Pelicans at the park

The yearly migration of the pelicans has come and almost went. I have failed on capturing them as much as I would have liked, but was pushed into it by JR this very beautiful morning. He called minutes before I sat down at my desk to begin the day of office work, to inform me of this large flock right at the end of Spencer Creek. Patti and I rushed down there, only to startle them as soon as we walked under the bridge (still unsure if it was us that spooked them, but the timing was right).
And off they went, so the pictures are slim, but what do you do?.....still enjoy the moment!!

They have to be the ugliest/cutest birds ever!

Scary!!

By Jered

By me

Boo

New Vase

We got this wonderful vase as a gift this last week. It is such beautiful pottery! Then we found the most festive flowers to go in them! Oh, how I love orange!!!!

Cute little mushroom

We took a very quick walk at Lost Creek State Park this weekend. It wasn't short only because there was sideways rain, but the sand had not yet been pulled out to expose new agates. On the way back to the car, we spotted the cutest little mushroom! Almost as good as an agate!

Good Morning Sunshine Storm!

Eastern Oregon Attempt

I am finally ready to embrace the fact that we didn't make it all the way across Oregon as we had intended. I am also ready to not hate my car for breaking down on us anymore. It really wasn't a bad trip, I just didn't know it at the time.........

This is the last documented picture of Jered and I as dating adults!!!! So "casual and uncommitted" :)

Followed shortly by the first documented picture of us as a married "very committed" couple. YAY, by far the best part of the trip!!

So exciting! And off we went.

We planned on stopping and taking many breaks well before my car started deciding when and where we stopped. This is a beautiful spot somewhere around Green Peter Reservoir.

One of the first places my car decided to break down was while traveling over the pass by Mt. Hoodo. There apparently had been a huge forest fire there some time ago (I could tell I didn't get out much). It was beautiful, in the most erie way.

Then the car broke down again.....:) (really, I am not upset about it anymore :)

The next morning, the car started, and we made it to the painted hills. OMG, they were wonderful!! And we saw antelope, which I had never seen in the wild before.

This is at the John Day Fossil Bed Interpretive Center.

Then the car broke down again!! So vacation got cut WAY short, but I suppose now I have a super cool guy to explore with for the rest of my life!!! So I ended up with what I wanted anyway.

All Kinds of Orange