QUILTS

I never thought I would be blogging about quilts, but I visited a couple of old high school friends (Bill and Peggy) who were one grade ahead of me at Corvallis.  Bill and I grew up about a mile from each other the way the crow flies and did a little hunting together.  Peggy is big in the quilt world.  She writes "How To" books and teaches classes on the subject.  And she doesn't sew them by hand either.  She has this machine that does the sewing that is pretty impressive also.  Bill and I were both in Vietnam - he in the Marines and me in the Air Force.  There was and is a difference in the services let me tell you!  Anyway, below are some pictures of just a few of the quilts that Peggy has done.

The "machine".

This quilt has been awarded a lot of ribbons and accolades.

Done from a picture she took while visiting Europe.

She does quite a few abstracts also.

Peggy and Bill.

BACK HOME IN THE BITTERROOT

We drove from Cathedral Gorge to Ely where we spent the night at Rob and Heather's place.  Then the next morning we drove just north of Challis, ID where we camped at the Forest Service's Cottonwood Campground.  My father and I used to camp here when we would fish for salmon in the 1950's so it has a little historical connection.  The next morning we got up and drove on into the Bitterroot.  Our cat was really glad to see us and we were glad to see her.  Back to the land of flush toilets and unlimited water in the shower.  Lots of things to do around here though - a downside of returning after 2 months on the road.  And the second morning we were back, it snowed nearly 6 inches by the time it quit.  Just about got the pickup/camper/jeep unloaded and cleaned.   

This was our favorite hole for fishing and we would fish from the rock on the other side.  I hooked my first salmon from that rock, didn't get it in though.

A mallard hanging around on the other side.

 The dog and cat watching TV with Connie. Dell would not leave Zeph alone.

Got up to snow and it snowed off and on all morning.

 Feeding the horses.

CATHEDRAL GORGE

We stopped at Cathedral Gorge State Park just outside Panaca, NV to spend the night.  We have stopped there a couple of times if our memory serves us correctly.  Once was because we were so tired we needed a place to stay and hardly looked around. The other time was a long time ago (at least 20 years) and we did take a hike there.  But we never really explored the place and this time we did.  Pictures below.  If you are ever near here it is worth the stop.

2.5 million years ago this area was a lake.  Much has changed since then.

The formations here are made from sediment from the bottom of the lake and upheavals.

My hiking buddies.

A few bushes had these caterpillars on them.

There were some pigeons roosting in some of the canyons.  And a couple of times they startled us when they flew.

Lots of slot canyons and caves.

Some very narrow slots.

Looking up to the sky in a slot.

Here is one of the pigeons that would startle us.

The creek beds have formations in the sediment.