First Accumulated Snow Of The Year - Measured By My Jack In The Box Antenna Ball

Sunday Afternoon At St Edwards State Park

The sun came out Sunday and decided to make a quick trip to St Ed, walks the trails and let the wonder dog take a quick dip into Lake Washington.

Bogie having some fun with new found friends.



All in all, a nice couple hours!

Some shots at The Sundial Bridge

Before consuming a great turkey dinner that Mike and Ruth put together, we went on a quick walk by the Sundial Bridge!

Whiskey Town Falls Wednesday and Brandy Falls On Friday

Went on a couple hikes in the Whiskey Town State Park in Redding and couldn't ask for better days for either of them.





The first was the Whiskey Town Falls trail and both dogs enjoyed the ride in Mike's truck bed to the trailhead.





My favorite of the two was the Brandy Creek Falls trail. In fact, I'd have to say it is my favorite of all the Whiskey Town hikes we have done in the last few years. It had a nice steady climb to the falls with a nice frosting of snow. The pictures I took of the falls themselves didn't turn out as good as I hoped though. Next visit perhaps!

Hecta Head Lighthouse

The only other sightseeing stop on Tuesday was the Hecta Head Lighthouse. The hiking guide called it "the most photographed lighthouse in Oregon" and it is easy to see why. The lighthouse was classic but I really enjoyed the short mile hike alongside the coast.

Da Snowy Oregon Coast

If I had my act together, I would have researched the best place to stay at our stopping point in Lincoln City. The next best thing is to blunder right into it and that is what we did.






I found a coupon for Looking Glass Inn and it looked just dandy on their web site. Turned out to be right on the beach, so we opted for a couple early morning walks there instead of the planned morning hike.

After our second walk, a seagull was relaxing on my snowflake dusted truck.

Cape Lookout State Park

We headed down 101 to the Cape Lookout. Due to the weather, we were behind schedule and it continued to be ugly weather. I'm sure it is a very pretty hike during the peak season but we had your normal ugly hike along the coast.