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[WU7X]

Hey Yetti! Nice looking place you've found there. Looks like you'll be spending a lot of time mowing ha ha.

You were commenting about a lack of people putting up their adventure stories, etc., around here. I for one have really slowed down. Pretty much took all of this year off and focused on gardening and ham radio DXing. I have been doing this overlanding thing now for over 50 years! Wow, where did all that time go? So at 77 y.o., I'm slowing down. Have been getting shots in both eyes for macular degeneration, and now geographic atrophy, for the past 7 years. trying to schedule those and still have enough time to get out and spend several weeks at a time away has been tough. Think I've figured that one out for next year so I get shots for two weeks in a row, then have 8 weeks off.

So will be looking at things to do in the southwest, maybe this winter/spring, and definitely the new Montana BDR next September when most of the tourists are gone and the weather is cooler.

I will try to get something up for that next year. Please keep chronicling your adventures. They are always a great read.

Dale, the old fart



If nothing else, get a good field dog and keep hiking!

 

[ITTOG]

Hey Yetti! Nice looking place you've found there. Looks like you'll be spending a lot of time mowing ha ha.

You were commenting about a lack of people putting up their adventure stories, etc., around here. I for one have really slowed down. Pretty much took all of this year off and focused on gardening and ham radio DXing. I have been doing this overlanding thing now for over 50 years! Wow, where did all that time go? So at 77 y.o., I'm slowing down. Have been getting shots in both eyes for macular degeneration, and now geographic atrophy, for the past 7 years. trying to schedule those and still have enough time to get out and spend several weeks at a time away has been tough. Think I've figured that one out for next year so I get shots for two weeks in a row, then have 8 weeks off.

So will be looking at things to do in the southwest, maybe this winter/spring, and definitely the new Montana BDR next September when most of the tourists are gone and the weather is cooler.

I will try to get something up for that next year. Please keep chronicling your adventures. They are always a great read.

Dale, the old fart

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If nothing else, get a good field dog and keep hiking!

I have wondered about you. Do you still have your Mission Overland trailer?

Sorry to hear about the eye issues. Best of luck to you.

 

[WU7X]

The suspension on the Summit was destroyed crossing a basalt field in the central Oregon desert south of Bend several years ago. SWMBO preferred not to replace it with another one.

I can still drive, during the day!

 

[Pacific Northwest yetti]

Hey Yetti! Nice looking place you've found there. Looks like you'll be spending a lot of time mowing ha ha.

You were commenting about a lack of people putting up their adventure stories, etc., around here. I for one have really slowed down. Pretty much took all of this year off and focused on gardening and ham radio DXing. I have been doing this overlanding thing now for over 50 years! Wow, where did all that time go? So at 77 y.o., I'm slowing down. Have been getting shots in both eyes for macular degeneration, and now geographic atrophy, for the past 7 years. trying to schedule those and still have enough time to get out and spend several weeks at a time away has been tough. Think I've figured that one out for next year so I get shots for two weeks in a row, then have 8 weeks off.

So will be looking at things to do in the southwest, maybe this winter/spring, and definitely the new Montana BDR next September when most of the tourists are gone and the weather is cooler.

I will try to get something up for that next year. Please keep chronicling your adventures. They are always a great read.

Dale, the old fart

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If nothing else, get a good field dog and keep hiking!

Dale, thanks!

It’s a solid 2 hours of mowing and weed whacking for sure. Life changes, but I will still fit some adventures in. And it will help once I get a routine and some of the other things figured out for the new place.

Sorry to hear about your health, I think just continuing to keep doing things, and planning it always good. And it’s a great way to keep our brains busy during our down times. The southwest seems like a place I would enjoy but have yet to spend much time there. I am sure if you make it, I would be able to add some of the places you can explore to my own list, once I end up there.


Also, Mishka my dog is a great adventure partner! Critters are hands...Paws.. down the best people.

 

[Pacific Northwest yetti]

I squeezed a trip down the Columbia River gorge on ( August 31st, 2025) Sunday. It was a day trip, along as much of the old highway as you can do these days. And checked out Multnomah falls, (Its well known, and now requires a permit, so plan in the busy season. In the winter/fall as of Sep 1 no permit needed)

I will get some pictures posted sometime this week. It was a great holiday weekend, introducing my GF to Oregon, and the new place. Big steps

 

[ITTOG]

I squeezed a trip down the Columbia River gorge on ( August 31st, 2025) Sunday. It was a day trip, along as much of the old highway as you can do these days. And checked out Multnomah falls, (Its well known, and now requires a permit, so plan in the busy season. In the winter/fall as of Sep 1 no permit needed)

I will get some pictures posted sometime this week. It was a great holiday weekend, introducing my GF to Oregon, and the new place. Big steps

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I have made that trip many times. Love it. I always liked how Multnomah Falls was open and no planning required. On rare occasions I don't like change.

 

[Pacific Northwest yetti]

8-31-25
It was a beautiful day for the drive; I will only share some of the pictures. As I have posted before, I made a conscious effort to just enjoy our time together. We also fit a motorcycle ride ( two up) into Walla Walla and through Wallula gap, on the other side of the Gorge. This was my Gf's 1st time seeing my new place, as well as Oregon and Washington




The Gorge rarely disappoints, and this day was no different. Between 70-80(f), and we took as much of the old highway as we could that was open. So it was slow going with the windows down and enjoying the scenery. The old Highway, also sometimes has a timed entry permit system in the busy season. As well as they offer a “waterfall tram” now that will take you to each place as well as pick you back up, would probably be a great way to go about it.

 

[Pacific Northwest yetti]

July 4th..ish 2025.

I spent 10 days around the 4th of July around parts of the upper peninsula, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, and Lake Michigan. I have not spent much time in that part of the states. And it was in a fashion that was new to me. Not only at a resort area, but this included my GF and two teenage daughters…..I had…HAVE, so much to learn. I had forgotten what girl time is like…….

It was a quick flight from the PNW to Chiago and after knocking out some things on her list we started the drive a few days later. This is when I really started to just put the phone down and enjoy the moment and company. So, I do not have many pics, or adventure stories to tell for this one.




And those screen shots are out of order, and a lot will be left out.

 

[Pacific Northwest yetti]

Two long drive days on either side, and once up there it was a lot of… R and R. We did some hikes, saw some historical sights. There was some shopping, time by the pool, and horseback riding for the kids. And outdoor movies.

And sooooo much food, I gained 10ibs I think. It’s an area that is so vastly different from any other place I have been. Its hard to grasp how large the lakes really are, and everything is so dense.

And a way of travel, that is probably good for me to embrace as life changes.



We both like to camp, and moto, travel the way I am used too. Teenage daughters...not so much

It was a fun trip.