyed a Sky full of Stars though them. Sitting behind them enjoying a wonderful meal and a glass of wine is more proof, Life IS Good.



There were distractions... While the Turkeys were not in the mood to play the Trout were eager to maul my flies. You should have seen the one that got away...



The trailer worked great. Over 600 miles of shuttling tools and materials - zero problems.




Weather - Always adding spice to experience. We had Sun, Rain, Snow, Wind and Frost, sometimes in the same day. It was nice to have a cozy place to retreat to and actually enjoy the variety.