Skiing

Everyone who knows us, knows skiing has been a great part of our lives

And we like our snow STEEP AND DEEP

This day it was to deep !!



Tamarack after a terrific snowfall



View from top of Brundage Mountain
overlooking Payette Lake and the City of McCall

Our dream---"To Live on a lake, near a ski hill."

Our move to McCall in 1992 almost made the dream come true

After all these years, Rob finally enjoys skiing as much
as I do.  Problem is he's now getting better than me



We often ask ourselves is skiing a Passion or a Social
We've decided it is both
Annual Trailgate party to end the ski season



You are looking at "almost" first tracks and perfect
powder conditions.  Robert is at the top checking it out
and Clyde Dillon is trackin' it up.

 

Lindy cuttin' it up



Lindy in perfect form



Lindy skiing in deep powder. It doesn't get any
better than this...



Brundage Ski Resort
We just love this place



In 2003 a new ski resort opened near our home
TAMARACK
we purchased a combo pass, but always
preferred skiing at Brundage with our friends











Rob in perfect snow conditions
Check out the beauty of the snow covered trees

 

Robert in perfect form



Who is this or should I say What is this!!
Lindy?





This is what you call Ski-In  Ski-out
We get on the chair lift a few yards from pickup, then
at the end of our day, ski right up to our tailgate

rush home, (making sure to have no heat in the pickup)
and jump in the hot tub
Life Is Good !


These pictures represent only a hundredth of
Our Ski Adventures
We love skiing with our family. Check out post"Skiing with our kids and grandchildren.

Snow Shoeing

Snowshoeing is wonderful exercise

We choose to go on beautiful crisp sunny days

Our favorite place is Lick Creek



You can follow the River "Lick Creek"
for several miles



The Geese love to snowshoe along with us

Once we tried to Snowshoe into
Goose Creek Falls

We ended up taking our Snowshoes back to the car
and we hiked in thru' deep snow.
It was CRAZY, but we made it

Snowshoeing always bridge the Seasons

 

ATVing Winters

 ATVing in the Winter is a Blast

Not as much Fun as Skiing

(however many times the Ski Hill

has not opened, so Winter ATVing

fills in that "blank spot")

It is necessary to stay on the trails



 The snow cannot be much deeper than 1 or 2 feet



There is usually a fair amount of downfall

It's harder to convince our ATV buddies
that it's not too cold

The steams and rivers are still flowing
and the rocks in the steams look like
snow puffs
It's really pretty!!

when the snow gets too deep
it's easy to get stuck, as the
machines high center

the lakes have not yet frozen over
and sometimes the fishing is good

Many times we leave in the morning on snowpack
and return in the warm late afternoons in mud



The Stones in their Rhino, can go anywhere we go
and they can keep up with us as well

Our Wildlife Pets

The fox love to watch me cook in the kitchen

they love my cookin'
but their favorite is raw eggs

Deer love to hung out around our house

We can get real close to them--they truly are our friends

We have bear that visit us in the Fall.
This track was in our driveway

Lindy was trying to get the deer to have a seat

These visitors we do not like
they are mean and obnoxious



These three bears were regular visitors every fall
to our Motel and house, so we names them
Burly, Brownie and Blackie
Unfortunantly they got in trouble with the
forest service.  They were removed to Hells
Canyon twice, but when they came back
for the third time, the forest service
killed them, much to our distress



This fox is Ethel.  Shortly after both my mother
and father died in 1999, two fox showed up
We feed them for several years, they became
really friendly and would follow us from the motel
up to the house for a snack.  We named them
after my mom and dad,  Charley & Ethel

Hiking

One of our favorite loves is hiking
in the Mountains of McCall

Hiking with our friends

Carrie & Brian McMahan Snow Slide Lake

Deep Lake

Grassy Mts.

In 2007 Rob and I started a hiking group called the Senior Hikers...By 2008 we had 15 or so regulars for our Thursday Hikes. The season of 2008 we hiked to 15 lakes: Pearl, Hum, Snow slide, Rock Lake, Serene, Crystal, Duck, Loon, Grassy Meadows, Hard Creek, Hazard, Twin, Shaw, Golden, Louie, Boulder. Loon Lake being the longest hike--12 miles, round trip.



Why didn't we think of this
A pack goat!

Heck, We don't need one.  Do you see any of us
women with Packs..........

Can you believe sometimes the men go on hikes
by themselves, thinking we women can't keep up...
Hikes to Golden, Prince, Cly, 33

Why do men think steep

and long hikes are the best?

They had blisters on their feet to prove the hardness of the hike...

My favorite hike is to Crystal Lake. Great huckleberries, beautiful hike, about

3 1/2 miles, one way. Check out the huckleberries and the wildflowers.

Out-of-Town Hiking
In Ecuador