Author Archives: brr

August 21, 2015 Paige and I took a short trip ourselves over to the BRR for some mid-summer mountain biking and some work w/ our architect.  Understandably she gets a bit tired of her Dad waving the camera around….

October 2, 2015 The night of October 3rd was the first freeze of the season; and with the heavy precipitation the Cascades received another dusting of fall snow.  That rainy night we fired up our 2-dog wood stove for the … Read More

September 20, 2015 On the way back from Cycle Oregon 2015 Dana and I stopped at the ranch for the night.  The four hour drive from Baker City was enough for one day.  The cascades had their first fall dusting … Read More

This April 11th & 12th may have brought the last wintery cold spell with lows in the mid-20′s and sunny but cool days.  The rabbit bush is starting to green up with spring.  Very early Saturday morning we had about … Read More

The snow was soup on Bachelor but we still made the rounds.  We were almost the only skaters out on the trails that afternoon.  It was deserted.  Despite the difficult conditions Paige made her first 10k lap and Dana really … Read More

Black Butte Feburary 28, 2015 8:35:29

The morning of February 28th found the ranch covered in 3" of dry snow and in the midst of a clearing storm.  A winter dream!  Paige and I did however suffer a bit of a rough night with cold temps … Read More

Another amazing gaudy surreal pastel sunrise February 15, 2015, 07:03:16

February 15, 6:22 am, 6:25 am, 6:26am, 6:28am, & 6:29am.  At which point I ran back to the tent for some heat.  It was a very cold very clear morning.  I need to work on my night time photography skills … Read More

Valentines Day was so spring like that we decided to dry out some of our tent’s rugs and carpets in the warm sun.   However chilly night time temps in the low 20’s kept us stoking the fire and sipping the … Read More